Last week, HotStats released its hotel profitability snapshot for the USA for January. The story is grim. RevPAR is growing more slowly (up 0.8% year-over-year) but Labor expenses are up by more than 4X that amount (up 3.4% vs January 2018). ...
Hotel labor costs are rising quickly. In the USA, a shrinking, competitive labor pool is driving wage rates, overtime and contractor usage to unprecedented heights, and the increases are projected to continue for the next 2-3 years. ...
A well-trained room attendant can make all the difference in your hotel’s housekeeping department. Their assigned rooms are cleaned to standard and they’re efficient, spending only the necessary amount of time needed to clean each room. But even the...
Ever wonder why your hotel is consistently over budget for payroll? While there are a few factors that can contribute to this profit loss, the main culprit is oftentimes your employee schedule.
