DALLAS | UniFocus, a global pioneer in the hospitality industry for performance, workforce management and closed-loop feedback solutions, announced its Watson; R.M. ™ Labor Management product suite has been selected by Dolce International Holdings, Inc. (‘Dolce”) to provide budgeting and financial analysis tools for its collection of properties. By Utilizing Watson R.M. Budgeter, Dolce anticipates a consistent, standardized set of budgeting tools and reports for use throughout its portfolio.
“We have been looking to enhance our budgeting by incorporating better files analyses and more fully integrated 30-60-90 day projections, and UniFocus has clearly provided us with an application that allows us to manage the entire budget processes more effectively,” explained Melodee Insley, Director of Financial Analysis. “I was particularly impressed with the fact that we can quickly consolidate projections at a granular scale and easily create “what-if” scenarios to forecast revenues and costs at various levels.”
Insley continued, “We are happy to move beyond spreadsheets and into an environment that makes it easy to complete comparative analyses,” continued Insley. “We have worked with UniFocus for many years and are pleased to expand our relationship.”
“I am very pleased with Dolce’s decision to expand our relationship.” said Mark Heymann, UniFocus President and CEO. “We are confident that Watson R.M. Budgeter will streamline their budgeting processes and improve the quality of their budget reviews; and we look forward to growing our partnership with Dolce.”
Watson, R.M. Budgeter is the industry’s only true flexible budgeting platform with integrated forecasting that supports zero-based cost analysis. Budgeter enables hospitality organizations to take snapshots of their operation at any time during a P&L period to assess end of period projections.
About Dolce InternationalDolce International is a global hospitality company specializing in the meetings experience. The company has a portfolio of 27 unique properties in the United States, Canada and Europe. Each property features a different style ranging from a contemporary conference hotel, to an authentic alpine village, to a modern Spanish resort by the sea, to a traditional corporate learning center. All Dolce Destinations meet the high standards of the International Association of Conference Centers (IACC). While Dolce International specializes in the meetings niche of the hospitality industry, the company also caters to leisure travelers, individual business travelers and offers a variety of venues for events. Headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey and Paris, France, the company has approximately 3,000 employees. For more information, visit the web site at
www.dolce.com.
About UniFocusBased in Dallas, UniFocus serves hospitality, casino and resort operations in the U.S. and overseas. UniFocus offers full-service operational analysis, management and staff training, financial and labor management applications, as well as staff, meeting planner and guest satisfaction measurement programs, along with a unique mystery evaluation system that can link service standard attainment to guest and employee perceptions. The resulting database allows UniFocus to uniquely correlate and benchmark each client’s performance to their particular competitive markets. Enhanced reporting capabilities allow hospitality executives to have a “total picture” overview of their operations, set strategic actions and gain asset value.
UniFocus is a Preferred Partner of The Leading Hotels of the World®, a Microsoft® Certified Partner, an affinity partner of the International Association of Conference Centers, a business partner of the International Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus, and an allied member of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. For more information, visit
www.unifocus.com or call 972-512-5100.
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