Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry

Guidance for standardized financial reporting and analysis, critical for effective management and benchmarking. The newly-published 12th Revised Edition has a focus on increased reporting transparency.

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USALI 12th Revised Edition

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Major Changes

USALI 12th Revised Edition

New

Energy, Water, and Waste Schedule

The new schedule promotes environmental benchmarking in the lodging industry and helps hotels report to customers, investors, and regulators on their sustainability initiatives.

New

All-inclusive Hotels

This new section is dedicated to the reporting of revenues and expenses for AI hotels, which typically charge one price for basic services and amenities. This new guidance allows for equitable benchmarking and operating analyses.

Updated

Rooms

In this section, the definitions for each of the rate categories used to segment Rooms Revenue have been expanded. In addition, new guidance to enhance transparency associated with the cost of guest loyalty program services and amenities has been added. And finally, the new Executive Lounge – Subschedule 1-1 is included.

New

Annual Mandatory Brand and Operator Cost Schedule

This new schedule is included to capture these expenses in one, easy-to-view table. This schedule should be completed annually when associated costs have been tabulated.

New

Payroll FTE

This has been added to provide greater visibility for FTEs in each department, including categorizing management and nonmanagement roles.

New

Miscellaneous Income

New Miscellaneous Income categories have been added and expanded guidance is included for others.

Updated

Sales and Marketing

In alignment with current marketing practices, three new expense categories have been added: Digital — Paid Search, Digital — Display, and Digital — Social. In addition, new department titles have been included.

New Edition

12th Revised Edition

Now available, this edition is the result of a well-considered, in-depth process by the Global Finance Committee (GFC). The independent group of global financial leaders from the most prominent global hotel brands, operators, owners, and other industry authorities. The mandatory adoption date is 1/1/2026, however companies that choose to do so may adopt sooner. 

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HFTP Introduces USALI Stamp Licensing Program

Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) has introduced a new program to identify authorized providers of software products and services which use elements from the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry (USALI™), a gui

USALI 12th Revised Edition, Deep Dive: Other Reporting Guidance.

Just released, the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry (USALI) 12th Revised Edition has been meticulously updated by the Global Finance Committee (GFC) with guiding principles to enhance transparency in reporting, broaden data sets to