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Hotel Budgeting & Forecasting for 2027: Build a Budget You'll Actually Use

Join returning guest speaker David “Woody” Woodstein of LW Capital Consulting and Kelsey Higginbotham of Inn-Flow as they walk you through the thinking behind a successful budget, and show you how to properly build a budget that flows directly into an active, usable forecast — rather than a static document that gets filed away in January and never opened again.

In this session, you'll learn:

• How to set a realistic top-line budget — from STAR/RGI data, or last year's actuals plus a growth rate.
• Structuring controllable expenses (COGS) using hotel-specific calculations.
• How to turn your budget into a live 30/60/90-day forecast in Inn-Flow.
• Connecting your budget to Inn-Flow Procurement — see spending by COA, updated live as you spend.