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We write about what owners and lenders ask us most often — budgets, timelines, the mistakes that cost the most, and the technology a hotel actually runs on. No theory: only what we have seen on projects.
A hotel does not begin with constructionMost owners name the land, the architect or the drawings. In practice the decisions that set the return are made long before any of those.Read the article
How to save on hotel construction — where the money actually isReal savings do not come from cheaper materials. They come from a core plan that works and from management that holds the budget.Read the article
The property management system is the hotel's main instrumentReservations, the front desk, room status, reporting and financial control all sit in one place. Choosing it badly is expensive for years.Read the article
Ten critical mistakes in hotel developmentThe same one leads the list every time: construction starts before anybody has calculated whether the hotel earns. Everything after that is a consequence.Read the article
Where to build — how location decides profitabilityLocation settles who the guest is, how they arrive, what rate the hotel can ask and how far occupancy falls out of season.Read the article
HORECA Management Group opens an office in TorontoEnd-to-end support for the Canadian hospitality industry, from the first feasibility question to an operating hotel.Read the article
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