Booking Outside The Block

Needless to say the a word entered the picture so much so that that group now charges a fee for those who book outside the block or don t show up on the rooming list.

Booking outside the block. The initial findings of the room block research revealed that younger attendees have a different approach to booking hotels too. It s an issue that comes up a lot and at times it can be advantageous to us from a revenue perspective said andy finn vp of group sales for benchmark hospitality. The site houses a meetings industry awareness campaign designed to counteract increasingly larger industry challenges caused by around the block booking seeks to create awareness with associations meeting planners hotels and annual meeting attendees about the impact and financial losses to associations which result from booking outside official housing blocks and the steps which can be taken as an industry to protect against these according to the e mail.

Attrition potential will be reduced and housing pirates will be out of business. I had this happen last fall when my room block fell short. Fifty nine percent made their reservations outside of the traditional conference hotel room block channel.

An event avoids running the risk of being undervalued due to a high proportion of attendees and exhibitors booking rooms outside of the block. Attendees booking outside the room block caused headaches and attrition penalties for the national association of free will baptists inc. If attendees learn that booking in the official block is just part of the package to attend the meeting lower internet rates become irrelevant.

More convention delegates are steering clear of established room reservation processes than before a new research finds with about half sidestepping hotels designated within the room block and booking accommodations on their own. How does booking outside the block affect an individual asa annual meeting attendee. The percentage of rooms booked outside of the block rises to 45 for citywide conventions and in general the larger the event the higher percentage of room nights booked outside of the block.

If the asa is unable to achieve its room block commitments because attendees make reservations at other hotels or cancel shorten their length of stay at the asa hotels the headquarters hotels will charge asa attrition fees to make up for the lost sleeping room revenue. If attendees can t book outside the block room block audits are unnecessary. Here 039 s how the group is grappling with the problem.

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