A rooms supportable estimate
Using the information given below calculate a rooms supportable estimate and a three-year financial projection to the point of income before fixed charges for the following hypothetical lodging
development project. Assume the property will take two years to build, and its first full operational year is 2017 and all work must be shown on how each calculation was determined.
PropertyNo. of Rooms A.A.O. Market Segmentation
A320 71% C/B=40%, G/C/C=30%, T/T=30%
B310 64% C/B=60%, G/C/C=20%, T/T=20%
C250 77% C/B=50%, G/C/C=10%, T/T=40%
D180 78% C/B=30%, G/C/C=50%, T/T=20%
Com/Bus. Growth CategoriesPercent Growth
Comm. Leasing Activity1
Population3
Labor and Employment2
Transportation2
Retail sales1
Eating & Drinking Sales3
Group/Conf./Convention Growth Categories:
Conference Growth2
Convention Growth2
Tourist/Transient Growth Categories:
Local Attraction Attendance2
Local highway traffic1
Interstate traffic growth6
Financial Projection Data:
Number of rooms in proposed property: 500
Average rate in today’s dollars for all three years: $95.00
First through third year projected occupancy: 66%
Revenue Percentage Assumptions:
Food Revenue:
One restaurant with 140 seats, open all year, one breakfast meal service with an average check for $14.00 and a turn-over rate of 1.3. There is no room service.
Beverage Revenue:
30% of food revenue
Telecommunications Revenue:
$2.50 per occupied room.
Other Revenue:
5% of room revenue.
Expense Percentage Assumptions:
Rooms:
Room Pay/Rel17
Other5
Food & Beverage:
Food Cost 28
Bev. Cost15
Pay/Rel22
Other5
Telephone Expenses:
Assume telecommunications expenses are 25 percent greater than telephone revenue.
Undistributed Operating Expense Percentages:
A&G5
Marketing2
P.O.M.4
Energy3
Mgt. Fee5