Field notes
Notes from the desk
Short pieces from the briefings: weekdays, calendars, dining contribution, and the way bookings pile up toward a festival weekend.
These notes are written after sittings, not before them. They name Tbilisi weeks, Kakheti harvest, breakfast attach, and the cheap Tuesday that still fools a proud occupancy figure.
Ask the dining book three questions before the budget
21 June 2026 · Tamar Gelashvili
Breakfast attach, courtyard covers, and banquet pickup belong in the budget meeting. If they arrive as stories, the rooms pages will steal the hour.
Do not copy July into September in Tbilisi
14 May 2026 · Nino Beridze
September in Tbilisi is not a milder July. Occupancy by week, not by season name, should set BAR before the shoulder is already on the books.
A full house can still be a thin week
2 April 2026 · Giorgi Kapanadze
Occupancy is a count of beds sold. The till cares about the rate that posted and the channel that kept a slice. Read them together or the week will lie.
A pickup curve in the language of the front desk
18 March 2026 · Nino Beridze
Pickup is only how bookings pile up toward a date. Drawn by weekday, it shows whether you are filling Tuesday too early and leaving Friday to chance.