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HAMA Europe was delighted to announce today at IHIF EMEA conference in Berlin, that Brookfield Asset Management (“Brookfield”) has won the 10 th Annual HAMA Europe Asset Management Achievement Award for its Moxy Barcelona project. Brookfield acquired the 414-key Expo Hotel Barcelona in September 2021 as part of the Selenta portfolio. After a €28 Million comprehensive refurbishment, the hotel re-branded in October 2024 as part of Marriott International’s Moxy brand. The capex program included a full renovation of all guestrooms, public areas, F&B outlets, MICE facilities, and pool as well as the creation of a new rooftop restaurant, operated by Confiteria Group. The asset valuation increased significantly in four years since Brookfield’s acquisition, driven by the comprehensive refurbishment project, the introduction of the Moxy brand, asset management institutionalization and performance uplift. The HAMA Europe Award was established to recognise the key role played by hotel asset management in sustainably growing asset value and driving underlying investment returns. Brookfield’s Moxy Barcelona project is an excellent example of asset managers taking a holistic approach to value creation with their asset management plan, then working diligently to fully implement their strategies to achieve exceptional returns. Current Chair of the Awards Committee, Harriet Durbin The award celebrates its’ 10 th anniversary this year and is co-sponsored by Questex Hospitality and HotStats. The award was presented at the IHIF EMEA conference in Berlin during HAMA Europe’s breakout session on Tuesday 24 March 2026. Some outstanding prior winners of this award include Pygmalion Capital, Iconic Luxury Hotels, London & Regional Properties, Pyramid Hotel Group, Global Holdings, Starwood Capital, Amaris Hospitality, The Social Hub and Henderson Park & EQ Hotels, with investments that have spanned from single assets to large portfolios, collectively demonstrating the breadth of the hotel asset management discipline. For more information, please visit https://hama-europe.org/

Atlanta, GA — Actabl, the leading hospitality software company dedicated to empowering hotels with actionable insights to drive profit, today announced a new integration that seamlessly connects ProfitSword labor budgets with labor plans in Hotel Effectiveness. Coming at a time when operators face increasing pressure to control labor costs amid rising wages and tighter margins, the integration enables hotel teams to eliminate planning friction, improve accuracy, and enforce consistent labor performance across both finance and operations. For many hotel organizations, labor budgets and labor plans live in separate systems. Finance sets expectations in one tool, while operations teams rebuild labor standards in another. This disconnect forces teams to spend hours reconciling numbers, increases the risk of inconsistent assumptions, and makes it harder to manage labor costs efficiently at scale. With labor representing the largest controllable expense for most hotels, even small gaps between budget and plan can have a meaningful impact on staffing, scheduling, productivity, and profitability. Consistency across 10, 50, or 100 hotels doesn’t happen by accident. Operators need labor plans built on their financial targets and designed to stay aligned as demand changes. This integration between ProfitSword and Hotel Effectiveness gives operators a scalable way to enforce labor discipline without adding complexity at the property level. Katy Smith, Senior Product Manager at Actabl Closing the Gap Between Finance and Operations The new integration allows budgets built in ProfitSword, the hotel business intelligence software that streamlines operations and decision-making, to flow automatically into Hotel Effectiveness, the labor management software that maximizes hotel efficiency and lowers costs. Finance, operations, and management teams now share the same approved labor expectations, creating a unified labor story across the entire portfolio. By connecting these workflows, hotel teams can reduce planning friction and ensure labor plans remain aligned with approved budgets, even as business conditions change. Portfolio-Wide Labor Visibility Disconnected labor planning often leads to inconsistent execution across the portfolio. Some hotels overspend without realizing it, while others understaff, risking service quality. At the portfolio level, executives struggle to understand why labor performance varies when reports don’t align. With unified labor budgets and labor plans, management gains a consistent, portfolio-wide view of labor performance, enabling them to: Identify labor variances faster and more accurately. Uncover overspend patterns across properties. Use consistent benchmarks for operational and financial decisions. Track the impact of labor changes at both the property and portfolio levels. Operational Benefits for Hotel Teams Connecting labor budgets to labor plans gives teams a reliable foundation for daily staffing decisions, particularly in environments where demand fluctuates and margins are tight. Customers using the integrated workflow report measurable improvements, including: Time savings across the portfolio by eliminating hours of manual labor and standard rebuilding. Greater accuracy from day one with labor plans automatically reflecting approved budget assumptions. Stronger cross-functional alignment as finance and operations share the same expectations. More confident staffing decisions , supporting optimal productivity, service quality, and labor cost control. Hotel companies, including Hospitality America, are already using ProfitSword and Hotel Effectiveness together