Consulting
Based on our more than 100 years of combined experience in the hospitality industry, Inceptio provides comprehensive consulting services to our customers. These include, but not limited to
Market Feasibility studies & development strategy
We provide a robust analysis of demand-supply dynamics, detailed recommendations of proposed facilities, estimation of development costs, P & L benchmarking and forecasting, IRR & Debt service calculations
Operator search & negotiating management contracts
We advise developers on whether to manage the property by yourself or hand over to an experienced brand operator. From Soliciting Expression of Intent letters to negotiation of favorable commercial terms for the owners is what we provide under this heading. If own management is preferred, we advise owners on a management structure and assist in preparation various procedure manuals
Asset & Portfolio Valuation
Hotel assets are unique in that they do not have a standard rental income and can’t be valued by traditional real estate methodologies. They have to be valued based on market driven demand-supply based assessment. We ensure that a true value is captured based on various income, replacement cost and sales comparison.
Executive Search
We help you recruit best possible personnel at the senior and mid-management level that fit the positions, help with determining their compensation package and assist in settling them in their position.
Asset management
There are always conflicting interests between owner’s expectations and operator’s desire to deliver. We carry out a detailed Asset Performance Review to ensure that the assets generate optimal returns. For a managed hotel, we help reduce the environment of “Trust Deficit” between the operator and owners. For own managed hotels, we reduce the “Knowledge Deficit” by detailed operational involvement
Revenue Management
Our strategic & Operational involvement assists the hotel management with analytical and intuitive inputs in managing rates, optimize productivity and increase revenue through all sources such as Corporates, Leisure and MICE, to significantly higher market share.
Improved Yield Management for higher RevPAR and higher profitability.
Procurement
Assistance in sourcing & procurement of both – pre-operating items such as FF & E, F & B Equipment, Engineering Equipment using our established supplier relationships, project management principles to best pricing, just-in-time deliveries and value-for-money quality.
Sourcing & procurement of Operating Supplies & Equipment using our teams of OS&E purchasers, global supply chain network, favorable terms & conditions.
Technology Stack
Our technology stack will help the property to procure the best & future-proof technology for the property including equipment, software, services and personnel.
Strategic Advisory
Our team offers a variety of services at each stage of the hotel’s life cycle. Aimed at optimizing your financial returns, we offer Market Entry studies, Contract Negotiations, rebranding, refurbishment etc.
Project & Financial Services
We assist the owners to source project finances at preferred terms and can also take up turnkey project solutions
Hotel Management Services
Day-today operations management advisory includes
- Management organization, HR Planning and organizational culture
- Effective administrative plans, drawing up and implementation of various standards
- Work-flow designs and Standard Operating procedure design
- Property Management Systems (PMS) – implementation & maintenance
- Sales & Marketing Plans
- Annual Budgets
- Staff Training
- Periodic MIS & Reviews