Clusters in statistics

Clusters are a combination of multiple objects, which are treated as a single object when this cluster is booked. In statistics, this needs to be handled differently to avoid skewed figures.

In short:
A cluster is not considered an object in terms of occupancy. The nights that a cluster was booked are counted for all underlying objects of the cluster.
However, a cluster is considered an object in terms of revenue. You can check the total revenue of a cluster compared to other objects.
Because of these differing approaches, cluster data may be excluded from statistics that combine revenue and occupancy.

Available and sold object nights

When determining available and rented object nights, we only include the actual objects in the calculation. The cluster itself is not considered an object in this way.
Any time an object that is part of a cluster was blocked because of a cluster reservation, this counts as a rented object night. This is how occupation figures are kept accurate.

Revenue

Revenue statistics are based on confirmed reservations. The revenue of a cluster reservation is assigned to the cluster itself, not to the objects that are part of the cluster.
This is because clusters are priced and advertised as a single unit.

Statistics combining revenue and sold/unsold nights

Commonly used statistics such as RevPar and ADR divide revenue by available or sold nights. Because cluster revenue is assigned to the cluster, but the booked nights on a cluster are assigned to its underlying objects, these calculations will fail when broken down by object. Therefore, cluster data is excluded from the statistics in those cases.

Example:

Cluster C consists of objects A and B. Last month there was a 10-night reservation on cluster C, for €1000.

To calculate ADR, the total revenue is divided by the number of booked nights.

The booked nights are assigned to the actual objects A and B, not to cluster C.
Revenue is assigned to C, not to objects A and B.


Broken down by object, the ADR calculations will fail:

A: €0,- / 10 (booked nights) = €0.

B: €0,- / 10 (booked nights) = €0.

C: €1000 / 0 (booked nights) = €0.
Combined, the ADR calculation does not fail:
A+B+C: €1000 / 20 (booked nights) = €50