Finance & Accounting

The Hidden Cost of Manual Accounting in Hospitality

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

Chief Revenue Officer at Ximplifi

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The Hidden Cost of Manual Accounting in Hospitality

Budgeting for 2026: A Strategic Approach for Hoteliers

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

Chief Financial Officer

Hospitality America

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Budgeting for 2026: A Strategic Approach for Hoteliers

Budgeting for Experiential Tech in 2026: Why Hoteliers Cannot Afford to Wait

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

Director of Marketing at UrVenue

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Chatbots, Robotics & AI

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Guest Experience

Budgeting for Experiential Tech in 2026: Why Hoteliers Cannot Afford to Wait

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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Asset Management

CBRE Hotels

Creating Property Performance Commentaries

Creating Property Performance Commentaries

Creating a great commentary for your owners and corporate is a monthly mainstay in almost every hotel. It can also be a large dose of drudgery. This article is about how you can create an effective system in your hotel to generate a strong and meani...

David Lund

The Hotel Financial Coach

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Creating Property Performance Commentaries

Hotel Budget Season: Are you Ready for 2026?

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

COO & co-founder at Xotels

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Boutique & Lifestyle

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Hotel Budget Season: Are you Ready for 2026?

Why Live Availability is Your Key to More Venue Bookings

For event planners, speed and convenience is everything. When they’re considering venue space, they need immediate answers and a smooth, hassle-free experience. Venues that can provide this quickly often find themselves with a significant competitiv...

Lauren Hall

Founder & CEO at iVvy

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iVvy

Monitoring The Rise in Technology Expenditures

With expectations of limited revenue growth in 2025, U.S. hoteliers are focusing on all expense categories within their hotels. Early indications are that property operators are doing a commendable job managing the more controllable expenses within ...

Robert Mandelbaum

Robert Mandelbaum

Director of Research Information Services at CBRE Hotels

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CBRE Hotels

Hotel Financial Statements: Best Balance Sheet and P&L Formats for Hotels

What do hotel operations, outstanding guest experience, and long-term success as a hotel business have in common? None of these can be sustained without sound financial management. Understanding the key financial statements is the foundation on whic...

Emma NÄPÄNKANGAS

Emma NÄPÄNKANGAS

M.Sc. Student in Hospitality Management at EHL and Hospitality Strategy writer

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EHL Hospitality Business School

Managing Hotel Labor Costs Today

Managing labor costs in a hotel operation is crucial to maintaining a profitable business while delivering the service level that is commensurate with the scale of hotel. Finding this balance has been especially difficult in a post-COVID-19 environm...

Kasia M. Russell

Kasia M. Russell

Managing Director and Senior Partner with the HVS Portland office

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HVS