FB fell short of forecast by -8% from optimistic forecasting anticipating a higher capture based on rooms reforecast of increased number of in-house guests.
Russian market shows a drop of -50% in rooms nights vs 2014 which directly affected capture ratios and average spend in all outlets.
Promotional buffets and other value for money promotions did help reduce the shortfall in covers however affected the average spend by -5.9% against BUD and -3.4% against FOR.
Food average spend dropped by -1.8% vs BUD however average beverage spend dropped by -13.8% vs BUD mainly from less wine sales which is a result of less Russian guests.
Overall covers dropped by -1.6% vs BUD and -4.4% vs RFS mainly from breakfast (-6%) followed by dinner (-1.2%) Key outlets dinner covers increased by 20% vs BUD where loss of covers were from LT (-16%) and HL (-8%) again a direct impact from less Russian guests.
Food and Beverage special promotions were implemented to attract diners which resulted in an increased cost of sales of 29.8% vs BUD of 27.71%. Revenue from promotions increased by 8.3% over LY
Promotions: Wine and local beer buffet, early bird offer, reduced pricing of buffet dinners, buy 3 get 4 offer for buffet dinners, weekly buffet dinners 7 days a week and 8 low cost wines.