Question

Improving Decision Making: Using Web Research to Budget for a Sales Conference                                                                                                                                       

Software Skills: Internet-based software

Business Skills: Researching Transportation and Lodging Costs

Scenario:

The Foremost Composite Materials Company is planning a two-day sales conference for October 27-28, starting with a reception on the evening of October 26. The conference consists of all-day meetings that the entire sales force, numbering 125 sales representatives and their 16 managers, must attend. Each sales representative requires his or her own room, and the company needs two common meeting rooms, one large enough to hold the entire sales force plus a few visitors (200) and the other able to hold half the force. Management has set a budget of $150,000 for the representatives’ room rentals. The company would like to hold the conference in either Whistler, BC, or Montreal, QC at a Hilton or Marriott owned hotel.

Use the Hilton and Marriott Web sites to select a hotel in whichever of these cities would enable the company to hold its sales conference within its budget and meet its sales conference requirements. Then locate flights arriving the afternoon prior to the conference. Your attendees will be coming from Toronto (54), Vancouver (32), Quebec City (22), Edmonton (19), and Winnipeg (14). Determine costs of each airline ticket from these cities. When you are finished, create a budget for the conference. The budget will include the cost of each airline ticket, the room cost, and $70 per attendee per day of food.

Answer 1

The Company is the planning to Conference for Two Days on October 27 and 28 with strtig a rreception event on October 26. So company need to book a hotel room for 2 nights. Lets me explained Room Rate of Hotel as mentioned in question.

Hilton Garden Inn Montreal Centre-Ville :- $126 per night

Delta Hotels- Meriott - Montreal - $129 per night

Their are 125 Representive and 16 Mangers. So total company need to book atleast 141 Rooms

Approxemetly Room cost wolud be = For 141 Room is $17,766 for Hilton hotel. And $ 18,189 for Hotel Marriot.

Also For the Airlines Ticket it took cost

Toronto to Montreal :- $125

Vancouver to Montreal:- $150

Quebec City:- $150

Edmonton :- $127

Winnipeg:- $269.

As we see tickets cost are diferent for each places. Airtickets cost will goes to approximetly $21,150.

And food expences for 3 Days. For