Purpose

This study aims to analyze how different room-committing practices affect the occupancy and profitability of hotels and it critically reviews the role of minimum-length-of-stay (MLOS) requirements given these findings.

Design/methodology/approach

The approach uses statistical analysis of simplified contexts to develop understanding, and simulations of more complex situations to confirm the relevance in realistic contexts.

Findings

The study demonstrates that proper solutions of the room-committing problem improve occupancy and profitability, in particular, for hotels working in high-season and high-occupancy situations. Smart committing algorithms diminish the role of MLOS requirements. More demand can be accepted without sacrificing late-arriving long reservations.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this work, building upon a previous one cited in this paper, is the first to rigorously study the room-committing problem and to demonstrate its relevance in practical situations and its implications on MLOS rules.

中文翻译：

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RoomTetris 在房间提交中：为什么应该重新审视最短入住时间要求的作用

目的

本研究旨在分析不同的房间承诺实践如何影响酒店的入住率和盈利能力，并根据这些发现批判性地审查了最短入住时间 (MLOS) 要求的作用。

设计/方法/方法

该方法使用简化上下文的统计分析来发展理解，并使用更复杂情况的模拟来确认现实上下文中的相关性。

发现

研究表明，房间提交问题的适当解决方案可以提高入住率和盈利能力，特别是对于在旺季和高入住率情况下工作的酒店。智能提交算法减少了 MLOS 要求的作用。在不牺牲迟到的长期预订的情况下，可以接受更多的需求。

原创性/价值

据作者所知，这项工作以本文引用的前一项工作为基础，是第一个严格研究房间提交问题并证明其在实际情况中的相关性及其对 MLOS 规则影响的工作。