Guest Cycle I- Guest Cycle: Introduction • The guest cycle describes the activities that each guest passes by from the moment he/she calls to communicate a reservation inquiry till he/she departs from the hotel. In fact‚ the guest cycle encompasses 4 different stages‚ which are depicted in the underneath‚ diagram: Pre-Arrival Þ Arrival Þ Occupancy Þ Departure • Each stage of the guest cycle is associated guest service‚ and guest accounting activity. 1. Guest services: Reservation
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there are four main cycles in disaster preparedness‚ including prevention‚ protection‚ response and recovery. This is a major cycle that the Homeland Security Bill has worked in implementing antiterrorism routines. To achieve these objectives‚ HSA has prioritized three main areas. These include preventing any new attacks‚ reduce the vulnerability of the country to attacks‚ and minimize the damage in case of any attacks (Sharon‚ 2012). To achieve and adequately support the cycle from prevention to
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Methods of Revenue Recognition 1. The Accrual Method of Revenue Recognition The most common revenue recognition system is based on the accrual method. Under this approach‚ if the revenue recognition rules presented in the last section have been met‚ then revenue may be recognized in full. In addition‚ expenses related to that revenue‚ even if supplier invoices have not yet been received should be recognized and matched against the revenue. The name of this method does not imply that the revenue
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ACCOUNTING/291 Capital Expenditure vs Revenue Expenditure Carlos Flannigan XACC/291 Instructor: Tameka Johnson October2 ‚2014 Expenditures are unavoidable for any company to exist in the competitive market‚ to expand the business or to find new opportunities to open up beneficial business
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CHAPTER 2: RELEVANT REVENUES AND COSTS The primary goal of a firm is to maximize profits. This implies‚ of course‚ that each decision a manager makes is consistent with that goal. Although managers are expected to rely on internally-produced reports‚ such as balance sheets and income statements‚ to help them make decisions‚ most of the information that appears on these statements is period-based rather than decision-based. A balance sheet shows the sum total of a firm’s assets and liabilities
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Capital and Revenue Expenditures Edwin Bivens XACC- 291 06/08/2014 Capital and Revenue Expenditures: The Differences and Similarities. In order to be able to explain the differences between Capital Expenditure and Revenue Expenditure; I believe it is important to understand what each are: A capital expenditure is an amount spent to acquire or improve a long-term asset such as equipment or buildings. Usually the cost is recorded in an account classified as Property‚ Plant and
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Oscar J. "Revenue recognition convergence: The contract-based model." Journal Of Corporate Accounting & Finance (Wiley) 22‚ no. 6 (2011): 87-92. The article “Revenue Recognition Convergence: The Contract-Based Model” is all about revenue recognition. It begins by explaining the conceptual background information to give you an overview of what revenue recognition is both in the US and internationally. Part of this section also discusses what problems have been found with revenue recognition
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Revenue and sales maximization Revenue maximization Maximizing sales revenue is an alternative to profit maximization and occurs when the marginal revenue‚ MR‚ from selling an extra unit is zero. The notion that business firms (especially those operating in the real world) are primarily motivated by the desire to achieve the greatest possible level of sales‚ rather than profit maximization. On a day-to-day basis‚ most real world firms probably do try to maximize sales rather than profit. For firms
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Life Cycles‚ Standards‚ and Best Practices Gigs D. Foster HSA 315 Professor Tirzia York August 28‚ 2013 Health Care Organizations have learned to depend on the organizations IT Department for many different technological answers especially when it comes to patients’ health care information. The world is forever changing moving more toward technology and taking the health care systems along with it. Most health care organizations have already moved into the direction of changing paper medical
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Porter’s Five Forces Analysis 1. Threat of Substitute Products (LOW) The possibility threat of substitutes is moderately low; since there are few substitutes from other industries (if any); and most of them are seemed to be obsolete or have on foot out of the door‚ e.g. digit camera in the place of film camera and fax machines in place of overnight mail delivery. Consider that Sony has built a good reputation and strong customer loyalty‚ it effectively position the company’s products against product
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