Practical AI for Hotel Professionals

Which hotel task would you like AI to help you solve?

We are developing short, practical workshops around real hotel-management problems—not generic AI theory. Help us choose which sessions to build and schedule first.

About 2 minutes · No purchase required · Your responses will guide the first workshop schedule.

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No generic AI lecture

Start with the hotel task, not the technology.

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Real hotel inputs

Use P&Ls, budgets, operational data, reviews, reconciliations and SOPs.

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Leave with a workflow

Work toward templates, prompts, validation steps and reusable methods.

Proposed workshop topics

Scan the titles. Open only the topics you want to understand in more detail.

Click any card to see what the session would cover and who it is designed for. Then use the interest survey to rank the sessions you would genuinely attend.

Finance & Hotel Performance

Finance · ControlsBuild a Hotel Reconciliation Workflow with AICreate a repeatable workflow to match records, investigate exceptions and document unresolved items.View details

What it covers: Bank, GL, PMS/POS or balance-sheet reconciliation logic; matching rules; exception review; evidence and validation.

Best for: Financial Controllers, Finance Managers, Accountants and Cost Controllers.

GM · Finance · OwnersDiagnose Your Hotel P&L and Turn Variances into Actions with AIMove from reporting variances to identifying drivers, questions and management actions.View details

What it covers: Revenue and cost movements, departmental profitability, likely operational causes, materiality and action-oriented commentary.

Best for: GMs, Financial Controllers, Owners, Asset Managers and Department Heads.

Finance · Department HeadsBuild a Hotel Budget Variance Investigation Workflow with AITurn actual-vs-budget results into a structured investigation rather than repetitive commentary.View details

What it covers: Materiality, volume/rate/mix thinking, departmental questions, cause validation, corrective actions and commentary structure.

Best for: Finance Teams, GMs and Department Heads.

Finance · GM · RevenueBuild and Challenge a Hotel Budget & Rolling Forecast with AIUse hotel drivers and scenarios to build, test and update a forecast more intelligently.View details

What it covers: Occupancy, ADR, departmental revenue, labour and expense assumptions; scenario analysis; challenge questions; rolling forecast updates.

Best for: Finance Leaders, GMs, Revenue Managers and Owners.

Reporting · Decision SupportTurn Hotel Financial Data into an Owner/GM Report with AIConvert financial and operational results into concise, decision-focused management commentary.View details

What it covers: Executive summaries, KPI interpretation, risks, exceptions, operational links, actions and concise owner-level reporting.

Best for: Financial Controllers, CFOs, GMs, Owners and Asset Managers.

Liquidity · Owners · FinanceBuild a 13-Week Hotel Cash Flow Forecast with AISee short-term cash pressure before it becomes an operational problem.View details

What it covers: Receipts, payroll, suppliers, taxes, debt, capex, timing assumptions, weekly liquidity gaps and scenario testing.

Best for: Owners, CFOs, Financial Controllers and Independent Hotels.

Controls · Audit · RiskFind Financial Control Gaps in Your Hotel with AIReview hotel processes systematically and identify control weaknesses before they become losses or audit issues.View details

What it covers: Reconciliations, approvals, segregation of duties, cash and revenue controls, evidence and risk prioritisation.

Best for: Controllers, Internal Audit, Owners and GMs.

Operations & Profitability

Operations · HR · FinanceAnalyse Hotel Labour Productivity and Manning with AIConnect payroll and staffing with real operating volumes to find productivity opportunities.View details

What it covers: Occupancy, rooms cleaned, restaurant covers, hours, headcount, payroll ratios, productivity measures and staffing actions.

Best for: GMs, HR, Finance and Operations Leaders.

F&B · Chef · Cost ControlFind Food Cost and F&B Margin Leakage with AIGo beyond food-cost percentage to identify the operational causes of margin leakage.View details

What it covers: Recipe cost, selling price, mix, purchasing, waste, portioning, yield and management priorities.

Best for: F&B Managers, Executive Chefs, Cost Controllers and Finance Teams.

Operations · L&DTurn Existing Hotel Procedures into Better SOPs and Checklists with AIConvert scattered procedures and staff knowledge into clear, consistent operating standards.View details

What it covers: Process capture, SOP structure, responsibilities, control points, checklists, training notes and version improvement.

Best for: GMs, Department Heads, HR/L&D and Operations Teams.

GM · HODs · ExecutionTurn Hotel Reports into a Weekly Management Action Plan with AIBring multiple hotel reports together and turn information into owners, deadlines and follow-up actions.View details

What it covers: Finance, revenue and operational reports; priority identification; cross-department actions; owners; deadlines and follow-up.

Best for: GMs, HODs and Hotel Leadership Teams.

Revenue, Commercial & Guest Experience

Revenue · Commercial · FinanceAnalyse Hotel Channel Cost, OTA Performance and Booking Mix with AIUnderstand which channels are actually contributing after commissions and distribution costs.View details

What it covers: OTA commissions, direct vs intermediary economics, ADR, booking mix, contribution and commercial actions.

Best for: Revenue Managers, Commercial Teams, GMs and Finance.

Revenue · Sales · GMBuild a Hotel Revenue & Commercial Performance Review with AICombine the core commercial indicators into one structured performance review.View details

What it covers: Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR, pace, segment and channel performance, sales activity, risks and commercial priorities.

Best for: Revenue Managers, Sales Leaders, Commercial Directors and GMs.

Guest Experience · OperationsAnalyse Hotel Guest Reviews and Turn Feedback into Department Actions with AITurn large volumes of guest comments into recurring themes and prioritised operational improvements.View details

What it covers: Theme extraction, recurring complaints and praise, department mapping, root causes, priorities and action tracking.

Best for: GMs, Rooms, F&B, Quality and Guest Experience Teams.

Investment & Ownership

Owners · GM · Finance · EngineeringEvaluate Hotel CapEx Proposals and Investment Decisions with AITurn a capex request into a more disciplined investment decision.View details

What it covers: Business need, investment cost, operating impact, ROI, payback, sensitivity, risk and prioritisation.

Best for: Owners, GMs, CFOs, Finance and Engineering Leaders.

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How the sessions will work

One real hotel problem. One practical workflow. One usable management output.

The delivery model is designed around application: frame the problem, provide the right hotel context, use AI for a disciplined first pass, challenge the result and validate before acting.

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Frame the hotel problem

Define the decision, task and what a good output looks like.

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Give AI the right context

Use realistic hotel files, assumptions, operating rules and templates.

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Analyse and challenge

Use AI for a first pass, then test evidence, logic and alternative explanations.

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Validate and act

Turn verified findings into a management output and repeatable workflow.

Instructor

Manish Gupta, CA

Hospitality finance executive, author and educator focused on turning hotel financial and operating information into practical management decisions. These proposed workshops connect AI tools with the real workflows used by hotel owners, GMs, finance leaders and department heads.

Best suited for: independent hotels, hotel groups, resorts, finance teams, GMs, revenue leaders, department heads, asset managers, consultants and hospitality educators.

Help shape the programme

Vote for the workshop topics you want first.

Choose the topics you would attend, rank your priorities and tell us what format and price point would be most useful. The survey opens securely in Google Forms in a new tab.

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