financials

A Hotelier’s Guide to Generating Profitable Revenue

There’s no point celebrating million-dollar revenue if million-dollar expenses are dragging down your bottom line

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Exploring Costs and Tools in the Seven-Step Guest Journey

By effectively managing the costs, tools, and strategies at each phase, hoteliers can create a seamless and memorable experience for their guest

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How to Properly Record Hotel Packages & Revenue Recognition

A hotel packages is a combination of a room and at least one other component, like a bed and breakfast package

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How to Leverage Data to Optimize Inventory for Profitability

Understanding the DOH starts with understanding the actual usage, which requires counting inventory on a regular cadence

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From Hotel Revenue Management to Hotel Profitability Management

Profitability management is about balance. This holistic approach aims to secure not just short-term gains but long-term growth and financial stability

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The Need for Hotel Capex and Creating Returns

Where money is tight and hotels are trying to cut costs, a hotel asset manager shouldn’t just save money, but make money

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Hotel Budgeting 2024: Improve Performance in Uncertain Times

With zero-based budgeting, rather than tweak last year’s numbers, hotels start with a clean slate, building the budget as if it were a new hotel

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How P&L Statements Help You Understand Your Hotel Profitability

Understanding your hotel’s financial performance involves thorough analysis of your balance sheet and what is often called your income statement – more commonly referred to as your P&L statement. NB: This […]

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The Role of Profitability Data in the Hotel Benchmarking Experience

P&L data enables you to supplement key top-line metrics and measure impact of top-line decisions on profitability relative to competitive sets

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Hotel Budgeting for Change (Part 2)

The most important consideration overall is to remember that a hotel never has the same year twice. This feels particularly true now

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