Choice Hotels International Inc. has released a free resource for its hotel owners: Your Key to Profit. Launching in the fourth quarter, the new platform will centralize all Choice’s proprietary profitability tools in an on-demand, mobile-friendly system to better enable success for owners’ hotels, the company reports.
The platform will be directly accessible from choiceADVANTAGE—the company’s leading property management system—and includes an intuitive portal with the most frequently used franchise resources:
- Profitability benchmarking tools, such as HotStats. Choice Hotels owners will also have access to Choice’s proprietary channel-mix calculators, budget templates, hiring resources and vendor information through the new platform.
- The Profit Playbook—an updated, easy-to-use hub with tools, resources, best practices and professional services to help franchisees boost profitability and provide insights on what drives profits within the larger Choice community.
- Revenue management resources, including ChoiceMAX, a tool designed to help owners more effectively manage room rates, distribution channels and inventory.
- Choice University, the company’s learning platform featuring expert-designed training modules that franchise owners can access to help refine their leadership skills, streamline hotel operations, and more.
The new system’s mobile-friendly capabilities also make it easier for existing owners to connect with the company’s area directors, a field-based team of hotel operations experts, it reports. These experts continue to support owner profitability by providing one-on-one consultation to help owners increase their operating efficiencies for a better return on their investment. The platform will include a brand-new interactive message board feature—to enable owners to post their successes and share best practices with their peers.