Field notes

Notes from hospitality analytics work

Practical writing on occupancy shapes, portfolio definitions, board packs, and Ko Samui shoulder seasons.

Hotel room corridor with numbered doors in soft morning light

Reading Occupancy Beyond the Monthly Average

A monthly occupancy figure can hide empty midweeks and sold-out weekends. Here is how resort teams on Ko Samui pull apart the month.

 Split sense of beach resort and city hotel architecture at dusk

Comparing Island Resorts with City Hotels in One Group

Beach and city houses rarely share the same seasonality. Portfolio comparisons need shared definitions before they help ownership decide where to invest attention.

 Executive meeting table with notebooks in a dim hotel boardroom

Preparing a Board Pack from Property Data

Owners and regional directors want fewer slides and clearer questions. A practical sequence for turning PMS extracts into a readable board pack.

 Ko Samui shoreline with calm water and sparse beach umbrellas

Shoulder-Season Patterns on Ko Samui

Between high season peaks, Samui resorts see familiar soft stretches. Knowing which weeks historically recovered helps teams plan staffing and offers without guesswork.