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Utilizing Automation to Maximize Your Restaurant’s Labor Efficiency in 2023

Modern Restaurant Management

This typically includes creating staff schedules based on sales forecasts, trimming labor during slow times, and providing managers with more control – and accountability. Optimizing Employee Schedules In the past, many WFM processes were done manually, in the form of written schedules and excel sheets.

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LE: Canada’s construction pipeline closes 2023 with a 10% YOY increase

Hotel Business

According to the year-end Lodging Econometrics (LE) Construction Pipeline Trend Report for Canada, the country ended 2023 at 294 projects/38,396 rooms, a mere 11 projects short of the country’s peak of 305 projects achieved in Q4 2019. Canada had 25 new hotels with 3,278 rooms open in 2023.

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Hotel accounting: Your property’s comprehensive guide

SiteMinder

What is hotel accounting? Hotel accounting is the process of recording and maintaining the financial records and performance of your hotel business. Good accounting makes the finances of your hotel easy to understand for management and other stakeholders – so they can make informed decisions. room sales).

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2023 Outlook: Trends and Challenges Restaurants Will See, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked experts for their thoughts on trends and challenges that will affect the restaurant industry in 2023. In 2023, we can anticipate businesses really focusing in on value and doing what they can to attract and retain both employees and guests. For part one, click here.

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Canada’s construction pipeline hits record-high project count

Hotel Business

In Canada, there was a surge of projects that moved into the under construction stage in 2023. At the Q1 close, hotel construction projects in the province of Ontario account for 59% of the projects and 60% of the rooms in the total pipeline, for new all-time highs of 186 projects and 23,839 rooms. new supply growth rate increase.

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Forecast for new hotel openings in the Americas through 2025

Hotel Business

Combined, these three regions account for 44% of the projects and 34% of the rooms in the global hotel construction pipeline. In 2023, LE is forecasting the Americas region to open 718 new hotels having 92,498 rooms. In these years, the upscale and upper-midscale chain scales will account for 60-65% of the projected openings.

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Restaurant Bookkeeping: Comprehensive Guide to Master Bookkeeping

7 Shifts

Table of Contents 5 easy steps to simplify bookkeeping in the restaurant industry Essential accounting and bookkeeping reports for restaurant owners and managers Identifying and reducing controllable costs in the restaurant business Should I outsource restaurant bookkeeping or do it myself?