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What’s Wrong With Business Intelligence Solutions Today?
Apo Demirtas | May 30, 2023
Apo Demirtas If you’ve been around the hospitality industry for any length of time, you will have heard the term “business intelligence” tossed around by tech experts and, if you’re like most hoteliers, the term still conjures up some vague idea of a bunch of data in charts and graphs. Sound familiar? That’s a common problem and, to be honest, it’s not your fault for not understanding the value of business intelligence solutions because there are so many different types of BI solutions, which offer different information, value, ROI, etc. that it’s hard to explain, in simple terms, what BI is and why most BI solutions today ar...
‘Off the Shelf’ or ‘Have It Your Way’? How Hoteliers Should Shop for Business Intelligence
Cam Troutman | April 11, 2023
By Cam Troutman Standardized BI reporting restricts creativity while a customized approach to reports, dashboards, charts and graphs presents data to hotel operators in ways that make sense to each property or brand The purpose of business intelligence software is problem solving. The data derived can be analyzed to deliver actionable information that helps hotel owners and operators make more informed business decisions. With a single source of truth across the portfolio, hoteliers hope to budget better, forecast further, and cut costs more consistently to remain competitive in the industry. While this sounds simple enough, knowing which ...
