Room night
The Roomnight (in German about room night ) is a name from the hotel and tourism industry . It reflects the occupancy of a hotel and thus serves as an important indicator for the hotel management and the associated departments. A Room Night accordingly represents an occupied hotel room for one night is (In contrast, there is the key figure Bednight resp. To German overnight stay which one respectively overnight. An occupied bed is).
With the Roomnight as a key figure, it is easy to make comparisons with previous years, as the Roomnight seen over the year represents a comparable average without paying attention to seasonal fluctuations. The Roomnight can also be used to calculate the average occupancy of an individual room. The largest online booking portal says it sells over 1,500,000 room nights worldwide every day.
Examples
- A hotel with 100 rooms can sell a total of 200 room nights within 2 nights at maximum occupancy. If a room is booked for 3 nights, this corresponds to 3 room nights. If 2 rooms are booked for 3 nights each, this corresponds to 6 room nights.
- A hotel with 100 rooms achieves 20,000 room nights per year = every single room was occupied (on average) 200 nights per year (20,000 / 100).
Web links
- Example of room night forecasts based on a feasibility study (PDF file; 2.31 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Booking - about us. booking.com, accessed on November 21, 2017 .