By R. Mark Woodworth, Principal, Woodworth Core Group Mark Woodworth, Principal of Woodworth Core Group and Board Member of Hotel Investor Apps, Inc., makers of HIA ERP & Accounting software, brings over 40 years of hospitality industry advisory experience, including at CBRE Hotels and PKF Consulting, to inform his perspective on the current economic outlook...
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The Dallas–Fort Worth owner-operator grew its portfolio without adding accounting staff after moving to HIA's hospitality-specific ERP & Accounting platform Howard County MD — October 1, 2026 — HIA, the company behind the hospitality industry’s only purpose-built Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and accounting platform, today released a new customer case study with Lowen Hospitality Management....
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When your ERP or accounting system doesn’t speak hospitality every new contract, owner, and brand adds more work for your finance team. Today, hotel management companies are coming to the table with more sophisticated requirements than they were even a few years ago. I see it in the RFPs we're receiving. They're longer, more specific,...
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There are plenty of problems you expect to encounter as your hotel management company grows. Falling months behind on billing your own hotels probably isn't one of them. Yet, at last year's Lodging Conference, I heard many versions of this exact same problem. Hotel management companies had successfully grown their portfolios and wanted to keep...
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Operators have wanted a near-real-time P&L for years. Now, companies that have the right financial foundation in place are proving how close you can actually get. In Dallas, a regional director of operations overseeing 10 properties has worked hard to build an operational cadence that lets GMs meet a 10:30 AM daily deadline to clear...
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The Dallas-based ownership and management group cut monthly close time by over 30% and scaled the portfolio without adding accounting staff CUSTOMER SNAPSHOT Company Lowen Hospitality Management Type Ownership and Management Company Region Dallas–Fort Worth, TX Number of Properties 10 (expanding to 12 by end of 2026) Number of Rooms 1,266 Brands / Portfolio...
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Hotel night audit work should connect PMS activity, daily reports, accounting, approvals, BI, and owner visibility through one trusted foundation.
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Hospitality software works best when PMS activity, accounting, approvals, BI, integrations, mobile, and AI share one trusted foundation.
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Hotel asset management works best when owners can connect PMS activity, accounting, BI, budgets, approvals, and portfolio reporting in one foundation.
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Financial reporting software for hotels should connect accounting, PMS activity, BI, approvals, budgets, and owner-ready portfolio views.
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Hotel financial reporting connects PMS activity, accounting, BI, budgets, approvals, and owner packets so operators can trust the numbers faster daily.
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Hotel revenue management works best when pace, OTB, budgets, forecasts, accounting, BI, and owner reporting share one trusted data foundation for decisions.
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Hotel KPI reporting works best when finance, operations, labor, owner visibility, BI, mobile workflows, and ERP data share one source of truth.
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At this year’s Hotel Data Conference everyone wanted to talk about AI; but almost nobody wanted to talk about the same AI. Sit down with an operator in the hallway and the conversation was about margin discipline and managing rising undistributed expenses. Sit in a main-stage session and it was all about channels and booking. ...
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One of the things I've learned from evaluating hotel portfolios over the years is that similar operating results don't always translate into similar financial performance. Two management companies can report nearly identical occupancy, ADR, and RevPAR while producing very different profit margins and long-term value. The difference usually isn't found in traditional performance metrics. It's...
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Hotel inventory management software works best when purchasing, vendors, approvals, invoices, stock items, and reporting share one ERP foundation.
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Hotel business intelligence works best when PMS activity, accounting, labor, pace, budgets, mobile workflows, and owner reporting share one trusted foundation.
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A hotel property management system is essential, but operators also need connected accounting, approvals, BI, integrations, and owner reporting.
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Hotel ERP helps operators connect PMS activity, accounting, approvals, BI, integrations, mobile workflows, and owner reporting in one trusted foundation.
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Hotel budgeting works best when PMS activity, forecasts, budgets, approvals, BI, and owner reporting share one trusted financial planning foundation for hotels.
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