Elisa Fritsch - Hotel ERP and Accounting Software

HIA Recognized for Innovation 4th Year Running by Acumatica ERP!

HIA, the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform built for hospitality, is yet again the recipient of Acumatica’s prestigious Vertical Innovation award. At the Acumatica Summit 2026, held in Seattle, Washington from January 25th-28th, over 3000 attendees gathered in the capital of global cloud computing to celebrate Acumatica’s innovative, AI-driven business technology. Out of hundreds of ISV’s...

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HIA’s Top Software Enhancements 2025

"HIA is driven to build the best solution for our hospitality clients. We want to be the system that solves pain points, that allows you to do more with your team, to take them out of manual data entry and put them on a higher tier of operations. We are never going to be done...

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Next-Gen PMS & ERP Set The Standard For Hospitality Back-Office Tech

Today, many hotels are in the midst of migrating from legacy PMS technology to next-generation, cloud-native solutions. At HIA, as we work with hoteliers to map their new PMS systems to our financial management software, we see that many of the new capabilities that these systems offer are the same great features leading the way...

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Why Tech Stack Consolidation Is the Future of Hotel Back-Office Ops

Hospitality may start at the front desk, but profitability starts in the back office. While your guests may get new flashy keyless entry and streamlined services, your finance teams often still deal with spreadsheets, dozens of different logins, and time-consuming workarounds. The result? A fine-tuned guest experience, but the teams responsible for forecasting, budgeting, and...

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HIA Announces Promotion of Chris Hall to Chief Revenue Officer

HIA announced today the promotion of Chris Hall to Chief Revenue Officer. This promotion recognizes the significant role that Hall has played in the growth of the company.

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Fresh Features: HIA’s Q3 2025 Software Enhancements

The 4th quarter of the year has begun and we get to reflect on all the new software enhancements built by our HIA development team in the last quarter. The team has rolled out multiple new capabilities for the platform as well as enhanced existing integrations. Newly built features include streamlined manual imports for BankConnect...

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HIA’s Chip Fritsch Featured in Hotel Management on Power of Consolidated Data

In "How Management Companies Are Winning With Consolidated Data," Charles “Chip” Fritsch, COO and Co-Founder of Hotel Investor Apps, shares how top management companies are using technology to differentiate themselves. Fritsch notes how the most innovative management companies he sees are laying a strategic foundation for growth. This includes adopting cloud-native, integration-friendly technology as the...

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HIA Announces Promotion of Kimberly Vassell-Jacob to Vice President of Operations

Glenwood, Maryland - September 4th, 2025 - HIA, the hospitality industry’s only purpose-built Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and accounting platform, announced today the promotion of Kimberly Vassell-Jacob to Vice President of Operations. This promotion reflects Vassell-Jacob’s significant contributions to the company’s software product development and services, as well as her organizational leadership. In her previous...

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Still Dreading Budgeting Season? Using an Integrated Solution for 2026 Can Help

The heated debates over next year’s numbers are around the corner, and no amount of crisp fall air can take the edge off. You know the drill: the spreadsheets, the endless back-and-forth, the painstaking process of pulling data. It's a familiar battle that feels like an uphill climb every single year. But what if it...

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How Leading Hotels Are Locking Down Financial Data

In today’s hyper-connected world, data is the new currency. And your back office systems hold the keys to your vault. Think about how much data quietly filters through your back office systems—P&L reporting, employee payroll, accounts payable, procurement, HR. No one sets out to leave their systems open to attack. But in hospitality (where staff...

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Fresh Features: HIA’s Latest Software Enhancements – Q2 2025

At HIA we are continually innovating to keep our customers at the forefront of hospitality technology. We are excited to share some of the newest features built by our in-house product development team in Q2 2025. These features include a new timely integration, enhanced existing integrations, and general system enhancements to functionality and security. New...

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Hotel Accounting Is Overdue for Automation—Here’s Where to Start

One of the biggest standout messages at HITEC 2025 wasn’t more dashboards, AI for AI’s sake, or smarter guest tech—it was about relief. Relief from daily reporting chaos. From reconciling by hand. From clunky processes and manual data entry that slow everything down. This desire has been echoing through hoteliers for a while now. Leaner...

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4 Best ERP Software for Hotels in 2025

Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERPs) are becoming increasingly popular with hotel management companies that are looking for full portfolio financial oversight with modern tech advantages. ERP’s are attractive because they are built as a consolidated platform, and can often replace multiple other software types. The rub when it comes to implementing an ERP for a...

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New Integrations and Enhancements: HIA’s Q1 2025 Development Highlights

We are excited to share some of the highlights of new features built by our in-house development team in Q1 2025. As you may know, at Hotel Investor Apps (HIA) we are committed to continuous innovation - keeping our customers at the forefront of hospitality technology, and have an ongoing development roadmap. In Q1 the...

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Global Spend Visibility: The Missing Piece in Hotel Cost Containment

With tariff disputes threatening supply chains and tourism forecasts, savvy hotel management companies are building contingency plans to stay ahead. One proven way to strengthen cost containment? Gaining more control over how you manage and monitor vendor spend. That starts with a Global Vendor List—a key feature of advanced accounting platforms like HIA’s ERP—designed to give...

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Tech-Forward Hotel Management: Leveraging Technology for Owners

The hotel industry has no problem adopting technology to improve guest experiences and front-of-house operations, so why are we often stuck in the past with outdated financial processes and technologies that create delays, limit visibility, and lack the flexibility today’s owners demand? Tech-forward hotel management companies are turning toward modern financial technology that delivers timely...

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Historical Data Migration: Overcoming Challenges with Best Practices for Hospitality

The migration of historical financial data is one of the most critical yet challenging aspects of transitioning a hotel to a new management or accounting system. Without properly migrated historical financial data, hotels risk losing valuable insights that drive financial planning, forecasting, and operational decision-making. In this guide, we’ll explore the common pitfalls of historical...

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HIA Receives 2025 Excellence Award from Acumatica ERP!

Hotel Investor Apps (HIA) is excited to share that we are the recipient of the “2025 Excellence Award" for an ISV vertical from Acumatica ERP.This award recognizes HIA for the high degree of innovation, overall excellence, and high performance of it's ERP & Accounting software designed for hotels. (With it's foundation on the Acumatica platform.)HIA's...

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First Update of 2025 – Enhancements to HIA’s ERP & Accounting Software

Hotel Investor Apps (HIA) regularly releases new updates to keep improving our ERP & Accounting platform. We are pleased to announce that the next roll-out period for updates will be February 15th to March 15th, 2025, during which new features will be gradually deployed to all customers. “We are excited to get out of the gate...

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HIA Receives 2025 Global Customer Support Certification from Hotel Tech Report

January 14th, 2025 - Hotel Investor Apps (HIA), the leading hospitality ERP platform, today announced its receipt of Hotel Tech Report’s level 1 “Global Customer Support Certification” (GCSC). This distinguished third-party certification recognizes Hotel Investor Apps for its investments into the tools, processes, and strategies to ensure the ongoing success of its customers. Chip Fritsch, COO...

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