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The benefits of customer profitability analysis in the hospitality industry

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  • Dragan Georgiev

    (University of Economics - Varna)

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The article reveals the benefits of customer profitability analysis implementation according to the specifics of the hotel product and the state of the management accounting in hotels. On this basis is substantiated the necessity management accounting and information systems in the hotels to be anteriorly adapted and developed in relevance with the objectives and methodological tools of customer profitability analysis, while keeping their function in collecting information for operational revenues and costs by responsibility centers. A model for customer profitability analysis based on ABC method is proposed in this connection, providing an example to clarify its methodological aspects and benefits. The latter consist in providing information for the purposes of taking a variety of management decisions regarding costs, product mix, pricing, performance measurement and implementation of various marketing initiatives.

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  • Dragan Georgiev, 2017. "The benefits of customer profitability analysis in the hospitality industry," Economics and computer science, Publishing house "Knowledge and business" Varna, issue 1, pages 21-41.
    • Handle: RePEc:kab:journl:y:2017:i:1:p:21-41
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