Finance

Property Technology

Lodging Industry

Scaling a business is easy to talk about, but rarely easy to do, especially when the ambition involves not only new markets, but also new cultures, regulations, and expectations. Over the past decade, I’ve had the opportunity to support the growth o...

Lessons in Scalable Growth: How We Closed 150+ Transactions Across 20 Markets Without Losing Local Relevance

Ramsay Rankoussi

Regional Chief Development Officer, Radisson Hotel Group

Radisson Hotel Group

Real Estate & Investment

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...

Navigating the Property Tax Maze: How Location and Hotel Type Impact Your Bottom Line

Desiree Flanary

Director of Property & Transaction Tax Service, CBRE Hotels Valuation and Advisory Services

CBRE Hotels

Finance & Accounting

Asset Management

On July 7–8, 2025, EHL Hospitality Business School’s Lausanne campus welcomed the 9th Hospitality Finance & Economics (HFE) Conference, organized in collaboration with the Center for Urban and Real Estate Studies at Hitotsubashi University and the N...

AI, Michelin Stars & Real Estate: Highlights from HFE 2025

René-Ojas Woltering

PhD, Assistant Professor of Real Estate Finance at EHL Hospitality Business School

EHL

Events & Conferences

Chatbots, Robotics & AI

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...

Creating Property Performance Commentaries

David Lund

The Hotel Financial Coach

David Lund

Finance & Accounting

Hotel insurance has long been sold as a safety net for one of the world’s most unpredictable industries. But behind the polished marketing and “peace of mind” slogans lies a history riddled with fine print, exclusions, and moments where insurers pro...

The Dark Side of Hotel Insurance: A History of Broken Promises

Thomas Cleary

Hospitality Practice Leader, The Loomis Company, and a consultant of Cayuga Hospitality Consultants.

Cayuga Hospitality Consultants

Lodging Industry

Innovation

Whether you are interested in investing in a hotel asset or preparing to sell one, understanding its value is necessary to make a smart deal.

Hospitality Valuation Explained: How to Value a Hotel Investment

Emma Näpänkangas

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

EHL

Real Estate & Investment

Hotel franchises have become a dominant force in today’s hospitality landscape. Hotel franchising has become the preferred model for global hospitality brands pursuing asset-light strategies to grow quickly without owning property, with the percenta...

Hotel Franchises: Owning & Investing Considerations

Emma NÄPÄNKANGAS

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

EHL

Franchise

Budget season in hospitality can feel like trying to land a plane in fog—numbers are everywhere, and every decision impacts your property’s future. That’s where the Budgeting Playbook comes in as a clear, actionable guide to help you build a strateg...

Turning Numbers Into Narratives

Tim Hayes

Vice President of Financial Analysis, Newport Hospitality Group

Newport Hospitality Group

Lodging Industry

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...

Hotel Budget Season: Are you Ready for 2026?

Remko West

COO & co-founder at Xotels

Xotels

Sales & Marketing

Boutique & Lifestyle

Finance & Accounting