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PU-model Revenue management methods

Demand forecasting for revenue management

Short-term per-date forecast from booking snapshots; long-term from seasonal series.

Formula

final(date) = bookings on the books today + average pick-up for the remaining lead time (additive or multiplicative)

How to read the metric

Forecasting methods are covered in the Seasonality & forecasting section.

Worked example

120 bookings on the books for the date, average pick-up over 14 days +22 → forecast of 142.