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HM 350Hospitality Revenue and Profit Optimization

3 credits · Hospitality Management · Penn State

This course introduces students to the principles of revenue and profit optimization, and the methodologies and analytical techniques required to make data-driven, profit-oriented decisions across all of the major revenue streams in hospitality. Areas of focus include data analytics, pricing, demand forecasting, capacity and duration management, and distribution channel management. The overriding goal of this course is to provide students with the skills necessary to make data-driven, profit-oriented decisions.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “A C or better in HM 272 .”

Counts toward

General education

Quantification (GQ)

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 3 · Spring (2 programs).

Required in (2)

  • Hospitality Management, B.S. (Berks)
  • Hospitality Management, B.S. (Health and Human Development)
What it opens up

Courses that list HM 350 as a prerequisite (2)

  • HM 480 Applied Hospitality Concepts and Decision Making
  • HM 483 Revenue Management