European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. February 12, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 Snow cupped minimum. Around the quaint bavarian town of bar Rhc spider provide a awesome and Majestic backdrop fur s Pla Inu Ulf at iln1 at he course arc reports increase in use of facilities by  Howden Munich  Garmisch. Germany the armed forces recreation Center bounced Back from an off year in fiscal 1985 la report 10 percent increases last year in Gross income and use of Mccrea lion programs. Despite bit1 Sno i. Heightened Security and a major Winter exercise Phil kept occupancy Levels Down significantly Al one Point last Spring officials report an Overall increase of Ghoul is million in Gross in come. The recreation Center also had 50,000 More people using its assorted recreation programs during the year. The Over nil room occupancy Rale at arc s Chain of bavarian hotels also increased 2,5 percent for the year to 7-1 percent official said. The Rale might have been higher except for the increased Security measures in the european come following the i a. Bombing raid on Libya and for the Winter a forger exer Cise that Kepi main would be vacation ers on the Job. The increases for heal 1986, which ended sept. 30. Reflect a dramatic Turna round for Afke from lit previous year when the Dollar was Strong against for eign currencies. Revenues dipped about s2.5 million Overall Mil occupancy also declined that scar. But. While the dollars slide caused arc to lose Alv Iii st.5 million in the fiscal year no Licals n live the decline of the Dollar Lias m id m Ria More attractive alternative 1" or ice members and government civilians t Lui. Coupled with a vigorous marketing Campaign and a new com Putin cd Central reservations Svi Iem. Has or Oulu customers Back m1o the a he Fiill. S and of Marmisch Mcneial manager maj. John Elleris i think it use in Ings helped increase our occupy nov anti we derive a certain amount of Revenue Pirimi each Panie Pant Down litre. Whether it s on the recreation Arnii sex Gen. Patton hotel features  la Urchin texture and facade Arlen re Side or the hotel Side Jeff Eris said. The command wide Alert following the . Action against Libia caused an in Cha trek Islic dip in Al Al pc. Ai a time when use it pc generally climbs hotel Norou Princy nose dived Irwin around 85 percent in Teh Iuar and March to less than fi5 percent in april. Contrib using to this ius the Ait Ella lion of scheduled Concu la l a Jet ens did including a 10-Day medical in Clrence thai Lead been a spotted to draw nearly 1.000 pank pants and pull in Ahmit i300.000. Tor the year the occupant rate i i afro Luj Teh had a Low in november no a oui 511 percent and a High in a Iusi us 5 percent. The Overall occupancy figure is St in Lical from the Viand Post of where we were and some of the difficulties we had Jelens said. Had it nol been for the drop during the threat period. I Shink our occupancy percentage would have been even  arc s income for the sear was up s i million from  i w5 when inc inc had dropped Ghoul s2.5 million. Fiscal left s Sia Lement shows a Gross income of about  million compared h is 1.7 million in i Jas. That s Mil Well Helenw the Leigh of si4.? million reached in fiscal Iwu. Topping the Lisi for Jim Jear s increases was accommodations Meome from which Rose nearly  to just Over $4.9 million. Food and beverage sales also increased bal year jumping Ghoul  in  6 million. Also up were Tours equipment rental and income from concessions when combined Wilh he newly opened pro shops. Oiler categories either remained stable or declined slightly from the previous year. Use of Afke s recreational programs increased by 10 percent drawing nearly Mlo i More participants than the pre Vious year s 463.00u. Prog ims also Drew about percent More participation Voni military Mem Bers in grades to and below Jet Eris said Lle Rohlfs Aden had Hie greatest in crease in thai category with a Jomn of in percent. Overall about half of those using Arus recreation programs were in grades f-i-5 or below. Credit card use Ako is up since arc be an accepting credit cards in Decem Ber i9sj. In the first few in Nils after arc began accepting credit cards credit sales made up about 5 percent of total sales Al arc. That figure climbed to just Over i percent in fiscal i ski. The trend thus far this year shows a continuation of the increased occupancy rate. Ai re officials have an Overall goal of reaching x5 percent occupancy for the year. Jet fens said arc officials Are Ali Empting to tap into a new Market the numerous ski clubs Al  installations in Hur pc. Jelens said. Roughly 80 percent of the Peop who come to arc to ski Are notice sties tie said ail the programs Cater to them. Ski ill s 1 i ii Ralha a members who Are  d skiers  like a Challenge and us jul so Melinu  he s us. We re Irvin to larget that  the Resock is specialized packages such As ski Austria and several combination packages thai include local skiing and ski nips Lottie snore advanced Alpine slopes Adji Tinalli. Try received App rental on a proposal to allow Midian retirees Freer Access to us Chain of hotels and recreation programs spokesman Harry Connors said i deviously. Retirees could Only be accepted on a space available basis. We can now make confirmed reservations for Milnark retirees through our Central reservations desk Connors said