Assessment Task:

You are the RM at Purple Resorts. Jenny is the propertys DOSM and Danny is the FOM. All three

serve on the hotels RM boards committee headed by the DOSM. The hotel has 125 rooms that it

can serve provide to customer per night stay. Last year records show that the hotel usually has 92%

occupancy for the New year holiday season from 28th December till 2nd January every year. The

rooms are to sell at a rack rate of $129.99 per night.

Danny has been approached by the Australian Cricket Association to block 100 rooms (80%

Occupancy every day from 28th December till 2nd January for $109.99 per room. Purple Resorts

Australia RM Committee are planning to find out whether Dannys offer would be beneficial or

should they open for business as usual to operate with the forecasted 92% occupancy. The RM

committee requires you to differentiate explain which of their costs are fixed and variable and any

recommendations to change from the variable to fixed costs or would that be better to stay as

variable costs according to the cost behaviour and driver.

Required:

The DOSM, head of the RM committee has asked you to prepare the following and submit a report

to the RM committee with the following requirements below to decide

1. The Forecasted total cost and revenue for Dannys Proposal and normal occupancy (4 marks)
2. The Break-even units in rooms and dollars ( 4 marks)
3. Comparison of Dannys proposal with the normal occupancy and which would be yielding

more? (4 marks)

4. Your Recommendation (4 marks)
5. Reason for your Recommendation (4 marks )

Forecasted Expenses for the period 28th Dec 2020 - 3rd Jan 2021 Full time staff Salary Casual staff wages Electricity charges water charges Guests laundry charges @ 100 % occupancy Room Cleaning charges @ 100 percent occupancy phone and internet charges yearly charges weekly bank charges $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 28,000.00 14,000.00 4,800.00 5,600.00 1,522.00 9,132.00 31,200.00 280.00