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Since group and contract rooms are generally blocked in advance, the number of rooms available to the transient market segment varies. As the number of rooms allocated to groups and contracts increases, the transient "net availability" shrinks.  While the property actually retains the same physical number of rooms, the "size" of the hotel changes for the transient market. This net availability creates one of the key factors for the historical information. 

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constantly re-analyzes availability so that the history can be segmented within these ranges.

By counting and recording the book counts (definite reservations) on a specific day each week and comparing them to the corresponding actual counts of rooms taken, 

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establishes a fixed time frame. It is this fixed time frame that enables the program to form a consistent relationship from which to project expected business volumes. This difference of book to actual is defined as pick-up and is the focus of the rooms forecast process.

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