hotel profit
The Road to Hotel Profitability: Adopting Flow Through + Flex Metrics
HotStats | July 17, 2024
When measuring hotel profitability, two key metrics stand out: flow through and flex. Flow through measures the percentage of additional profit from each extra dollar of revenue, while flex gauges the ability to save profit during revenue shortfalls. These metrics provide crucial insights into financial performance, offering a comprehensive framework for operational analysis. "Understanding flow through and flex is essential for any hotel aiming to optimize profitability and navigate economic fluctuations effectively," says Lisa Martin, Regional Director for Hotel Finance, at Davidson Hospitality. Integrating these metrics into your ana...
Reframing Sustainability as a Hotel Profit Maker
Adam Mogelonsky, Larry Mogelonsky | February 28, 2024
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Hospitality Financial Leadership: Explaining Accounting
David Lund | December 18, 2023
By David Lund No one can explain accounting. I have some pretty crazy situations presented to me by potential clients. I say crazy and I what that means is that it is almost unbelievable that anyone would find themselves in such a mess with their business and their books. I also say potential client. Almost always it is never going to be a client, but because I am out there – and in order to find real customers – I must kiss a lot of frogs. I am not complaining. To the contrary I am only too happy to speak with just about anyone who has a problem and thinks I can help. I provide a service and in order to get a paying cl...
Major Markets Driving U.S. Hotel Profitability Gains
CoStar Group | December 6, 2023
WASHINGTON – 6 December 2023 – Improvement in group demand across the Top 25 Markets drove U.S. hotel revenue and profit growth, according to October P&L data from CoStar. CoStar is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets. October 2023 per-available-room metrics (% change from October 2022) GOPPAR: US$97.45 (+3.7%) TRevPAR: US$240.74 (+4.0%) EBITDA PAR: US$69.60 (-1.2%) LPAR (Labor Costs): US$74.48 (+5.9%) The industry saw its largest year-over-year increases in GOPPAR and TRevPAR since March 2023. “The Top 25 Markets have showed an...
2024 Budget Planning: What Is Top of Mind for Hotel Owners & Operators?
HotStats | October 19, 2023
Budget season is upon us, and around the world hotel owners and operators are buried deep in data trying to come up with 2024 performance numbers. What unique challenges are hotels facing in the 2024 budgeting and planning process? HotStats reached out to global hospitality leaders to find out. By Michael Grove Chief Operating Officer HotStats 1. 2023 Hotel Performance: Growth Is Slowing In UAE, Saudi Arabia, India, Brazil, and the Caribbean, hotel profit margins in the first half of 2023 well surpassed 2019 levels, whereas they lagged in the UK, Germany, Spain, Poland, and Qatar. In China, hotels experienced tremendous growth rel...
The Hotel Profit Playbook: Data-Driven Strategies to Move Beyond Rooms Revenue
myDigitalOffice (MDO) | June 7, 2023
Understanding labor and amenity costs, analyzing non-room revenue trends, and centralizing data from all revenue sources is arming hospitality leadership with the right data to make more profitable decisions. BETHESDA, MD. – MDO, in collaboration with Stayntouch and Revenue Analytics, has released "The Hotel Profit Playbook: Data-Driven Strategies to Move Beyond Rooms Revenue," a special report aimed at redefining the way hoteliers approach profit management. The Hotel Profit Playbook introduces the concept of Total Profit Optimization, defined as the act of broadening operational strategies to include focus on all...
It’s Time to Re-Evaluate Hotel Performance Metrics, Says HVS
HVS | March 7, 2023
07 March 2023, London: Hotel operators need to learn to manage the entire building they operate and start thinking of performance in terms of the total revenue or profit per available square metre, giving a more accurate assessment of the property’s success. This is the conclusion of a new report from global hotel consultancy HVS, which considers the limitations of various hotel performance indices used in the hotel sector as a benchmark for hotel investment, for property valuations and for analysing operating success. The most widely used performance index is Rooms Revenue per Available Room [RevPAR] which, HVS says, can be a usef...
Miami and Qatar Markets Led the World in Hotel Profit Recovery in 2022
STR | February 8, 2023
LONDON—Miami and Qatar led the major global markets in hotel profit recovery for 2022, according to STR‘s full-year P&L data. Both markets’ gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR) surpassed 2019 levels, with the metric reaching 155% of the 2019 comparable in Miami. Helped by the World Cup, Qatar’s GOPPAR indexed at 152%. Qatar is designated as a market in STR’s database due to its size and composition. Noted below are the key market outliers by each region: Europe Paris’ GOPPAR (US$173.02) was 123% of its comparable 2019 level. London (US$105.17) was the next closest market at 88%. Ber...
