Can a new hotel install a system, or does it need to have operated for a while?
IDeaS: Normally, we need to see a full years worth of historical data. In some cases, where the same owner has hotels next to each other that address the same markets, we would be in a position to build a system based on the data from one of the hotels. MICROS: OPUS2 uses both historical and actual data to forecast the demand for a property. Over time, the actual data is given more weight than the historical information to provide a more accurate forecast of the changing business patterns for a given property. In the absence of historical data (such as with a new property), OPUS2 immediately gives weight to the actual information received from the PMS to provide the system forecast.
