glossary: R

Room nights is a statistical metric means the number of times a hotel room is used or available for use by a guest(s) for an overnight stay of up to 24 hours in a given period. Room Night Calculation It is calculated by multiplying one room times one night, for example A guest booking one room … Continued

Room rate is the price charged per night for each room category at a hotel, from standard rooms to deluxe suites. Rates are determined by a property’s operational costs, competitors, local market, and season. They are dynamic and can change rapidly based on market conditions which can be fluctuated between the base rate (the lowest possible price … Continued

Room service or in-room dining is a hotel service enabling guests to choose items of food and drinks for delivery to their hotel room for consumption out of the hotel normal restaurant hours, it is organized as a subdivision within the food and beverage department of high-end hotel and resort properties and consider one of the most important foods and … Continued

Room Type is a collection of rooms sharing a common element at the hotel. A room type might be a suite or a single room with a double bed, poolside or ocean-side. A room may belong to multiple room types. A room type code set up in hotel PMS is used to identify each kind … Continued

Hotel room status is a sign that is used to make it easier for the operational team to identify what actions should be applied to that room and refers to the current housekeeping cleaning status of the room. During a guest’s stay, the status of the guest room changes several times. The status of this … Continued