Citizen Zhang will hold a wedding on August 9, 2008. She was worried that many people would get married during the Olympic Games next year, so she booked a wedding banquet one year in advance and consulted a four-star hotel. She was told that next year's wedding banquet could not be booked yet. At first, Zhang thought it was just the behavior of the hotel. Unexpectedly, the answers of several high-end hotels are "I can't accept the reservation for the wedding banquet next year". In this regard, Zhang wondered why the hotel didn't do business.
On the 20th, the reporter got in touch with Shangri-La, Huaqi Hotel and other big hotels in Harbin, and asked if we could book the wedding banquet next year. A lady surnamed Wang in Shangri-La said that the hotel does not accept the reservation for next year's wedding banquet. The reporter asked the reason, and she said that the hotel's charging standard for next year's wedding banquet has not been finalized, so it is impossible to make a reservation. The receptionist of another hotel told the reporter that many newcomers now want to book the wedding banquet next year, but because the price standard has not been introduced, they don't accept reservations now. The staff of Huaqi Hotel told the reporter that the quotation for the wedding banquet next year has been issued, and the standard of the wedding banquet has been adjusted from 1088 yuan this year to 1288 yuan. The reporter asked the staff: "Is the price increase because there are many people getting married next year?" She said that this is not the main reason, and the price of wedding banquets is adjusted every year. During the interview, the reporter learned from a number of mid-range hotels in Harbin that most hotels are also preparing to raise the price of wedding banquets next year, but the specific increase depends on the number of reservations and price changes.
The operator of a hotel said that the price increase of wedding banquets is inevitable. This year, due to the rising prices of raw materials such as meat, eggs, vegetables and oil, the pressure on hotel operating costs has increased, and hotels can only raise prices. In the past, the standard of wedding banquets was mostly around four or five hundred yuan, and it will definitely rise above 500 yuan or even higher next year.
It is understood that due to the hosting of the Olympic Games next year, many people want to hold a meaningful wedding in this year, and the number of marriages in Harbin may reach a new high. The increase in the number of people getting married has increased the demand for the wedding banquet market. Coupled with the price increase of raw materials, the price increase of the wedding banquet next year is inevitable, and the newcomers who are preparing for the wedding should be prepared.