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Guestline Advanced C&B: Event reports overview

This information provides an overview of the Advanced C&B Event Reports, as well as linking to the other Advanced C&B report types.

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Written by Xanthe Jackson
Updated over a week ago

Advanced C&B reports are designed to provide event-related data and insights to help properties make informed decisions when managing events, resources and business strategies.

There are 4 main report types within Advanced C&B:

  • Event Reports: Event reports focus on the performance of events.

  • Function Reports: Function reports focus on the performance of specific components of an event.

  • Configuration Reports: These reports focus on the settings and configurations made by users within the system.

  • C&B Logs: These reports show the logs for changes made by users to events or enquiries.


Event Reports

Each of the Event reports are detailed in the tables below:

Cancelled Bookings

Used for:

Viewing cancelled and lost events, to report on the reasons for cancellations and revenue lost.

Information returned:

Date Range, Cancellation Reason, Cancellation Date, Arrival Date, Event Name, Client Name, Coordinator, Revenue

Actual or forecast?

Actual only

Tax calculation:

Gross

Export to CSV?

Export to CSV with new fields: Event Notes

Conference Revenue

Used for:

Viewing actual or forecast revenue by event type, status, and analysis group.

Information Returned:

Grouped by Event Type, Analysis Group and Value, Date/Month or Year (dependent on filters selected)

Actual or forecast?

Actual and Forecast

Tax calculation:

Gross and Nett

Export to CSV?

Export to CSV with no additional fields given

Delegate Menus

Used for:

Viewing pre-orders for delegate or ticketed events. Normally used on the day of the event when delivering orders to tables from the kitchen or bar.

Information Returned:

Menu Name, Menu Item, Delegate Name, Delegate Notes, Delegate Choice Value, Table Number, Table Time

Actual or forecast?

Actual and Forecast

Tax calculation

Gross

Export to CSV?

Cannot export to CSV

Deposit Due (C&B)

Used for:

Viewing and managing deposits that are due to be paid on Events.

Information Returned:

Event Deposits: Due Date, Event Reference, Event Start Date, Event Delegates, Event Name, Comments, Amount Due; Delegate Deposits: Due Date, Function Reference, Event Start Date, Number of Guests, Event Name, Comments, Amount Due

Actual or forecast?

Actual and Forecast

Tax calculation:

Gross

Export to CSV?

Export to CSV with no additional fields given

Enquiries (C&B)

Used for:

Viewing general and web enquiries (if enabled) showing their status, making it easier to track and manage when enquiries need following up.

Information Returned:

Enquiry Reference, Event Name, Event Type, Start Date, Nights, End Date, Forecast Amount, Created Date, Finalised Date, Chase Date, Status, Converted To C&B Enquiries will display the event ref.

Actual or forecast?

Actual and Forecast

Tax calculation:

Gross

Export to CSV?

Export to CSV with no additional fields given

Enquiry Conversions (C&B)

Used for:

Reviewing Enquiries that have been converted or closed, and is broken down into three sections:

1) Enquiries by Start Date will analyse Enquiries that had a start date within the date range that you specify.

2) Enquiries by Creation/ Transition date will show new enquiries logged, converted or closed that were due to start in the date range entered. For example, if you Enter Start date 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2024 - the report will only show enquiries that were entered, converted or lost that were due to occur during that date range. It will not include any totals that were entered, closed or converted outside of this date range.

3) Summary will break down the total number of enquiries received per year. Viewing the number of enquiries, how many have been lost & converted & the percentage conversion values. This is broken down by Event Type, Market Segment, Media Source Code & Coordinator.

Information Returned:

Enquiries by Start Date, Creation/Transition date, Summary of total enquiries received per year

Actual or forecast?

Actual and Forecast

Tax calculation:

Gross

Export to CSV?

Can only export to Excel

Events (C&B)

Used for:

Viewing a list of each event, per day, including the booked to date value. This report can be used to see a total number of events of a particular event type within a chosen date range.

Information Returned:

Event ID, Event Name, Arrival Date, Departure Date, Contact Name/Phone/Email, Company, Status, Delegates, Booked to Date Value, Deposit Paid Value

Actual or forecast?

Actual and Forecast

Tax calculation:

Gross and Nett

Export to CSV?

Yes - Agent Name, Agent Contact Name, Agent Contact Phone, Agent Contact Email

Kitchen

Used for:

Viewing food and beverage menus and items within a date range. This can be filtered by department or food and beverage, so that a report can be provided to the kitchen and bar team separately, without them having to have a full Event Sheet. Staff can use this report to plan what food and beverage needs ordering and staffing levels required. The function status’ of ‘enquiry, checked out, cancelled and lost will need to be deselected if they are not required.

Information Returned:

Function Date, Event Name, Serve Time, Menu Name, Menu Price, Delegate Numbers, Quantity, Guaranteed Numbers, Function Room, Layout, Function Name, Menu Items, Menu Item Numbers, Menu Notes

Actual or forecast?

Actual and Forecast

Tax calculation

Gross

Export to CSV?

Cannot export to CSV

Reinstated Bookings

Used for:

Viewing Events that have been cancelled or lost and reinstated back into the system.

Information Returned:

Reason, Arrival Date, Event Name, Client Name, Company, Coordinator, Notes, Revenue

Actual or forecast?

Actual only

Tax calculation:

Gross

Export to CSV?

Cannot export to CSV

Revenue By Event Type

Used for:

Viewing how many event bookings are taking place each day (broken down by Event Type and Event Status), and their associated total revenue.

Information Returned:

Arrival Date, Event Type, Number of Bookings per Event Status, Amount of Revenue per Event Status, Subtotal, Totals

Actual or forecast?

Actual and Forecast

Tax calculation:

Gross and Nett

Export to CSV?

Cannot Export to CSV

Revenue Forecast

Used for:

Viewing Event Revenue broken down by revenue type. Revenue Types are normally set to ‘Accomm’, ‘Food’, ‘Beverage’ and ‘Other’ – however, each property can be configured differently, with a maximum of six revenue types available. Only revenue types which have a value against them will show on the report.

Information Returned:

Event Reference Number and Name, Start Date, End Date, Event Type, Event Status, Number of Delegates, Value per Revenue Type, Bedroom Value(if Isolate Bedroom Revenue has been selected), Total Value

Actual or forecast?

Actual and Forecast

Tax calculation:

Gross and Nett

Export to CSV?

Cannot export to CSV

Status Change

Used for:

Viewing when an Event has changed from one status to another. If you used previous versions of Rezlynx and Advanced C & B, you may log enquiries as an event- therefore this report will assist you in tracking conversions.

Information Returned:

Grouped by Current Event Status, Changed Date, Changed by Operator, Previous Event Status, Event Arrival Date, Coordinator, Event Name, Number of delegates, Booked to Date Value

Actual or forecast?

Actual only

Tax calculation:

Gross

Export to CSV?

Cannot export to CSV

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