Posts by Sarah McCay Tams
Future-Ready Hospitality: Hotel Equities Invests in the Actabl Platform to Scale with Purpose
Hotel Equities is a purpose-driven hospitality company with a growing global portfolio and a deeply rooted, people-first culture. As a hospitality management and development company overseeing hundreds of hotels across the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean, and Latin America, Hotel Equities is no stranger to complexity. The company manages a diverse portfolio of full-service, select-service, independent,…
Read MoreWhy Better Budgets Start with Educated Hotel Operators
Too many hotel budgets are built in isolation, often crafted in finance offices or C-suite meetings with little input from the people who actually execute them. Creating budgets based on historical performance – of simply saying we’ll achieve an extra X% next year – is now defunct. Budgeting requires a more nuanced understanding of both…
Read MoreFrom Cost to Catalyst: Rethinking Hotel Labor Strategies for 2026 and Beyond
Labor represents both the most pressing challenge and the greatest opportunity for driving profitability, enhancing guest satisfaction, and maximizing asset value in hotels. A recent webinar hosted by Hotel Investment Today by Northstar and Actabl saw four hospitality leaders come together to explore how data, technology, and culture are reshaping labor strategies for the years…
Read MoreWelcoming Joseph Benjamin, Actabl’s New Chief Technology Officer
Joseph Benjamin recently joined Actabl as our new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Joseph brings decades of experience leading large-scale technology organizations, integrating platforms, and building high-performing global teams. He has helped companies move through the exact scaling chapter Actabl is entering now: integrating multiple product lines and aligning global engineering teams for growth. At DataLogix,…
Read MoreActabl Appoints Joseph Benjamin as Chief Technology Officer
Technology veteran to accelerate Actabl’s platform integration and data-driven innovation for hotels worldwide DENVER – September 18, 2025 – Actabl, the leading hospitality software company dedicated to empowering hotels with actionable insights to drive profit, today announced the appointment of Joseph Benjamin as Chief Technology Officer. He will lead Actabl’s global technology strategy and execution…
Read MoreEmpowering The People That Power Hospitality
By Andrew Arthurs, COO, Actabl At Actabl, our mission is to empower the people who power the hospitality industry. For me, that’s about connecting with people and helping them unlock their true potential. As an industry, we’ve been laser-focused on the guest experience and how technology can help improve each stage of the guest journey.…
Read MoreHotel Data Conference 2025: Labor Management Takes Center Stage
At this year’s Hotel Data Conference in Nashville, one theme cut through the economic forecasts, RevPAR revisions, and market bifurcation debates: how hotels manage labor will define profitability in the next 12–24 months. A Profit Squeeze That Starts in the P&L STR’s Amanda Hite and CoStar’s Jan Freitag set the stage in the opening session:…
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