{"id":22549,"date":"2020-04-08T10:51:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T10:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/foc-free-of-charge\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T11:39:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T11:39:37","slug":"foc-free-of-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/foc-free-of-charge","title":{"rendered":"FOC &#8211; Free of charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>What is the meaning \/ definition of FOC in the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\">hospitality industry<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>FOC stands for: <strong>F<\/strong>ree <strong>o<\/strong>f <strong>C<\/strong>harge.<\/p>\n<p>It is often used in the travel industry to describe (additional) services for which the client does not have to pay for.<\/p>\n<p>An upgrade into a higher room category is often FOC:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For promotional purposes<\/li>\n<li>As added value<\/li>\n<li>In line with complaint management<\/li>\n<li>In line with loyalty programs<\/li>\n<li>In case of overbookings in lower room categories<\/li>\n<li>Etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other examples can be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Free Wifi in a <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hotel\">hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A free <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/fam-trip\">FAM Trip<\/a> for a journalist \/Press Tour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/glossary\/complimentary\">Complimentary<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"\/en\/glossary\/hotel-management\/\">Hotel Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"\/en\/hotel-consulting\">Hotel\u00a0Consulting<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/\">Hotel Management\u00a0Company<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"\/en\/glossary\/hotel-operator\/\">Hotel Operator<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\/\">Hospitality Industry<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"\/en\/glossary\/hospitality\/\">Hospitality<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-management\/\">Hospitality Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"\/en\/glossary\/virtual-hotel-operator-chain\/\">Virtual Hotel Operator<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"\/en\/glossary\/chain-hotel\/\">Chain Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"\/en\/glossary\/hotel-chain\/\">Hotel Chain<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"\/en\/glossary\/lodging\/\">Lodging<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Synonyms<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FOC<\/li>\n<li>Free of Charge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-f","category-glossary"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FOC - Free of charge Definition \/ Meaning - Xotels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Definition: FOC stands for: Free of charge. 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