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Today's traveler's journey is more fragmented than ever. With the recent proliferation of new travel super apps, distribution Goliaths such as Google and Expedia updating their ranking algorithms at a frantic pace, and the seemingly unstoppable growth of metasearch engine traffic, building and executing an effective hotel marketing strategy can seem intimidating. Maintaining a holistic, cross-channel approach is essential and always is highly-recommended by our hotel management company.
What is the meaning / definition of Modified American Plan or MAP in the hospitality industry? The term Modified American Plan (MAP), refers to a booking option that includes the room night, a free breakfast and a second meal either lunch or more typically dinner. This option is offered for multiple reasons. One of which is that it allows hotels [...]
What is the meaning / definition of Accommodation in the hospitality industry? The term accommodation refers to a room, building or lodging which provides shelter for a person to stay, sleep and live. Pronounciation: ac·com·mo·da·tion ( ə-ˌkä-mə-ˈdā-shən ) There are many different types of spaces that classify as accommodation, though in the hospitality industry the term is used to refer [...]
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Average Rent Price Per Property
As the name suggests, the KPI 'Average Rent Price Per Property' helps to keep track of your rental prices and is typically measured and recorded across various timeframes (i.e. weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual changes). Our hotel management company emphasizes on comparing the performance against the same period last year is crucial to ensure you're on the right track to create a successful investment project. You can also easily compare against other properties with this metric and see where opportunities are for your property.Calculation: LTV Ratio = Mortgage Amount / Appraised Property Value
When investing it is obviously favourable to accrue as little additional cost as possible while minimizing the amount of down payment on your loan to ensure you have plenty of cash on hand to manage your business and investments.Average Mortgage Rate
This KPI helps investors to evaluate if properties require refinancing. Specifically, investors can compare their mortgage rates (by turning it into an average if they have multiple properties) to the current index mortgage rate. Our hotel management company always suggests making this comparison, as it will tell if the property is better off being refinanced.Calculation: Equity to Value Ratio = Total Property Equity / Total Property Value Ideal ratio: ratios below 0.5 are an indication of a heavily leveraged business What is the Definition & Importance of ´Loan [...]
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The sector-wide standard for hotel accounting practises, the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry (USALI format) has been in operation in some form or other since 1926. With our experience as a hotel management company, we can say that these best practises are essential for any hotel to create higher uniformity and consistency in the presentation and understanding of a hotel´s performance. The primary functions of this uniform system of accounts for hotels has been to provide hotel managers, owners, and other relevant stakeholders with operating statements, and to be able to run comparative analyses across different business areas. The 11th edition of USALI was released in 2015, requiring hotels to update how they reported accounting and financial data and introducing many new changes. Now knowing the importance of the system, let's take a deeper look at the details and highlight what is most important to understand as a stakeholder for a hotel.
