You can manage allotments for companies, travel agents, tour operators and individuals. The rooms reserved within an allotment are taken out of the hotel’s availability and reduce the amount of vacancies in the forecasts.
In much the same way, you can manage reservations with reservation type 5 - Group block. Compared to allotments, group blocks are one-off happenings that span a short period only.
During the night audit, the program Release allotment/group block checks if there are available rooms within the release period and reduces the scope of the allotment or group block accordingly. I.e. if there are rooms not utilised within the release period, these will fall back into the hotel’s availability. The release type determines whether rooms are released by day or by contract.
Also during the night audit, the program Allotment/group block occupancy provides a report to track the allotments’ or group block’s performance.