The resort can accommodate 1,000 guests, who usually arrive on a Saturday and depart 1 or 2 weeks later, resulting in approximately 50% turnover of guests each weekend.
This pattern, which is compatible with a point-source infection (3 ), may be explained by the rapid turnover of guests and their periodic replacement with susceptible persons in the presence of a constant exposure to infection.
The restaurant seats about 60 guests so that with some turnover, it serves about 160 each day.
Sanguinary shoot-outs have become a recurring feature of scenes set in motels, following hard upon each other like the guests in these fast-turnover flophouses.
As its name suggests, the Hip Hotel St. Martenslane (6 Sint Maartenslaan, 51-43 321-1111, www.st-martenslane.com) markets itself to young, independent, budget-minded travelers; in other words, low-maintenance guests who don't care about thread counts or turnover service.
Because of the rapid turnover at the resort, attack rates for guests were calculated separately for each week: an attack rate of 102 (10.5%) of 970 was observed in week 1; 66 (8.7%) of 760 in week 2; and 105 (10.1%) of 1,034 in week 3. Ill guests occupied 157 of the resort's 456 rooms.
While hundreds of millions of pounds in rental payments pass through the companies, earning commission from both the guest and the host, Airbnb's UK arms recorded £145m as turnover in the UK, of which just £1.4m was taxable profit.
Cash flow and EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) also are reviewed by restaurant on a weekly basis, as well as other data points, including guest feedback, internal operational performance inspections, city health inspections and staff turnover.
At Austin's Odd Duck, turnover increased by 45 minutes and a Friday night crowd went from 250 guests to 400 guests served thanks to the software.
An untimely turnover was "a turnover situation".
