How Hoteliers are Moving from Green Screens to Guided Insights
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How Hoteliers are Moving from Green Screens to Guided Insights

Hotel tech looks simple from the lobby; but as we know, behind the front desk it’s anything but. Recently, Otelier’s Distinguished Architect Lex Raleigh sat down with SnapLogic CMO Dayle Hall to explain why hospitality’s data problem is unlike any o...

Jason Q. Freed
Jason Q. Freed
Hospitality Data Evangelist
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Jason Q. Freed
by Jason Q. Freed
23 October 2025OtelierFinance & Accounting
How Hoteliers are Moving from Green Screens to Guided Insights
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Is your hotel demand forecast stuck in the past? Why relying on historical data could be costing you money

Here’s the core truth: sole reliance on internal historical data represents a fragile forecasting strategy in such a dynamic environment, which can hinder your profitability.

Jonathan Gough
Jonathan Gough
Content Team Lead at Lighthouse
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Jonathan Gough
by Jonathan Gough
15 October 2025LighthouseFinance & Accounting
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Begin With The End In Mind – Creating a Financially Engaged Leadership Team In Your Hotel
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Begin With The End In Mind – Creating a Financially Engaged Leadership Team In Your Hotel

Creating a financially engaged leadership team in your hotel is no different from creating a strong guest service culture or a team that has colleague and leader engagement as their mission. What you attend to grows, it’s that simple. What’s differe...

David Lund
David Lund
The Hotel Financial Coach
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David Lund
by David Lund
6 October 2025David LundFinance & Accounting
Begin With The End In Mind – Creating a Financially Engaged Leadership Team In Your Hotel
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2025/26 Federal Per-Diem Update: Steady Rates Ahead

The federal government per-diem rate is made up of a lodging allowance and a meals and incidental expense (M&IE) allowance. The per-diem lodging rates, which set the maximum amount a federal traveler can reimburse, are based on the average rates for...

Chelsey Leffet
Chelsey Leffet
Managing Director, Northeast Leader, HVS
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by Chelsey Leffet
2 October 2025HVSFinance & Accounting
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The Hidden Cost of Manual Accounting in Hospitality
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The Hidden Cost of Manual Accounting in Hospitality

Manual accounting may seem like a manageable process—especially for small hospitality operations—but the reality is far more costly than it appears on the surface. From labor-intensive data entry to delayed financial insights, manual systems create ...

Jon Giuliani
Jon Giuliani
Chief Revenue Officer at Ximplifi
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Jon Giuliani
by Jon Giuliani
12 September 2025XimplifiFinance & Accounting
The Hidden Cost of Manual Accounting in Hospitality
Budgeting for 2026: A Strategic Approach for Hoteliers
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Budgeting for 2026: A Strategic Approach for Hoteliers

Budget season isn’t just about numbers—it’s about vision. As a hotel finance executive, I have found that success in 2026 will come down to discipline, collaboration, and clarity. Hoteliers face a marketplace defined by uncertainty: shifting demand ...

Paul Isaacson
Paul Isaacson
Chief Financial Officer
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Paul Isaacson
by Paul Isaacson
10 September 2025Hospitality AmericaFinance & Accounting
Budgeting for 2026: A Strategic Approach for Hoteliers
Budgeting for Experiential Tech in 2026: Why Hoteliers Cannot Afford to Wait
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Budgeting for Experiential Tech in 2026: Why Hoteliers Cannot Afford to Wait

As summer winds down and the robust vacation season slows, it’s time for resort and venue operators to shift gears and ramp up for budget season. Fall offers the perfect opportunity to take a step back, evaluate what worked, what didn’t, and new opp...

Brad Van Orsow
Brad Van Orsow
Director of Marketing at UrVenue
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by Brad Van Orsow
9 September 2025UrVenueFinance & Accounting
Budgeting for Experiential Tech in 2026: Why Hoteliers Cannot Afford to Wait
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Navigating the Property Tax Maze: How Location and Hotel Type Impact Your Bottom Line

Property taxes represent a substantial expense for hotels, significantly impacting profitability. A recent analysis of over 6,000 hotels, using CBRE’s Trends® in the Hotel Industry database, reveals dramatic disparities in property tax burdens based...

Desiree Flanary
Desiree Flanary
Director of Property & Transaction Tax Service, CBRE Hotels Valuation and Advisory Services
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by Desiree Flanary
1 September 2025CBRE HotelsFinance & Accounting
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Hotel Budget Season: Are you Ready for 2026?
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Hotel Budget Season: Are you Ready for 2026?

How far are you with your targets, budget, and plan of attack for next year? What REVPAR and GOPPAR do you need to achieve? Have you gone over what next year will look like in terms of performance, and does it describe all actions in detail? Does ev...

Remko West
Remko West
COO & co-founder at Xotels
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Remko West
by Remko West
14 August 2025Xotels Finance & Accounting
Hotel Budget Season: Are you Ready for 2026?