Purchases in the Hospitality Industry

Procurement is not fully integrated into management purchases, particularly with independent hotels and small. Most applications for supply management are using the Internet for sourcing and ordering. Associated with hotels chains are more advanced in implementing the Internet technology to supply management. Most of hotels have no purchasing department. Purchases are either centralized or by chain is the responsibility of each branch. Most institutions believe that communication in person or by telephone providers are more reliable and efficient than the Internet interface considered more impersonal. The main factors influencing the implementation of supply electronics industries are in this property type, size and level of service

When purchasing a product or service from the hospitality industry customers often use price as an indicator of quality. Compared to consumer purchases, corporate purchases usually include more buyers and a more professional purchasing strategy. Corporations often use the services and hotel rooms to make your meetings or special meetings constitute a market that requires large meeting rooms, audiovisual equipment for conferences, food and beverages, etc.

There are four main business groups: Conventions, Meetings of associations, corporate Boards and Groups SMERF (social, military, educational, religious and fraternal) and the most important features to consider this hotel are: meeting rooms, the prices, food quality, the input and output records, specific tasks of the staff, the exhibition space and previous experience. For meetings of associations, the most important features are: the availability of the hotel, its facilities, the ease and cost of transportation and distance to the audience.

On corporate boards, the main concern is that the board be productive and achieve the objectives of the company. In SMERF organizations seeking cheap rooms and often find that food and beverages offered or the hotel are too expensive, so they prefer to eat at other restaurants or buy ...