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Planning a stay in Dubai for your business meeting or family vacation? Not a problem! Being the newest and preferred business and tourist destination of the world, Dubai offers a wide variety of hotels and accommodations.

Hundreds of hotels ranging from cheap hotels to the world’s only 7 star hotel (Burj Al Arab) are scattered across Dubai. More are still under development in the everyday ongoing construction such as the Burj Dubai. All the Dubai hotels comply with the unified system set by the Dubai Tourism authorities to ensure quality service and facilities.

The most famous Dubai luxury hotel is the Burj Al Arab, which is the only seven star hotel in the world. It is built in a form of a billowing sail. This luxury hotel soars as high as 321 meters above the Arabian Gulf.

Situated in the Jumeirah Beach area, this hotel is currently one of the world’s finest luxury hotels if not the finest. This high-rise building that dominates the coastline of Dubai is seen from different sides of Dubai and offers amazing color sculptures of fire and water at night.

The special services of this hotel include luxury chauffer driven limousine airport transfers in Rolls Royce, private golf cart rides when going to adjacent properties, and private hotel staffs for all rooms. The hotel was designed to serve the International Elite class with its excellent facilities that offer complete privacy and security for their top-rank customers.

The Burj Al Arab also offers sporting activities such as kayaking, surfing, sailing, paragliding, windsurfing, and deep sea fishing. Those who can afford to have a luxurious stay in Dubai can book online at the Dubai Tourism or at the Burj Al Arab websites.

Those who want luxury at more affordable prices can try other luxury hotels in Dubai such as the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Raffles Dubai, Jumeirah Emirates Towers Dar Al Masyaf at Madinat Jumeirah, and many more. The Five Star Alliance, the alliance of luxury hotels recommends in their website the 27 luxury hotels in Dubai including the previously named Dubai hotels.

A cheap hotel in Dubai (or should I say discounted hotels) is more affordable for budget conscious tourists and are also available in all areas of Dubai. Shopping for these hotels can be done online where you can book one right away when you find it.

Aside from the current hotels in Dubai, more hotels are still to be completed in nearly halfway developments such as the Burj Dubai and in Bawadi. The Burj Dubai will be home to more luxury hotels such as the signature boutique Armani hotel. Bawadi, being one of the biggest entertainment walkways in the world will give way to the construction of 51 hotels more in the Bawadi projects.

These hotels are available in boutique, themed, and resort hotels that include the prospected world’s largest hotel, the Asia-Asia Hotel. Theme hotels will include Universal, Asian, American (countries), African, European, and Middle Eastern.

And with all that said, don’t forget the Dubai hotel apartments. The Bur Dubai area is loaded with these. These are like the extended stay hotels you are used to seeing in North America (Residence Inn’s and Towne Place Suites), except they are MUCH better.

These hotel apartments are truly luxurious with most of them with marble flooring. I suppose it is meant to give you a taste of what it would be like to live in a Dubai high rise apartment or condo. I have stayed at many of these and definitely recommend it as an alternative. I mostly recommend this if you are traveling to Dubai with your family (kids).

Dubai will be much more worth visiting if you book in one of its quality hotels. Hotel booking will be made easier and safer when done with the Dubai Tourism accredited hotels whether a luxury hotel or the more affordable ones. Dubai hotels will surely give you the services and amenities that will make you feel completely at home. Once you get there, you will see how easily it is to call Dubai your home (at least for the time being).

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The Hotel Financial Control function generally analyses the Hotel activity through a standard P&L reclassification that identifies four main departments that represent the main business area of the Hotel: Rooms Revenues, Food & Beverages Revenues, Telephone Revenues and Other Income. Rooms and F&B are the main drivers of value, while the other revenues may help the total contribution. For each of the four department the Hotel Financial Control calculates the department profit and then the cumulative Department Profit of the Hotel.

Further in our accounting, we subtract the Undistributed Expenses (including Adm. & General, Marketing, Repairs and Maintenance, Energy Costs, etc.) to obtain the Gross Operating Profit of the Hotel and we subtract Fixed Charges (including Equipment and other Rent/lease, Real Estate and other Taxes, Building and other Insurance, etc.) to obtain the Net Operating Income.

The main size and performance measure in the Hotel industry are identified as the Occupancy Rate, multiple occupancy factor, annual sleepers, GUR (number of sleepers per available bed) ARR (Average Room Rate), Revenues PAR (per available room), Revenues POR (Per Occupied Room). The main profitability measures of an Hotel are based on Gross Operating Income (GOI-Par and GOI-Por) and to Net Operating Income (NOI-Par and NOI-Por). Hotel valuation multiples are often linked to RevPar, GopPar and NoiPar.

Nice, but it is time to make few changes. Although the Hotel industry is almost stable compared to other businness, there are two drivers that would suggest to the Hotel Financial Control to make some development to the above Profit & Loss reclassification: these are the Internet based booking and the new Real Estate financial structures. Let’s see how these two drivers may lead to some upgrades in our way to look at the accounts of an Hotel.

Hotel bookings include direct bookings at the Hotel (via telephone or Internet based), “chain” label driven bookings and Internet media bookings (via major Internet bookings media). Each of these channel requires a different organisation structure, different contracts and different costs. It is not a simple sales and marketing choice with associated Sales and Marketing costs: the decision to stress the Internet channel changes rather than the traditional channels dramatically change the Hotel operations and the Hotel P&L. We worked as Advisor together with an Hotel manager in a famous location in Italy. We decided that the “chain” label driven booking was too expensive and could be replaced by Internet media bookings. The result was an increase in the overall Hotel occupancy rate with no decrease in the Avg Room Rate. The installation of the new system required an overall three months investment, peanuts in comparison with what the Hotel was paying to have a famous label on the door. But in order to really monitor each cent of cost we needed to chance the Hotel Financial Control system.

The issue is: Is it correct that the Hotel Financial Control considers Sales costs as Undistributed Expenses, as these costs are not evenly insisting on the different revenue stream? In other words: what we noticed is that the Sales channel brings different Sales costs on Room Dept and on F&B Dept. If these is the case, we might therefore decide to include the different impact of Sales channel expenses on the department. P&L with more accuracy.

A different issue on the Hotel Financial Control structure rely upon the new Real Estate ownership. Hotel Real Estate are increasingly owned by financial investors that very little care about the characteristics of the Hotel business and are very demanding: they require a stable financial flow, possibly a higher reward based on the performance of the Hotel and they look at long-term capital appreciation. The structure of the lease / rent contract and its cost is therefore not simply one of the fixed costs of the Hotel but is “the” cost. The Hotel Financial Control cannot simply include this in a row down in the P&L, but a much in depth analysis is needed. We might want to include the contingency share of the lease /rent in operating expenses so that our Dept. profit really reflects the profit to the firm. In addition we might want to define into a proper P&L figure the relevant lease / rent expenses.

Finally a few words on other issues: telephone revenues and SPA revenues.

Everybody attending an hotel owns at least one mobile telephone and pretends full Internet coverage: Hotel telephone revenues are therefore limited. The wellness area, including SPA and fitness revenues instead are increasing: the Hotel Financial Control often replaces the telephone Dept line with the SPA Dept. line.

As Advisor in this industry, we are therefore challenged with the clients’ need for further improvements in Hotel Financial Control so that it really supports the management in its decisions.

 Online Hotel Booking – Top 4 reasons why you need to book hotels online

 Online hotel booking is the best way to book rooms in hotels. Customers can enjoy the easiness of online booking and can find the cheapest hotel rooms with excellent facilities. Here are the 4 advantages of online hotel booking.

 1. Discounted Rates:-

 Most of the online hotel search engines guarantee that their rates are the best prices available online. This is possible for them because they negotiate these low rates with hotels and hotel suppliers based on their bulk purchasing Capabilities.  Some websites even offers a partial money back, if the same hotel is available on lower rate in another website. ( Eg:- http://www.selectyourhotel.com – refer  their best rate guarantee page ). Some online booking service provider’s websites even allow you to compare the prices of multiple hotels when selecting your online hotel bookings. By this way it is very easy to find well-equipped hotel rooms in cheap price. It is better to find a larger online hotel booking service provider, if you are looking for a cheap hotel room. Last minute deals and vacation packages are the other ways of saving money through online travel booking.

2. Better Selection:-

The variety of choice and easy user friendly navigation during the booking process has made online hotel booking so popular among people. Each and every online hotel booking sites have their online hotel reservation engine as their backbone. These engines allow people to retrieve the updated and current information on the available hotels in a particular city or place. With the help of the engines and with the supportive and informative web pages it is easy for people to analyze find the rooms of their exact match. You can find a wide selection of accommodation online from budget hotels to 5 star luxury resorts.  A large number of discount hotels, which are well equipped with all the latest facilities and cater to the demands of travelers visiting the city.

 3. Convenience:-

 The most important advantage of online hotel booking is convenience; you can book your hotel by simply sitting in home. Online hotel search engines help you to browse through the hotels around the world and compare the facilities and rates easily. When you choose your hotel for your accommodation, simply you can complete your reservation when required. Some of the websites also offer combined booking ( eg:- Hotel, Flight, Car Rental together).The advantage of this kind of bookings is that you can save a good amount of money. It is also very helpful for those who plan their weekend getaway in last minute. 

4. Travel Reviews:- 

Most of the online reservation websites provide travel guides and travel reviews. In travel guide normally for each destination, they provide the information about the city, attractions, things to do, events, entertainments, family friendly hotels etc. Visiting all tourist spots may not be possible for a tourist, even during the course of a long vacation. So it is always better to go through a good travel guide, select the places you want to visit and get your reservations well in advance.

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You want to experience your long-cherished holiday, but you are not aware of the accommodation options available. With the advancement of the online space, several sites have come up with the choice range of accommodation options at low discount rates. Sites for hotel booking worldwide not only offer you a huge range of hotels, but guaranteed discounts also. From Singapore hotels to Thailand hotels, from Malaysia hotels to Australia hotels, from Japan hotels to Indonesia hotels, from China Hotels to Bangkok hotels, from Phuket hotels to Hong Kong Hotels, you will get all information on accommodation and services under one roof. Whether you are looking for the finest luxury hotels or beach resorts at low rates, then online hotel booking services will be the best option for you. If you are seeking for the best discounts on your accommodation, you can search for the choicest range of accommodations on hotel booking sites online.

What are some of the best discount hotels across the world?  Which hotels have slashed their rates on accommodation and dining? You will get all the answers to your queries right here on the popular sites for discount hotel booking. We provide you a few good reasons why you should book your luxury holiday retreat or beach holiday resort or cheap hotels online.

Avail of the online hotel booking facilities and fulfill all your travel needs including reservations for attractions, sightseeing, activities and transfers online. You must make it a point to book your accommodation and the other travel requirements online to avoid last-minute panic. You can get up to 70% off on your hotel in America, Europe, Africa, Australia or Asia. As the offer is limited for a particular period, it is recommended that you grab your deals at the right time.

With exclusive rates available on these sites for hotel booking worldwide, you are guaranteed an absolute value for your money.  However, in order to avail these jaw-dropping rates, you need to keep in mind certain points. Make sure that you have received a confirmation on your reservation. Those with pending requests are not likely to enjoy such services. You must remember to book your hotel seven days prior to your check-in date. You are likely to avail the best rates within 24 hours of confirmation of your reservation. You should note that the site which offers you confirmation instantly will also provide you with better discount rates.

Are you still wondering about the benefits of online hotel booking worldwide? You can choose from the best range of hotels. You will see about 55,000 hotels-both luxury and cheap hotels upfront. You will be confirmed the moment your reserve your hotel. Finest range of hotels and instant confirmation! Can you ask for more?

Browse through some of the hotel reviews to get a clear understanding about the hotel facilities and services and the discount rates on the hotel you are about to reserve. These reviews are absolutely unbiased and written by travelers on the basis of their first-hand experience. Avail of online hotel booking worldwide and enjoy an easy and hassle-free process of hotel reservation!

Finding a cheap hotel near? I was wondering how many millions of people are concerned with that question this year? I am looking for a cheap hotel close to? Or maybe this one I want to stay at a cheap hotel close to? I was recently looking to make some reservations for a little vacation that we are trying to reserve for an extra long weekend later on in the year. I just noticed how I was constantly searching for a cheap hotel near such and such city when it occurred to me how many more millions of people have adjusted their search for travel reservations to include the term a cheap hotel near.

We thought about that simple phrase and how many thousands of people are keying in cheap hotels near my destination city. I think it just speaks volumes to how much we as a people have moved in our priorities to go on cheap vacations at the cheaper hotels we can discover. Think about that for a second it was probably not that long ago, perhaps maybe only a year ago when you were making reservations at the most convenient hotels you wanted to stay at. Giving more priority to convenience and over the top stuff as opposed to the prices on the hotel. People were staying as close to their destination as they could and usually in the best hotel that cash could buy. If you are like us than finding the most affordable hotel near or the cheapest hotel in the area that you want to stay but the cheapest hotels get priority.

Just when you do a quick search on the internet on finding the cheapest hotel near you come up with almost 50 millions hits about cheap hotels. Do another search on the internet only instead of looking up the cheapest hotel near this time look up the luxury hotel closest to, wow what a difference it’s only about eleven million sites for that. That is almost an even five cheap hotels to every one for luxury hotels closest to. I do not remember searching to reserve a vacation in the past with the goal of getting the cheapest hotel near. Normally the first thing we would look for when making a reservation for our accommodations would be finding the best hotel with all the extras and in the location we wanted it to be in. If that meant costing us a few more dollars that was OK, but now that the economy is in a total mess. The cheap hotels statement is at the top of our priorities as we look to plan and book our next vacation.

Considering that sites like travelocity and orbitz would not be in business today if not for the fact that we are all about finding the cheapest hotel rates. That whole travel website industry was founded on that simple little phrase if you think about it, travelers searching for the cheapest hotel rates. That phrase and online travel sites like those with the ease of access on the internet have come together to pretty much put an end to the careers of travel agents all over the world.

So now we are getting some news updates of travel advisers from different travel sites waiting for the best cheap hotel near rate that we can get. I will say this for the recession it sure has the made the finding of cheap hotels near our desired location all the more enjoyable as the hotel rates compared to last year must be a good 10% cheaper than they were just a year ago. Hopefully there is some comfort in knowing as each week goes by and we see cheaper hotel rates than we saw just a couple of weeks back that at least we will have no problems finding a cheap hotel near, for this year anyway.

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