Hospitality – Hotel Analysis

What is a Financial Dashboard for Hotels and Resorts? Financial Dashboards for hospitality businesses are considered performance analysis tools and are used by hotel managers and finance teams monitor revenues, expenses and profitability across the organization. Some of the main functionality in this type of dashboard is that it displays six different analytical perspectives, including: 1) Hotel (resort) revenue by profit center, 2) Hotel revenue by activity, 3) Revenue, COGS and Net Income YTD, 4) Actual, budget and variance by GL revenue account, 5) Top 5 expenses by account and with actual versus budget comparison, and 6) Top 5 expenses by department. You find an example of this type of dashboard below.

Purpose of Financial Dashboards for Hotels and Resorts Hospitality organizations use Financial Dashboards to give their executives a summary view of key financial metrics. When used as part of good business practices in a Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) department, an organization can improve and speed up its financial decisions and related strategies, and it can reduce the chances that managers miss major performance issues in any particular area of the business.

Who Uses This Type of Dashboard? The typical users of this type of dashboard are: Finance officers, analysts, hotel managers, hospitality executives. Other Reports Often Used in Conjunction with Financial Dashboards for Hotels and Resorts Progressive Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) departments sometimes use several different Financial Dashboards, along with Revenue dashboards, profit & loss reports and other management and control tools.

Where Does the Data for Analysis Originate From? The Actual (historical transactions) data typically comes from enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems like: Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) Finance, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC), Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Sage Intacct, Sage 100, Sage 300, Sage 500, Sage X3, SAP Business One, SAP ByDesign, Acumatica, Netsuite and others. In analyses where budgets or forecasts are used, the planning data most often originates from in-house Excel spreadsheet models or from professional xFP&A solutions.

Built for hospitality finance teams and aligned with Solver's xFP&A platform, this Solver report template connects directly to your ERP data via the Solver Data Warehouse, enabling near real-time analysis with minimal setup. Designed for QuickStart deployment, it can be activated rapidly so your team can focus on analysis and decisions — not data preparation.

What is the Hospitality – Hotel Analysis in Solver? The Hospitality – Hotel Analysis is a pre-built xFP&A report template in Solver designed for hospitality organizations. It delivers key financial and operational metrics in a single, easy-to-use interface — purpose-built for hospitality finance workflows.

Who uses this Solver report template? Finance leaders at hospitality organizations — including CFOs, FP&A managers, and hospitality finance teams — use this template to get fast, reliable answers without waiting on IT or building custom reports. It supports both day-to-day monitoring and strategic decision-making.

Where does the data come from? Data is sourced automatically from your ERP system through the Solver Data Warehouse, which integrates with platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Dynamics 365 Finance, Acumatica, Sage Intacct, and other leading ERP solutions. Property management systems (PMS) and point-of-sale data can also be integrated for full hotel and venue revenue visibility. Once connected, the template updates in near real-time with no manual data entry required.

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