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18. Strategy Project Overview4ObjectiveDevelop a structured methodology to optimize the strategic management of amenities, specifically to optimize overall profitabilityOverarching objective is to determine current resort amenities that will continue to generate room occupancy ScopeProfitability analysis per amenity
22. Phase III Consolidate Findings & Present RecommendationsExecutive Summary5Financial analysis has determined that off-road driving and wildlife have the highest operating loss from 2006-2008Our survey revealed that wildlife is only moderately attractive and off-road driving fairly unattractive to customers Equestrian and off-road driving are the overall poorest performing amenities and therefore yield the highest potential for cost savingsThe combined cost savings for wildlife and off-road driving are expected to generate an annual increase $140,000 in the bottom line
24. List of Analyzed AmenitiesChallengesSituationData MiningAnalysisRecommendations
25. Cash fromOperations in Year 20088ChallengesSituationData MiningAnalysisRecommendationsCash from operations is positive for the majority of the amenities
26. Loss per Amenity for the Year 20089ChallengesSituationData Mining & SurveyAnalysisRecommendationsWildlife & Off-road Driving account for about 65% of the overall cash loss from operations
27. Cash fromOperationsfor 2006 - 200810ChallengesSituationData Mining & SurveyAnalysisRecommendations84 LumberGolf TournamentCash fromoperationsshows an inconsistentpatternforsomeamenities over the last 3 years
28. Cash from Operations per Season 200811Generates cash*ChallengesSituationData Mining & SurveyAnalysisRecommendations**Loses cashGenerates cashLoses cashCash generated from operations shows clear cyclicality over the course of a calendar year* Winter (November March)**Summer (April October)
29. Profit ($) vs. Profit Margin (%) in 200812Profit Margin (%)Profit ($)ChallengesSituationData Mining & SurveyAnalysisRecommendations
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31. Market survey to determine amenity attractiveness14ObjectiveIdentify amenities that are attractive to different types of transient customers and thus generate room occupancyScopeSample of 108 of 650 originally sent out questionnaires (17% response rate)
32. All respondents classified as either adults (no children on stay) or families & by annual household income level
33. Ranking of the attractiveness of Nemacolins amenities on an ordinal scale from 1-14ChallengesSituationData Mining & SurveyAnalysisRecommendationsMethodologyApproval of questionnaire by marketing professor specialized in the field of market research
34. After elimination of incomplete/incorrectly filled out questionnaires, results were generated by comparing the means of each amenity
35. Overall result generated by applying different weightings based on the underlying structure of Nemacolins current customer base Sample Survey Question15ChallengesSituationData Mining & SurveyAnalysisRecommendations
37. Evaluation Framework17Optimized Amenity PortfolioWildlifeOff-road DrivingChallengesSituationData Mining & SurveyAnalysisRecommendationsIncrease in Bottom Line through Cost Reductions
38. Consolidated Findings of Financial, Traffic and Attractiveness Analysis18ChallengesSituationData Mining & SurveyAnalysisRecommendations
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