ABSTRACT
This work is carried out to identify and discuss the need for a
computer system in hotel business billing system. A hotel business is a
hospitality industry which caters for both leisure and well being of its
guest. The duties of hotels are to offer accommodation to their guest
and to render services to them. These services are usually personal.
The focus on this topic is to introduce computer in the allocation of
rooms and billing system of a hotel. The current process of billing is
being operated manually and due to this procedure numerous problem are
been encountered. A design was taken to computerized the manual process
in order to check this problem. The problems were identified after
series of interviews and examination of documents after which analysis
was made and a computerized procedure recommended. This project will
also suggest how to successfully implement the computerized procedure
and to overcome the obstacle that would hinder the successful
implementation of the system. The new system was designed using
Microsoft visual basic 6.0 programming language. This language was
chosen because of its easy syntax and features for developing windows
based applications.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover page
Title page
Certification
Dedication
Acknowledge
Abstract
Table of content
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Background of the study
1.2 Statement of problem
1.3 Purpose of study
1.4 Objective of study
1.5 Scope of the problem
1.6 Definition of terms
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 OVERVIEW OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM
3.1 Description analysis of the existing system
3.2 Method of data collect
3.2.1 Interview method
3.2.2 References to written text
3.4 Process analysis
3.5 Out analysis
3.6 Problem of the existing system
3.7 Justification for the new system.
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 IMPLEMENTATION
5.1 Program design
5.2 Program flowchart
5.3 Pseudo code
5.4 Source listing
5.5 Test Run
CHAPTER SIX
6.0 RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
APPENDIX
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Hotel is defined by British law as a place where a bonafide traveller
can receive food and shelter, provided he is in a position to pay and
is in a fit condition to be received. Hence, a hotel provides food and
beverages, and lodging to travellers on payment. In turn, it has the
right to refuse a traveller is drunk, disorderly, unkempt or is not in a
position to pay for the services.
The hotel industry is perhaps, one of the oldest commercial endeavors
in the world. The first inns date back to the sixth century be and were
the products of the urge to travel, spurred by the invention of the
wheel.
The earliest hotels were managed by husband and wife teams, who
provided large halls for travelers to make their own bed and sleep on
the floor. The entire cooking service and recreation were provided by
the husband and wife team and his family.
It was in Europe that the birth of well managed hotel industry took
place on the shape of chalets and small hotels which provided variety of
services. They were mainly patronized by the aristocracy of the day.
The real growth of the modern hotel industry took place in the United
State of America in 1794. the real boom in hotel building came in the
early twentieth century. This period also saw the beginning of chain
operation under the guidance of E.M stalker. It involved big
investments, big profit and trained professional to manage the business.
The management business billing of a hotel system was virtually left
in the hands of the front officers. The front office in hotels is the
department responsible for the scale of hotel rooms through systematic
method of reservation, followed by registration and assigning of rooms
to customers, it was usually done manually. This was boring and
cumbersome in hotels that still operate manually today. This development
in hotel business billing system continued gradually until recently
when computer was invented as an electronic method of processing data,
computer can be defined as an electronic device that accept input,
manipulated data and produces information which is the output, as
required. Computerization of hotel business billing system: a focus on
the lodging system of a hotel, therefore, the application of computer in
the lodging system of a hotel. A hotel which operated a computerized
system will ensure that the program carries provision for different
tariffs, locations and individual guest preferences. Details of each
room are stored within the memory and as a guest registers the guest
list is immediately updated while that particular room is removed from
the list of those which are available for letting. Because the system is
so accurate, there is little chance of two people being given same
room.
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The lodging system of Mooted Hotels Limited Enugu started when this
hotel was established in 1986. at its inception, Mooted Hotels Limited
inherited three modern hotels. There were ninety three chalets at the
time of its establishment. These hotels were located at Enugu, IMO,
Anambra. However they have since been improved upon with additional
chalets, better management and better services.
The management of Muddle Hotels Limited insists that standard
obtainable in its hotels of all types compare favorably with the
standards elsewhere. Each chalets is provided with a room stewards, hot
and cold water tub, wall-
To-wall carpet, air conditioner, television, refrigerator and
inter-com. The Cable News Network (CNN) is received in the hotels
through its satellite dish. The body managing the hotel now at the apex
of the management include-
1. The general manager
2. The company accountant
3. The company secretary
4. The operational managers
5. The public relations officer
6. The house keeper
7. The food and beverages manager
8. The number of staff are eighty
These are both junior and senior cadres.
1. Administration
2. Accounts
3. Restraurant
4. Bar
5. Kitchen
6. Laundry.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM.
The introduction of computer in the hotel is to reduce problem
encountered on arrival and event at check out time by guest’s customers
and visitors to the hotel and by the reception staff on their efforts to
manually attend to each guest’s requests going through the reception
routine in the front office by the guest is normally frustrating and
time wasting. As guest can be kept on his feet for several minutes
waiting to be attended to .the billing procedures in the cashier section
are similar to that of the front office. The staff at the cashier
section is also limited by their human capabilities.
1.3 PURPOSE OF STUDY
The main aim of this study is design a computerized reservation entry
and guest billing system for timely services. In hotel services, time
is of essence.
Another objective of is to design a computerized system which will
ensure that the program carries provisions for different tariffs,
locations and individual guest preferences. The computer will select the
best available rooms for particular reservation or offer an
alternative, if the preferred room is already taken or is not yet ready.
The program will be flexible enough to ensure that any special request
by a guest can be catered for.
1.4 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
The computerization of the hotel business billing system is centered
on the front office. (i.e. reception and cashier section) of the Modotel
hotel limited. A lot of limitations were encounter during this study.
Such limitations are:
1. Finance: this hindered my movement in the process of gathering of facts.
2. Time: this is another constraint to my undertaking a more
comprehensive fact finding, since the period for this study was very
small compared to the actual work.
3. Lack of textbooks: this is also another major constraint in the
course of carrying out this work. One had to move one library to
another.
4. Protocols: I encountered series of protocols, often called red tapism before I was granted interviews.
1.5 IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY
There is a high hope that this project will solve those problems the
reception personnel encounter on the sale of rooms in the hotel. A hotel
which is computerized can, with dispatch, answer inquires and write
confirmation letters for reservation, keep messages for guest’s, advice
the hotel management about regular guests, improve the level of services
the hotel offers to guest and monitor room services to guests. It will
greatly help the reception personnel to know the number of room
available and how many rooms that have been booked. This helps in
updating of reservations. In a situation of efficient services, the
hotel will be attractive to guest and visitors and thereby make profit.
1.6 DEFINITIONS OF PROCESSING
REAL TIME PROCESSING: Technique by which enter data for immediate processing.
ON LINE PROCESSING: Also called transaction processing,. It is the collecting and processing of data as transaction occurs.
INFORMATION: When data undergoes certain
manipulations like calculation, sorting, amending etc. they eventually
become useful meaningful. In other words, they become information.
DATA: Bit and pieces of fact and figures representing an idea or event needed for processing to give out information.
FIED: A unit of information containing a group of related data.
ARRIVAL: Time that a guest registers into the hotels.
ACCOMMODATION: The term simply refers to rooms.
BOOKING: Reservation of rooms.
CANCELLATION: When a room reservation is with drawn by the guest.
CHECK-IN: Arrival of a guest who has registered at the reception.
CHECK-OUT: Department of a guest who has settled his bills.
DEPARTURE: Time when a guest leaves the hotel.
DOUBLE ROOM: Room with one large- size bed.
GUEST: Person who uses the services of a hotel.
RECEPTION: Counter in a hotel that registers guests.
RESERVATION: Counter that receives documents on reservation requests.
SKIPPER: A guest who departs without paying his bill.
SINGLE ROOM: Room with one bed.
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