Hotel Investor Apps (HIA), the hospitality-specific ERP platform, announced today that Baywood Hotels (Baywood), a privately held development and management company operating over 120 hotels nationwide, has expanded its utilization of HIA’s ERP & Accounting platform with the addition of HIA Intelligence, a business intelligence product.
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They say knowledge is power. And in the competitive hotel industry, staying ahead of the curve means leveraging the right tools to convert raw data into actionable insights. That's where business intelligence (BI) software comes into play. Instead of sifting through spreadsheets and reports to get a clear view of your hotel's performance, you'll get a comprehensive,...
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Hotel Investor Apps is always developing and improving its hotel ERP platform. In 2023, HIA released state-of-the-art import features, added new integrations, improved user experiences, and expanded business intelligence features. Here are a few of the development highlights:
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Just as it takes a specific skill set to effectively manage hotels, those of us in the industry also know that hotel management itself requires specific software. Hotel-specific accounting software meets the unique needs for hotel accounting; however, it was never designed to be used by third-party management companies to manage their corporate finances.
Consider the challenge for management companies to bill each hotel for management services. . .
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At the start of 2023, despite rising inflation and higher interest rates, the hotel industry was cautiously optimistic. In 2024, strong travel fundamentals are expected to off-set a stalling economy. RevPAR growth is forecast at 4.1%.
With these forecasts and lodging trends in mind, here are 4 critical thinking questions applied to the lodging sector. See if you think these will help your team take proactive management action:
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Hotel Investor Apps (HIA), the hospitality-specific ERP and Accounting platform, announced today the appointment of Gregg Suffredini as Regional VP of Sales – East.
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Is your hotel Accounts Payable team buried under invoices? Harried, stressed, balancing invoices, due dates, approvals, and dragged down by manual entry processes?
It doesn’t have to be this way. Imagine a streamlined future where invoices are automatically scanned, data recognized, sorted, and coded into the accounting system. Where your team wins back ⅓ of the time …
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Hotel Investor Apps Inc. (HIA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Stacy Silver as the newest addition to its board of directors.
Stacy Silver, ISHC, is President of Silver Hospitality Group, LLC, a well-known consulting firm focused on building revenue and profitability for hospitality companies through industry relations and marketing solutions.
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Hotel Investor Apps (HIA), the advanced accounting and business intelligence company, has appointed Candra Valley (Rader) as Regional VP of Sales – West.
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Introduction The story of Canadian Niagara Hotels' partnership with HIA begins with an ambitious vision. As the owner and operator of Canada's largest entertainment resort, Canadian Niagara Hotels sought to streamline & upgrade their complex accounting & back office operations for better efficiency and guest satisfaction. To do so, the company embarked on a transformative...
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Explore the world of Business Intelligence and its impact on revenue, guest satisfaction, and overall success in the hospitality sector. Learn how data-driven insights can drive growth, enhance operational efficiency, and unlock a competitive edge for hotels.
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Discover effective strategies and tools to automate bank reconciliation for hotels. Learn how to streamline financial processes and reduce manual effort through innovative automation techniques tailored specifically for the hotel industry.
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Wondering how top hotel companies are crushing the competition? We'll give you a hint—they traded in their spreadsheets for powerful data analysis tools that help them easily extract powerful insights. By analyzing data on booking behavior, room rates, and more, hoteliers can optimize their pricing strategies, identify operational inefficiencies, and reduce costs, resulting in better...
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While having a fully booked hotel is something every hotel owner or manager desires, the truth is it's not enough. Why? Because being fully booked doesn't mean you're maximizing your revenue. The only way to achieve this is to have a strategic pricing strategy that takes into account various factors such as market demand, competitor...
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Do you want to know what's really going on in your hotel? Because if you're still relying on manual data entry and sending email updates, then some critical information is slipping through the cracks. Today's hospitality landscape is more competitive than ever, so hotels must leverage data-driven reporting solutions to stay competitive. With real-time insights...
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2022 was a year of growth and expansion for HIA, as HIA continues to be recognized by leading hotel management companies as the most advanced and complete hotel ERP & accounting software on the market. HIA also delivered numerous new developments and enhancements to what is already the most modern hotel ERP technology available.
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There are many tools that we count on every day, and we assume that they should always be working. But what happens when that is not the case? Take accounting software, which forms the backbone of any business. It is used every day, all day, to pay bills, record revenue, and generate financial reports. It is vital to the success of a hotel business, and if the accounting software is not performing reliably, it affects not just your employees’ frustration level, but it has a real cost to your business.
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As the hotel management landscape becomes increasingly competitive and economic uncertainty reigns, more management companies are looking to technology to harness their data and inform decisions from cash flow to staffing. Additionally, the hospitality back-of-house is getting increasingly complicated. Hotel companies have more software providers than ever before, each doing small pieces in the management puzzle.
Hoteliers are looking to technology to turn the tables and give themselves a competitive advantage.
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As you make your budgets and update your forecasts, you are probably considering current hospitality OCC and ADR predictions, economic outlook, and past performance at your hotels. It’s a mixed bag with continued pent-up travel demand and possible recession headwinds. If you are looking for strategies to make the most of the opportunities, there is nothing more powerful you could do for your hotel business than consolidate your various systems of record, engagement, and intelligence onto a single back-office platform.
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Perhaps there is no topic more talked about in the hotel industry right now than the labor shortage. And there is no shortage of input on how you can address this challenge. Most advice focuses on front of house labor with solutions from robots and self-check in kiosks to cross training and sharing employees between hotels. But are you doing all you can on the back end to manage your labor expense, drive accountability down to the manager level, and even retain employees?
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