When developing a hotel, operations must be given priority standing. Operations are essential in order to get a hotel up, running, and producing revenue within a set timeline. Developers must spend the time required to integrate all aspects related to operating the hotel into the overall development plan at its inception. Failure to do so will inevitably result in costly delays. If you do not have an operations expert on staff, hire a consultant. Experienced operators are invaluable when it comes to establishing and meeting performance standards for the design, time, cost and quality of a hotel development.

How Operations Influence Hotel Design

Operators are in the best position to ensure that the final design of the hotel matches the operating organization necessary to maximize revenues, control expenses and deliver dependable free cash flow. In addition to providing important feedback regarding the coordination of the front desk and all of the back of house areas that support operations, they fully understand the importance of properly locating the various elements of a hotel in relation to one another in order to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs.

Too often hotels end up with far too much expense per square footage, which results in little ...