CONTROL AND EVALUATION
1. Balance Sheet accounts relating to barter transactions must be reconciled monthly to ensure both parties have strictly following the terms and conditions agreed. The Director of Finance/Financial Controller is responsible to ensure that a proper reconciliation is completed in accordance with Hotel Accounting SOP No.12 entitled “Balance Sheet and Account Reconciliation”.
2. All barter transactions must be considered during the annual budgeting process. Details of the services received (advertisement, air fares and others) against the value of rooms and food and beverage provided must be indicated in the Annual Marketing Plan and Budget Template.
3. A “Request for Utilized Barter” form must be completed when seeking to utilize the services available in any barter agreement. A sample of this form is attached herewith as Annexure A. This form must be completed and approved by the relevant signatories as stated in Policy Section Point 1 above and must be completed as follows.
a) Purpose of utilization to be inserted under the column “Description”;
b) Amount to be utilized must be clearly stated;
c) Requester to sign where required and the Department Head to acknowledge accordingly;
d) Director of Finance/Financial Controller must then verify the accuracy of the detail completed and sign off once done. The General Manager will be the final approver.