Hotel Terminology & Glossary
Need to know what any hotel term means? Look it up in our Hotel Glossary by Xotels, where we share our insights as a Hotel Management Company.
We go through a wide variety of important topics we often see when providing our hotel consulting and revenue management consulting services.
Also, be sure to visit our Hotel Blog for more in-depth articles with best practices, expert advice and useful examples to increase your hotel´s performance.
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- 1 Star Hotel
- 2 Star Hotel
- 3 Star Hotel
- 4 Star Hotel
- 5 Star GL
- 5 Star Hotel
- 7 Star Hotel
- AAA Five Diamond Award
- ABR – Average Bed Rate
- Accommodation
- Administration Costs
- ADR – Average Daily Rate
- ADS – Alternative Distribution System
- Adult Only Resort
- Agency Model
- AGM – Annual General Meeting
- AGOP – Adjusted Gross Operating Profit
- All Inclusive Hotel
- All Inclusive Resort
- Allocation
- Allotment
- ALOS – Average Length of Stay
- Amadeus
- Apartment Hotel / Aparthotel
- Apollo
- ARG – Average Rate per Guest
- ARI – Average Rate Index
- ARR – Average Room Rate
- Asset Management
- ATR – Average Treatment Rate
- Auction Site
- Availability
- B&B – Bed & Breakfast
- B2B (Business to Business)
- B2C (Business to Consumer)
- BAR – Best Available Rate
- BAR Pricing Strategy
- Beach Resort
- Bed Nights
- BHA – British Hospitality Association
- Bizcation
- Bleisure
- Booking
- Booking Curve
- Booking Pace
- Booking Window
- Boutique Hotel
- BRG – Best Rate Guarantee
- Budget Hotel
- Business Hotel
- Business Mix
- Camping
- Campsite
- Cancellation Clause
- Cancellation Rate
- Capex – Capital Expenditure
- Capital Reserve
- Capsule Hotel
- Cash Management
- Chain Code
- Chain-Hotel
- Channel Management
- Channels
- Children Policy
- Close Out
- Comfort Letter
- Commission
- Competition Based Pricing
- Complimentary
- CompSet – Competitive Set
- Conference – Convention Hotel
- Conference Sales Manager
- Consortia
- Constrained Demand
- Continental Breakfast
- Country House Hotel
- CPOR – Cost per Occupied Room
- CRO – Central Reservations Office
- CRS – Central Reservations System
- CTA – Closed to Arrival
- CTD – Closed to Departure
- Cut-Off
- DBA – Days Before Arrival
- DCA – Direct Connect Availability
- DCF – Discount Rate
- DCF – Discounted Cash Flow
- Demand
- Demand Based Pricing
- Demand Generators
- Denial
- Derived Rates
- Design Hotel
- Direct Channels
- Direct Connect
- Direct Sales
- Displacement Analysis
- Distressed Inventory
- Distribution Strategy
- DMC – Destination Management Company
- Dual-Brand Hotels