Vital Daily Hotel Management Reports You Need to Boost Efficiency and Drive Growth (With Examples)

The hospitality industry is a dynamic and evolving landscape, with hotel owners and managers striving to provide top-notch services while ensuring financial stability and growth. One critical aspect of achieving this is understanding and utilizing daily hotel management reports. In this guide, we'll walk you through the different types of daily hotel management reports to...

Blog Post: April 8, 2023 by Charlie Fritsch, CEO

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6 Hotel Dashboard Reporting Solutions to Manage All Your Back of House Needs in 2023

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...

Blog Post: March 14, 2023 by Jaime Goss

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Elevate Your Hotel Management Finances with These 5 Best Cloud-Based Accounting Software for Hotels

In today's digitally driven world, hoteliers no longer need to commit vast amounts of time and energy into juggling multiple spreadsheets and manual data entry—they have cloud-based accounting software to do it for them! If you're thinking of switching or just trying to streamline your finances, you want to ensure that the software you choose...

Blog Post: February 23, 2023 by Elisa Fritsch

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Excel vs. Cloud Reporting for Hotels: Why You Should Switch to the Cloud

Cloud reporting is the future of hotel analytics whether you’re consolidating your portfolios, running your financials, or conducting labor management.  Yet, many hotels still run their reports through Excel because, well, old habits are hard to break.   Even though Excel comes in handy when your hotel accounting software has limited reporting options, it genuinely lacks...

Blog Post: February 23, 2023 by Chip Fritsch, COO

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HIA Wins Acumatica Development Excellence Award

February 1st, 2023 – Hotel Investor Apps (HIA), the most advanced hotel-specific Accounting & Business Intelligence software, has just received the coveted Acumatica “Development Excellence Award.” The award was announced at the 2023 Acumatica Summit being held this week in Las Vegas.

News Article: February 3, 2023 by Elisa Fritsch

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True Cloud vs. Fake Cloud: What’s the Difference?

Modern hoteliers know the importance of finding the best software to grow your business. And you may have already made the wise decision to move your accounting and back-office solutions to the cloud for the increased functionality and security. And you may have expert advice comparing different accounting & back-office solutions, but there is one...

Blog Post: February 2, 2023 by Elisa Fritsch

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Time to Stop Hugging the Bear?

2023 Economic Outlook for the US Hotel Industry. By R. Mark Woodworth
Thinking back over this past year, many important economic indicators (the rate of inflation, elevated energy costs, Federal Reserve rate increases, labor scarcity leading to higher wages, etc.) were suggesting that a recession in the near-to-mid-term bordered on being inevitable. Certainly, a bearish outlook.

News Article: January 19, 2023 by R. Mark Woodworth

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Newest Developments in Hotel Business Intelligence and Financial Management

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.

Blog Post: January 5, 2023 by Jaime Goss

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The Real Cost of a Downed Accounting System

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.

Blog Post: January 4, 2023 by Jaime Goss

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HRP Technology Disrupts the Hotel Industry – What You Need to Know

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.

Blog Post: December 2, 2022 by Jaime Goss

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Outperform your Budgets with a Single System of Record, Engagement, and Intelligence

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.

Blog Post: October 31, 2022 by Jaime Goss

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The Number One Thing You Can do to Control Labor Expense at your Hotel Company

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?

Blog Post: October 17, 2022 by Jaime Goss

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How Hotels Can Manage HR Communication Across Multiple Locations

From a beachfront oasis to mountaintop resort, unique locations are key to a competitive hospitality portfolio. However, operating multiple hotels poses several HR challenges including communication and compliance. Insufficient HR strategy and lack of communication can lead to low employee satisfaction, regular conflict, and high turnover—all of which contribute to inadequate customer service. Read on to learn best practices to manage HR Communication for your multi-location hotel company.

Blog Post: October 3, 2022 by Jaime Goss

HIA Expands Business Intelligence with Netchex Integration

Hotel Investor Apps (HIA), the leading hotel-specific Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform, today announced its integration with Netchex, a payroll, benefits, and HR company with a strong focus on the hospitality industry, enabling HIA business intelligence users to make smarter business and labor decisions with advanced labor analytics.

News Article: October 3, 2022 by Jaime Goss

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The Quickest Way to Consolidate Your Data

In this faced-paced, ever-changing hotel business, you need your data from your various front-of-house and back-of house systems; you need it in one place, and you need it now. The goal is to have your PMS, POS, payroll, time & attendance, AP, purchasing, etc., etc., etc. software integrated to the point that all relevant data can be accessed through a single-login and all departments have accurate, real-time data to make informed decisions. But, how can you achieve this?

Blog Post: September 7, 2022 by Jaime Goss

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5 Ways Your Legacy System is Costing You

The marketplace and technology are evolving rapidly, but if you’re hanging on to legacy software, you may not evolve with it. You may feel that you have valid reasons for remaining loyal to your legacy software, but the fact is, they pale in comparison to how much the software is costing you.

Blog Post: August 24, 2022 by Jaime Goss

The Easiest Way to Reclassify Transactions

Mistakes happen. Invoices are sometimes coded to the wrong account, or summary invoices need to be itemized for more detail. If your hotel accounting software does not have the ability to easily reclassify transactions, then you may have elaborate spreadsheets or superstitious rituals to make sure that your data is entered correctly before it is posted. Instead, skip the spreadsheets and the manual entries and click the easy button, a.k.a. the “Reclassify” button.

Blog Post: August 4, 2022 by Jaime Goss

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Favorite Features to Get More Done

Compared to other non-ERP software, these features save valuable time and prevent the frustration from having separate data silos. Navigating the system to deliver critical information for data driven decisions and smoother operations becomes a pleasure rather than a frustration. Features such as these save time and create a smooth working experience:

Blog Post: August 2, 2022 by Jaime Goss

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Keeping Things in Perspective

While lodging fundamentals have improved dramatically over the past two years, many see threatening clouds on the horizon. . .

News Article: July 5, 2022 by R. Mark Woodworth

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