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Groups & Cluster Management

“Who consolidates eight hotels’ budgets, and how many days does it take?”

Turn different property charts of accounts and department structures into a comparable group view. Map local accounts to shared report lines and use consistent periods, scenarios and currencies. Move from group totals to property and department detail to identify where the portfolio needs action.

Group CFO · Regional management · Hotel general managers

Expected outcome

What changes

  • Each hotel works within its own scope; shared mappings produce the group report
  • Define clusters by brand, region, ownership or operating model
  • Different currencies convert to one reporting unit via the scenario-locked budget FX table
  • Portfolio comparison: where each hotel stands against its budget
DDRM BUDGETPRODUCT VIEW

Hotel portfolio

Jan–Aug 2026 · EUR
Consolidated revenue€32.8M
Properties4
Reporting currencyEUR
Hotel group
CityResortRegion
Portfolio comparison on a shared structure
PropertyRevenueGOP margin
North Hotel€8.4M36%
Coast Resort€12.6M42%
City Hotel€6.8M31%
Airport Hotel€5.0M29%
Group total€32.8M36.2%
Illustrative interface · sample data
WORKFLOW

From data to a management decision in three steps.

  1. 01

    Create a common structure

    Map property-specific accounts and departments to the group reporting structure.

  2. 02

    Choose the scope

    Choose the brand, region or ownership cluster and reporting currency.

  3. 03

    Explore the detail

    Compare group and property results, then examine the variance in the relevant department.

HOW WOULD YOU USE IT?

Which property is moving away from its target, and why?

A city hotel and a resort in the same group can use different charts of accounts. Map local accounts to shared report lines, then compare the portfolio for the chosen currency and period. Move from group totals to the relevant property and department.

Starting data
Properties and clusters, local charts of accounts, shared report mappings and FX scenarios.
The decision to make
Which property drives the group result, and is the comparison scope consistent?
01

Shared template, local flexibility

The group defines the report template centrally, so every hotel reports on the same P&L structure. Each property still keeps its own chart of accounts — a mapping layer ties local accounts to shared report lines. The centre gains consistency without forcing every property to relearn its books.

02

The cluster dimension

A cluster is a reporting dimension of its own: group by brand, region, owner, or by lease versus management contract. A hotel can belong to more than one cluster at a time. Choose a cluster in the report filter and the consolidation recomputes for that scope.

03

Authority and scope

A regional manager sees only their hotels, a general manager only their property, a department head only their department. Scope is defined per user and holds across every screen — in reports, in data entry and in approvals alike.

See how it works in your hotel

Let us walk you through it in 30 minutes — on your department structure, your chart of accounts and your numbers. Not a canned demo: your scenario.