Managing Property-Specific Event Quotes

This chapter describes the procedures that event managers and operations personnel use to generate property-specific quotes for an event opportunity using Siebel Hospitality software. It includes the following topics:

• About Property-Specific Quotes

• Scenario for Managing Property-Specific Event Quotes

• Roadmap for Managing Property-Specific Event Quotes

• Generating an Event Quote

• Generating Quotes from Opportunities

• Generating Quotes from Recurring Events

• Generating Quotes from Host-Affiliate Opportunities

• Modifying an Event Quote

• Changing the Sales Manager and Event Manager for a Quote

• Changing Multiple Event Quotes

• Applying a Property-Specific Event Template to a Quote

• Creating an Event Template from a Quote

• Adding Details to an Event Quote

• Managing Functions Associated with Quotes

• Adding Nonfunction Line Items to a Quote

• Managing Event Room Block Information in Quotes

• About Time Shifts for Function Spaces and Sleeping Room Blocks

• Process of Reviewing Quote Details

• Scenarios for Calculating Taxes, Service Charges, and Revenues

• Reviewing Quote Discounts

• Reviewing Revenue Estimates for Quote Functions

• Reviewing Macro Estimates for Quotes

• Viewing the Quote Event Calendar

• Analyzing Quotes, Functions, and Room Blocks with Charts

• Process of Managing Meeting Packages in a Quote

• About Core and Noncore Field Behaviors in Quotes

• Workflow for Copy Function Line Items Functionality