As illustrated in the following example, pricing decisions can exert extraordinary, but easily overlooked leverage on a hotel’s profitability. Consider a hotel with 300 rooms; we’ll call it Veritec Lodge. Veritec Lodge generally has an annual occupancy percentage of 65 percent. As shown in Table 13.1, small increases in occupancy percentage have a relatively modest effect on the hotel’s annual revenue; increasing the occupancy percentage from 65 percent to 66 percent, an increase of almost 1100 room nights, results in a revenue gain of about 1.5 percent.