STR Hotel Data Dashboards

STR Dashboards – Hotel data For the following Markets (metro and downtown): Vancouver Vancouver Downtown Toronto Toronto Downtown Montreal Montreal Downtown Ottawa Downtown Ottawa Calgary Downtown Calgary Seattle Seattle Downtown Portland Portland Downtown Denver Denver Downtown San Francisco San Francisco Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles Downtown San Diego, San Diego Downtown These are interactive Tableau dashboards. Members can select: year (2007 to 2014 YTD) and month/s View data for: Occupancy ADR RevPAR By Segment: Group Transient Contract

How to download Tableau reader To view the interactive Tableau dashboards members will need to download the Tableau Reader. The reader is free and you only need to download it once (like you would do for the Adobe reader). The step-by-step instructions that follow refer to the link opened in the Firefox browser. Copy and paste link/Click on link to download free tableau reader (v8.2): Windows: https://downloads.tableausoftware.com/tssoftware/TableauReader-32bit.exe Windows (64-bit): https://downloads.tableausoftware.com/tssoftware/TableauReader-64bit.exe Mac: https://downloads.tableausoftware.com/tssoftware/TableauReader.dmg About Tableau Reader and technical specifications: Opens any Tableau Packaged Workbook in a simplified user experience optimized for viewing Supports viewing, filtering, paging, sorting, exporting, and printing Windows Microsoft® Windows® 8, 7,Vista, XP, Server 2012, Server 2008, Server 2003 2 GB memory 56 megabytes minimum free disk space 32-bit color depth recommended 32-bit or 64-bit versions of Windows1 Mac iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) OS X 10.8.1 or later (10.8.6 or later recommended) 2 GB memory 500 MB available disk space 1. Tableau Reader has been tested and is supported on 64-bit Windows versions. Tableau is a 32-bit application and does require 32-bit versions of the database drivers, even when running on 64-bit versions of Windows.

How to download Tableau reader To view the interactive Tableau dashboards members will need to download the Tableau Reader. The reader is free and you only need to do this once. The step-by-step instructions below refer to the link opened in the Firefox browser. Copy and paste link/Click on link to download free tableau reader. http://www.tableausoftware.com/products/reader 1. Click DOWNLOAD 2. Click ‘Save File”

3. Click on Down arrow in top right hand corner (Display the progress of ongoing downloads) and then click on TableauReader-32bit.exe/-64bit.exe/mac 4. Click ‘Run’

5. Click/check box ‘I have read and accept the terms of the License agreement) and then click ‘Install’ 6. Wait while it installs it should take just a minute or two.

7. Click on Register 8. Type in the information below: First name: Dash Last name: Board Organisation: Tourism Vancouver Email address type: dashboard@tourismvancouver.com Select BC as province Select Canada as county

9. Click ‘Continue’ The Tableau Reader will now be saved to your computer (you will not need to download the Tableau Reader again) and you will be able to open the updated STR Dashboard tableau file each month. As these are interactive dashboards, with new data being added monthly, you need to open and resave the updated dashboard tableau file every month. Each month a new tableau file will be saved to the Members Extranet http://www.tourismvancouver.com/members/member-login/performance-monitoring/str-hotel-data-dashboards/ with the most current 2014 YTD data, a notice will go out in eNews advising members. Each Dashboard, under ‘Month’ indicates the reference month i.e. ‘Data Through April, 2014’