Copeland Hotels Ltd provide three levels of rooms in their hotels. The following planning data are provided

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Copeland Hotels Ltd provide three levels of rooms in their hotels. The following planning data are provided for the year ended 31 December 2016:



Deluxe Suite

Superior Suite

Presidential Suite

Rate per night

Direct room maintenance costs

Variable hotel overhead

Variable marketing expenses

Room nights in 2015

Planned 2016 room nights

$480

$160

$40

$40

120 000

128 000

$720

$200

$60

$60

72 000

112 000

$1 200

$280

$80

$120

48 000

80 000


Fixed hotel overhead costs are $24 360 000 per year, and the annual fixed marketing and administrative costs are $10 200 000.

As a graduate of a tourism management course, you are part of the planning process for 2016 and need to understand what is happening in the process.


Required

A. Calculate the break-even point for 2015 and 2016 in total room nights and the number of room nights of each type of room that must be sold at the break-even point.

B. Calculate the number of room nights of each type of room that will have to be sold in 2016 to earn an after-tax profit of $19 488 000. Assume a tax rate of 30%.

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Accounting

ISBN: 978-1118608227

9th edition

Authors: Lew Edwards, John Medlin, Keryn Chalmers, Andreas Hellmann, Claire Beattie, Jodie Maxfield, John Hoggett

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