{"id":3933,"date":"2026-03-03T02:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vigorhotelsolutions.com\/?p=3933"},"modified":"2026-03-03T02:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:17:18","slug":"layer-2-department-fixed-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vigorhotelsolutions.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/layer-2-department-fixed-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Layer 2: Department Fixed Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3933\" class=\"elementor elementor-3933\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78c8d07c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"78c8d07c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b5ba94b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b5ba94b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Charles Tan<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abea81e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"abea81e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de6a6fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de6a6fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"825\" data-end=\"904\">These are costs within the Rooms Division that do not fluctuate with occupancy.<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"906\" data-end=\"1022\">\n<li data-start=\"906\" data-end=\"931\">\n<p data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"931\">Front Office salaries<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"932\" data-end=\"953\">\n<p data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"953\">Reservation staff<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"954\" data-end=\"969\">\n<p data-start=\"956\" data-end=\"969\">Supervisors<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"970\" data-end=\"990\">\n<p data-start=\"972\" data-end=\"990\">Maintenance team<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1022\">\n<p data-start=\"993\" data-end=\"1022\">PMS and operational systems<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1024\" data-end=\"1092\">Many hotels forget to allocate these costs on a per-room-sold basis.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Charles Tan These are costs within the Rooms Division that do not fluctuate with occupancy. 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