Taxi Driver
guesstimates
India-specific
Set in Mumbai, India; the figures and context are India’s.What this case is about
Your client wants to estimate the number of cabs plying to and from the Taj hotel in Colaba, Mumbai in a single day. The hotel has 500 rooms with an 80 percent occupancy rate and is located in a wealthy locality where autos are not used. The hotel has a multi-cuisine restaurant and a conference hall. Using this information estimate the daily number of cabs arriving and departing from the hotel.
Objective
Estimate the total number of cabs plying to and from the hotel in a day.
Skills this case tests
Structuring the problem
Working the numbers