1. 2 Occupancy of the Collective Accommodation Establishments Methodology The source of information about the occupancy of collective accommodation establishments and about congress tourism is the regular CSO survey, which since 2003 has covered generally all collective accommodation establishments. The survey is divided into monthly fact-finding surveys covering hotels and similar collective establishments, and quarterly surveys covering all other collective accommodation facilities. The occupancy information represents a summary of data processed from the received questionnaires and data statistically calculated for those accommodation facilities from which the completed questionnaire was not obtained. Key monitored indicators Collective accommodation establishments – see definition in chapter 1.1 – Capacity of Collective Accommodation Establishments Guest – any person including children (excluding the staff and owners of the accommodation facility who live there) who used the services of the facility for temporary accommodation. A guest can use the services of the accommodation facility for various purposes with the exception of employment or a regular study course (exceeding 1 year in duration). In corporate (trade union) recreational establishments and training centres, a guest is deemed to be any person who used the facilities for temporary accommodation for the abovementioned reasons, whether these are the company’s employees themselves (e.g. trade union members), their family members, or people from outside the company. In therapeutic spas, a guest is deemed to be any person who undergoes a spa treatment regardless of the payer of the treatment, complexity of the treatment, etc. Persons using accommodation facilities’ services as temporary residence are not counted as guests. A guest’s arrival occurs at the moment of his/her check-in the accommodation establishment. Number of nights spent – total number of nights spent by guests staying in an accommodation establishment in the monitored period. Net occupancy of beds – states the net occupancy of permanent beds which were actually available for guests. Occupancy of bedrooms – it is based on the number of actual room-days (i.e. the total number of days in which the room was occupied by at least one guest). Source: CSO, data as at 30. 06. 2014