Sarƙoƙin otal-otal, waɗanda suka yi asara mafi girma a cikin koma bayan masana'antar masauki, suna ba da wasu taurarin da suka yi nasara don samun kuɗi.
Kamfanin Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., mai Amurka mai manyan kayayyaki da suka hada da St. Regis da W Hotels, zai bar wasu kadarorinsa su rage matakin hidimarsu - da adadin taurari - har sai masana'antar ta fara farfadowa, in ji mai magana da yawun KC Kavanagh. . Hilton Hotels Corp. da InterContinental Hotels Group Plc sun riga sun yanke kima na wasu wurare.
Stephen Bollenbach, wanda ya yi ritaya a matsayin babban jami'in gudanarwa na Hilton lokacin da Blackstone Group LP ya sayi kamfanin a shekara ta 2007, "Karfafa tauraro yana buƙatar babban jarin jari."
Masu gudanar da otal-otal sun yi ta kokawa don jawo hankalin kwastomomi yayin da koma bayan tattalin arziki ke hana masu hutu da tilasta wa kamfanoni rage kasafin kudin balaguro. Wannan ya kamata yana nufin ƙananan ƙima don manyan kasuwanci da matafiya na hutu. Hakanan yana iya nufin asarar wasu abubuwan more rayuwa, kamar kyaututtuka maraba, furanni a cikin ɗakin ku, jaridun kyauta ko sabis na ɗaki na awa 24.
Ma'aikatan otal suna buƙatar rage sabis don adana kuɗi. Yawan zama na otal-otal na alfarma a duk duniya ya faɗi zuwa kashi 57 cikin ɗari a cikin shekara har zuwa Yuli daga kashi 71 cikin ɗari a daidai wannan lokacin a shekarar da ta gabata, raguwar mafi girma fiye da sauran nau'ikan masauki, a cewar Binciken Tafiya na Smith.
Matsakaicin farashin dakunan yau da kullun a mafi kyawun otal a duniya ya ragu da kashi 16 zuwa $245.13, kiyasin kamfanin bayanan otal na tushen Tennessee. Farashin manyan otal-otal ya faɗi kusan kashi 13 cikin ɗari zuwa dala 87.12.
Mazauna, Rates Faɗuwa
"Masu amfani da kayayyaki suna son mafi kyawun yarjejeniyoyin da za su iya samu," in ji Jeff Higley, mataimakin shugaban kasa a Smith Travel Research. "Yawancin otal-otal na alatu suna fuskantar ƙarancin zama, suna rage farashin don jawo hankalin masu siye su shigo. Da wuya a sami lokacin mafi kyawun zama a otal mai alfarma fiye da yanzu."
A Amurka, jagororin tafiye-tafiye kamar wanda Ƙungiyar Motoci ta Amurka da kuma Jagoran Balaguro na Mobil ke ba da lambar yabo ta taurari ko lu'u-lu'u. A duniya, babu daidaitattun rarrabuwa. Ƙungiyoyin masana'antar otal suna ba da ƙima a wasu ƙasashe.
Don cancantar tauraro biyar, mafi girman kima, otal-otal dole ne su samar da "wasu yanayi na musamman da ke ba da sabis na musamman," bisa ga Jagorar Balaguro na Mobil, wanda ke tsara takamaiman buƙatu. Ya kamata a sami kyautar maraba kuma "wani abu mai mahimmanci da tunani" ya kamata a bar shi a kan matashin kai yayin hidimar juyawa, yayin da buckets na kankara suna buƙatar gilashi, ƙarfe ko dutse kuma dole ne a sami ƙugiya.
'Kamar Farin ciki'
Abokan ciniki na sabis na ɗakin da ke ba da odar ruwan inabi ta gilashi ya kamata a gabatar da kwalabe yayin da ake zuba ruwan inabi a cikin ɗakin, kuma dole ne a ba abokan ciniki mashaya ko ɗakin kwana kai tsaye "aƙalla nau'ikan kayan ciye-ciye masu inganci guda biyu," bisa ga jagorar. Idan otal ɗin yana da wurin tafki, baƙi da suka isa yin iyo ya kamata a raka su zuwa kujerunsu kuma a ba su hutu.
"Abubuwa da yawa da muka sha da yawa za a iya kawar da su kuma a rage su zuwa zama marasa kutse kuma don haka sun fi tattalin arziki," in ji Lewis Wolff, mataimakin shugaban Martiz, Wolff & Co., mamallakin otal-otal na alatu ciki har da Ritz a St. Louis, Missouri, Seasons Hudu a Toronto da Houston da Carlyle a New York. "Idan aka mayar da otal mai tauraro biyar zuwa tauraro hudu, yawancin mutane za su yi farin ciki haka."
Hilton ya yi watsi da darajar taurarin 5 na Hilton Plaza a tsakiyar Vienna a wannan shekara kuma da gangan ya yi ba tare da tantancewa ba a wani otal a birnin, in ji Claudia Wittmann, mai magana da yawun kamfanin na Amurka. Wittman ya ce kamfanin ya yi watsi da darajar tauraro a otal dinsa a wani bangare saboda ma'auni daban-daban da ake bukata a kowace kasa.
Intercontinental Vienna
"Ba sabon abu ba ne cewa otal-otal suna yanke shawarar cewa ba shi da ma'ana ta kuɗi don kiyaye tauraro na biyar kuma a maimakon haka a sake fasalin otal," in ji Mark Woodworth, shugaban Binciken Baƙi na PKF. "A cikin watanni shida masu zuwa, da alama za mu ga masu manyan otal-otal da suka fara komawa zuwa mafi ƙarancin farashi."
Har ila yau, InterContinental ta yanke shawarar kin sabunta rabe-raben taurari biyar a otal daya tilo da ke babban birnin Austriya, a cewar Charles Yap, mai magana da yawun kamfanin na Burtaniya. InterContinental, wanda ke kusa da London, yana gudanar da otal-otal na alfarma a ƙarƙashin sunan kansa da alamar Crowne Plaza. Yap ya ki yin tsokaci kan wasu da za a iya ragewa. Otal ɗin tauraro biyar sun haɗa da InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam da InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong.
InterContinental Carlton Cannes a Faransa ta sami tauraro na biyar a bana.
Matafiya na Kasuwanci
InterContinental na kokarin rage farashi a dukkan otal din ta har sai matafiya na kasuwanci, daya daga cikin manyan hanyoyin samun kudaden shiga, sun dawo kasuwa da adadi mai yawa, in ji Babban Babban Jami’in IHG Andrew Cosslett a wata hira da aka yi da shi ranar 11 ga watan Agusta.
"Idan kun yi ƙaramin tanadi, kamar adadin abinci akan buffet ko nau'ikan apples iri daban-daban ko ma ɗaukar ruwan tafki ya yi ƙasa da digiri ɗaya ko biyu, yana kawo canji," in ji shi.
Har ila yau, Starwood yana ƙoƙarin kawar da wasu abubuwan da ake bayarwa a otal-otal ɗinsa na alfarma.
Daidaita Ayyuka
"Idan aka yi la'akari da yanayin tattalin arziki na yanzu, za mu iya ƙyale kadar mutum ɗaya ta daidaita ayyukanta zuwa ƙasa da ƙimar tauraro da aka amince," in ji Kavanagh. Ta ki bayyana sunan ko daya daga cikin otal din.
Za a bukaci kadarorin su koma tsarin tantancewa da wuri-wuri, in ji ta. Starwood, mai tushe a White Plains, New York, yana da otal-otal bakwai masu tauraro biyar a Amurka, gami da St. Regis a Fifth Avenue da 55th Street a New York. Otal-otal masu tauraro biyar na kamfanin kuma sun hada da Le Royal Meridien da ke Mumbai da St. Regis da ke birnin Beijing.
Wasu otal-otal na alfarma dole ne a ba su tallafi na wani yanki na shekara don biyan duk wasu kuɗaɗen da ke da alaƙa da ƙimar tauraro mai girma, a cewar Harry Nobles, wanda ya kafa Nobles Hospitality Consulting. "Yawancin adadin waɗannan otal ɗin ba sa samun duk kuɗin da za su buƙaci yin aiki a matakin taurari biyar," in ji shi.
Nobles sun taba yin aiki a matsayin sufeto na Ƙungiyar Motocin Amurka, waɗanda ke gudanar da Tsarin Rating na AAA Diamond, tsarin ƙimar otal da gidan abinci a Arewacin Amurka. Yanzu yana tuntuɓar otal akan yadda ake samu da kiyaye ƙimar da ake so. "Masu yawanci dole ne su shiga cikin aljihunsu a wasu lokuta don kula da wasu matakan," in ji shi.
Manyan otal sun ga wasu otal-otal sun yi watsi da darajar taurari biyar don samun kuɗi, amma sun ƙi bayar da wani misali. "Hakan zai zama rashin kwarewa," in ji shi.
Binciken da ba a sani ba
AAA, wacce ke ba da otal-otal da gidajen cin abinci tare da ƙimar lu'u-lu'u, tana gudanar da bincike a kaddarorin alatu ba tare da sunanta ba, in ji mai magana da yawun Heather Hunter. Ana kimanta sabis ɗin kadarorin daga lokacin da aka yi ajiyar ta hanyar duba gobe, in ji Hunter.
A halin yanzu akwai otal-otal 103 na AAA masu lu'u-lu'u biyar a Arewacin Amurka, gami da Kanada, Mexico da Caribbean, a cewar Hunter. An jera California a matsayin jiha mafi yawan otal-otal-otal-lu'u biyar a 19, sai Florida mai 10, sai Georgia mai shida. AAA za ta saki sabon jerin abubuwan da aka ƙima da lu'u-lu'u a cikin Nuwamba.
"Mun lura da wasu raguwa," in ji Hunter. "Amma dukiyoyi da yawa har yanzu suna ƙoƙarin rage farashi ba tare da rage ƙimar ba."
Hakan na iya zama da wahala, a cewar Nobles, saboda raguwar sabis ɗin na iya ɓata babban ma'auni na otal mai lu'u-lu'u biyar da ake buƙatar kulawa.
"Idan ka kira concierge a otal mai tauraro biyar, ana buƙatar a ɗauki wayar a cikin rabin daƙiƙa," in ji Nobles. "Don yin hakan, dole ne ku sami ma'aikata da yawa."
