The hotel business is one of the most reliable sectors in the global economy and has high potential even in times of crisis. Its ability to function during a period of stagnation is often a determining factor in investment attractiveness.

The southern region of Ukraine is very favorable for starting your own business based on a tourist platform. The hotel business on the shores of the Black Sea traditionally brings high dividends to its owners. Of course, if it is correctly built from the very beginning.

Many subscribers of our blog in the feedback form ask the question: how to open your own hotel and what do you need? We tried to answer in a detailed and structured way.

Business planning: where to start

The business plan of the hotel is the first stage of developing any enterprise.

The development of a business plan for a hotel may include the following items:

Let's take a closer look at each item.

Market analysis

Before opening a hotel, it is necessary to study the market that the company will enter, according to such points of conjuncture:

Let's take a closer look at the competitive component. We highly recommend that you take a good look around and fix it in your business plan before pedaling your work processes:

Important! 60% of Ukrainians who have planned a vacation this year are going to rest in Ukrainian resorts. The leaders in the ratings of popularity among tourists are traditionally Odessa, Zatoka, Koblevo, Gribovka, Zhelezny Port, Skadovsk.

General concept of the hotel

In this example of a business plan, we have included the most popular formats of hospitality facilities among tourists:

Basic location requirements:

The best option for a hotel building is a free-standing object, equipped with a parking lot and a well-maintained territory. Ribas Hotels Group is currently building a hotel like that in Bukovel — Ribas Karpaty.

The layout of the area of the object traditionally consists of:

If the building is already built, the necessary alterations are discussed and included in the business plan of the hotel.

Depending on the concept of the object and its territorial location, it may be necessary to add some additional functional units. For example: coworking spaces, restaurants, or banquet halls.

It is necessary to add that modern hotels take into account the recommendations of authoritative sources and make adjustments even in the layout of their premises.

A recent report by MMGY Global, the world's largest integrated marketing company that specializes in tourism, travel and hospitality, says that the portraits of tourists change every year. And the tourist of 2015 is radically different from the traveler of the last two years. One of the largest and most importantly solvent audiences — people from 25 to 35 years old (generation Y) - wants to go on vacation or explore other countries as a family, and not in pairs or by themselves.

For hotels that want to appeal to an audience like this, it brings some changes:

These adjustments should be made immediately in the business plan, as any changes to the project at any stage — design, construction-may entail additional financial investments.

Important! Architectural sketches should be ordered from bureaus or companies that have extensive experience in designing HoReCa objects: hotels or restaurants of various formats. This is due to the fact that the object of hospitality or catering operates according to completely different principles and standards than any other property. The long list of differences includes separate logistics of guests and staff, the distance between the living rooms and the food and entertainment area, etc.

More information about development of the concept and business planning of hotels can be found at the link - https://ribashotelsgroup.ua/en/hotel-business-plan/

Investment amounts

— The amount of the investment for a single project is calculated at the stage of creating a general estimate, - says the head of the company's development department, Maria Turikova. — There are no general figures or universal patterns for calculating the object of hospitality in Ukraine. Therefore, we apply all our experience in the hotel industry and take into account many factors related to the object: location, proximity to resorts or business centers, passenger traffic, competitive market share, and much more. And then we describe a detailed financial model, which includes:

Of course, the most capacious item of expenditure is construction — about 55-57% of the total cost. In second place — the purchase of land. If the plot is already there (and it often happens in reality: when you first buy land in a recreational area, and then decide to build an hotel there), these costs are not being planned.

Important! According to the World Travel and Tourism Council, as of the end of last year, the travel sector has shown growth for the ninth year in a row. Last year, experts published a figure of 3.5% compared to the same period last year. It should also be noted that this sector has overtaken the pace of the world economy by 2.5%. Consequently, the tourism sector of the economy is a reliable field for investment activity. As for Ukraine, the interest of investors in the tourism sector is focused on several regions: the capital, Lviv and the southern direction. Last year, passenger traffic in the capital increased by 59.2%. Some percentage of this figure is made up of transit travelers. However, the fact that Kiev, Odessa and Lviv are becoming attractive for the tourist and business audience is undeniable.

Hotel staff

Staff is being hired depending on the format of the hospitality facility.

According to the recommendations of the World Tourism Organization, the number of employees varies according to this scheme:

Promotion and marketing of the hotel

Promotion is rarely included in the content plan. And if it is, it usually gets the least attention. Although the work to promote the future facility must begin six months before its actual launch.

So, in the "Marketing and promotion" section of the hotel business plan, you should include the following items:

Detailed information about the organization of marketing and sales services at the hotel can be found on the page - https://ribashotelsgroup.ua/en/hotel-promotion/

A professionally drawn up business plan of the hotel helps to achieve high performance not only if the project is only at the start of creation. Among the cases of the management company, there are examples when a well-written document with leading specialists brought measurable results in just 12 months of work. More information about the Bossfor Hotel case can be found here.

Our specialists will conduct all of the above research and help you create a business plan to start your business.

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