If you’re serious about building a hotel brand that guests remember, rave about, and return to, it starts with an honest look at your current positioning.
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Three rooms a day. That’s the number standing between you and paying back your entire marketing budget.
This week I sit down with Manish Gupta, a chartered accountant who walked into a five-star hotel to do a fraud audit and never left. He went on to run finance at Shangri-La Bangkok, one of the biggest hotels in Asia, and helped take a money-losing property in Chiang Mai to $5 million in gross operating profit. So yes, he’s my finance guy now.
We get into the stuff most boutique hotel owners are quietly guessing at. What your OTA bookings actually cost you. Why the bold move that turned that Chiang Mai hotel around had nothing to do with operations. The exact math to bring to your bank when you need money for branding and marketing. And how to build a hotel budget when you have zero history to go on.
In this episode:
- The real cost of Booking.com and travel agents (and why it’s more than the commission)
- Why you shouldn’t ditch the OTAs completely, and what to use them for instead
- The direct booking break-even formula that makes lenders say yes
- The #1 mistake owners make when presenting their numbers
- Net retained economics: why a $100 room isn’t always $100
- How to forecast occupancy for a brand new property
- The one money habit every new owner needs
- Why your property needs a refresh every 7 to 10 years, whether you feel like it or not
If you’ve ever walked into a lender meeting and felt like you were winging it, this one’s for you.
Connect with Manish:
LinkedIn: Manish Gupta, Hospitality Coach
Books, guides and tools: book.ehotelmanagementschool.com
Free hotel budgeting app (free for the first year): app.ehotelmanagementschool.com
Email: camanish.gupta@outlook.com
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Hosted by Yanique DaCosta | The Boutique Hotel Playbook
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