A net decrease of $21.6 million across other categories of departmental expenditures such as transportation and telecommunications, rentals utilities, materials and supplies.
But while the net decrease looks substantial, nobody can say for sure what's triggered the change because these quarterly figures could have been influenced by a string of short-term factors.
Knowing this, a revenue manager could increase the rate, which negatively impacts a user's likelihood to book, without seeing an overall net decrease in bookings.