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Disney offers both hotel rooms and entrance to their theme parks at their resorts. Consider four different market segments with willingness to pay for rooms and market shares shown in the table below. Assume a total market size of 5,000 individuals per day.
Segment Amusement
Park Lover, Luxury Lover, Conference Devotee, Disney Devotee
Room, $200 $300 $325 $50 Theme Park $150 $50 $5 $200 Market Share
20% 10% 20% 50%
a) Scenario A: Consider a Disney price menu with the Hotel Room at
$300 and Theme Park Entrance at $150. Complete the chart by
answering the following questions. i. Calculate the consumer
surplus for each segment with each offering. (4 points) ii.
Calculate the revenue earned from each offering and market segment.
(4 points)
Consumer Surplus Room Theme Park Amusement Park Lover Luxury Lover
Conference Devotee Disney Devotee Revenue Theme Park Room Amusement
Park Lover Luxury Lover Conference Devotee Disney Devotee
b) Scenario B: Consider a Disney price menu of Hotel Room at
$200 and Theme Park Entrance at $150. Complete the chart by
answering the following questions. i. Calculate the consumer
surplus for each segment with each offering. (4 points) ii.
Calculate the revenue earned from each offering and market segment.
(4 points) Consumer Surplus Room Theme Park Amusement Park Lover
Luxury Lover Conference Devotee Disney Devotee Revenue Theme Park
Room Amusement Park Lover Luxury Lover Conference Devotee Disney
Devotee
c) Scenario C: Consider a Disney price menu of Hotel Room at $325
and Theme Park Entrance at $200, and Hotel + Theme Park Bundle for
$350. Complete the chart by answering the following questions. i.
Calculate the consumer surplus for each segment with each offering.
(6 points) ii. Calculate the revenue earned from each offering and
market segment. (6 points)
Consumer Surplus Theme Park Room Room + Theme Park Amusement Park
Lover Luxury Lover Conference Devotee Disney Devotee Revenue Room
Theme Park Room + Theme Park Amusement Park Lover Luxury Lover
Conference Devotee Disney Devotee
d) What are the optimal prices of the Hotel Rooms and Theme Park Entrance in the absence of bundling? (3 points)
e) Compare the revenue obtained in part (c)(ii) with the revenue obtained in part (d)? (2 points)
f) Explain the intuition about why bundling increases the overall revenue earned? (3 points)
I know how to do part a and b but not sure for part c, d, and e
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a2). Revenue earned:
b1).
consumer surplus:
b2).
Revenue earned: