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Hotel Effectiveness PerfectLabor™ by Actabl
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Julia, Stephen, Jared + 44 more experts recommend Actabl
Read RecommendationsRanked 1 (out of 26) in Scheduling & Workforce Management
Hoteliers voted Actabl as the #2 Scheduling & Workforce Management provider in the 2025 HotelTechAwards
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92% recommended by 1741 hotels
Rosewood, Montage, Posadas & 1738 others
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Hoteliers say
Hotel Effectiveness excels in optimizing labor scheduling in the hospitality industry with data-driven insights. Its forecasting models align staffing with real business demand, preventing both overstaffing and understaffing. The integration between Hotel Effectiveness and ProfitSword enhances financial planning and transparency. However, users suggest improvements in mobile usability and automation to enhance user experience. Overall, it's a powerful tool for improving labor productivity and reducing costs.
Rosewood, Montage, Posadas & 1738 others
Read their reviewsWhat Types of Hotels Actabl is Popular For
Size
49 | X-Small (1-9 room)
39 | Small (10-24 room)
213 | Mid-Sized (25-74 room)
994 | Large (75-199 room)
1040 | X-Large (200+ room)
Country
1894 | United States of America
95 | Mexico
56 | Canada
27 | United Kingdom
26 | United Arab Emirates
19 | Sweden
16 | India
15 | Norway
11 | South Africa
10 | Turkey
9 | Saudi Arabia
8 | Spain
7 | Italy
6 | Japan
6 | Indonesia
6 | Ireland
5 | Cyprus
5 | Thailand
5 | Bahamas
5 | Singapore
4 | Vietnam
4 | China
4 | Australia
4 | Malaysia
3 | Morocco
3 | Cayman Islands
3 | Netherlands
3 | Egypt
3 | Austria
3 | Colombia
3 | Hungary
2 | Poland
2 | Ethiopia
2 | Brazil
2 | Sri Lanka
2 | Czech Republic
2 | Belgium
2 | Portugal
2 | Pakistan
2 | Puerto Rico
2 | Turks and Caicos Islands
2 | Kazakhstan
2 | Peru
2 | Qatar
2 | Oman
2 | Jordan
2 | Bahrain
1 | Panama
1 | Finland
1 | Rwanda
1 | Switzerland
1 | Greece
1 | Belize
1 | Hong Kong
1 | Kenya
1 | Germany
1 | France
1 | Bangladesh
1 | Philippines
1 | Denmark
1 | Montenegro
1 | Albania
1 | Maldives
1 | Laos
1 | Guatemala
1 | Cambodia
1 | Fiji
1 | Kuwait
Type
1280 | Branded Hotels
1064 | Luxury Hotels
949 | Boutiques
914 | Resorts
816 | Bed & Breakfast & Inns
724 | Airport/Conference Hotels
594 | City Center Hotels
473 | Limited Service & Budget Hotels
223 | Extended Stay & Serviced Apartments
103 | Casinos
102 | Hostels
74 | Vacation Rentals & Villas
61 | Motels
54 | RV Parks & Campgrounds
Region
2045 | North America
112 | Europe
62 | Asia Pacific
57 | Middle East
18 | Africa
13 | Central America
9 | South America
5 | Oceania
Category
712 | Concierge Software
574 | Scheduling & Workforce Management
518 | Business Intelligence
492 | Housekeeping Software
418 | Hotel Maintenance Software
390 | Staff Collaboration Tools
149 | Employee Engagement Software
87 | Hotel Accounting Software
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Actabl's Provided Description:
"In today’s unpredictable labor market, controlling costs while maintaining service quality is critical. Hotel Effectiveness®, part of the Actabl platform, gives hotel operators real-time visibility into labor performance so they can align staffing with business demand — protecting profitability without sacrificing guest experience. Built by hoteliers for hotels, Hotel Effectiveness connects forecasting, scheduling, and productivity standards directly to occupancy and demand data. The result: smarter labor plans that prevent waste, reduce overtime, and keep every room ready to sell. With tools like PerfectLabor™, managers can easily match staffing levels to forecasted occupancy; PerfectTime™ simplifies time and attendance tracking; and PerfectWage™ provides wage and productivity benchmarking to help leaders make data-driven labor decisions across their portfolios. Thousands of hotels and over 10,000 managers rely on Hotel Effectiveness to cut labor costs by up to 6%, streamline scheduling, and empower teams to do more with less — transforming daily labor decisions into measurable profit outcomes."
Capabilities
Create Benchmark-Driven Productivity Standards
Create Benchmark-Driven Productivity Standards
Hotel Effectiveness helps leaders set precise, benchmark-based labor standards tailored to every property, department, and role. Compare productivity and staffing performance across brands, regions, and asset classes using real-time data and hospitality-specific benchmarks. With dynamic labor plans updated weekly, managers can instantly spot gaps, adjust schedules, and ensure every hotel operates efficiently — balancing service quality with cost control across the portfolio.
Transform Labor Data into Measurable Profit
Transform Labor Data into Measurable Profit
Automated reporting eliminates manual work, while benchmarks from thousands of hotels highlight where to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Managers get real-time insights to make informed staffing decisions, maintain productivity, and turn daily labor planning into measurable profit across every department and property.
Integrate All Your Critical Systems
Integrate All Your Critical Systems
Seamlessly connect your property, payroll, and timekeeping systems to create a single source of truth for labor management. Hotel Effectiveness integrates data across PMS, POS, and accounting tools, ensuring schedules, forecasts, and actuals stay aligned. Automated data transfers eliminate manual entry, save time, and give managers confidence that every staffing decision is grounded in accurate, up-to-date information.
Build Dynamic, Demand-Driven Schedules
Build Dynamic, Demand-Driven Schedules
PerfectLabor™ automatically turns labor standards and forecasts into smart scheduling templates, enabling managers to build compliant, efficient schedules in minutes. Schedules dynamically adjust to occupancy, events, and seasonal demand — reducing waste, overtime, and reliance on contract labor. With built-in compliance checks and variance alerts, teams can manage shifts proactively while maintaining service quality and controlling costs.
Empower Teams in Real Time
Empower Teams in Real Time
PerfectLabor™ integrates with MyHotelTeam® to connect managers and employees in one easy-to-use mobile experience. Schedules update automatically, allowing staff to view shifts, request time off, and swap coverage in real time. Built-in wellness check-ins and communication tools support team safety, engagement, and accountability — ensuring smooth operations and a positive employee experience while keeping hotels fully staffed and compliant.
Control Labor Costs with Daily Visibility
Control Labor Costs with Daily Visibility
Stay ahead of overtime, overstaffing, and schedule drift with the 5 Minute Daily Labor Check-In™ tool. Hotel Effectiveness gives managers real-time insight into labor spend versus forecast, enabling same-day adjustments when occupancy or demand changes. Monitor performance, spot trends, and correct issues before they impact costs — protecting profitability and ensuring every labor hour delivers measurable value.
Manage Labor Anytime, Anywhere
Manage Labor Anytime, Anywhere
The Hotel Effectiveness mobile app gives managers full visibility into scheduling, staffing, and labor performance on the go. Designed for simplicity and speed, it enables leaders to monitor costs, make schedule changes, and approve shifts from anywhere on property. With real-time alerts and easy-to-use dashboards, teams can act quickly to control expenses, optimize coverage, and sustain productivity — from lobby to back office.
Features
Shifts & Scheduling
Time Tracking
Analytics & Benchmarking
Tasks & Checklists
Messaging & Communication
Benefits Management
Available Add-ons & Modules
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Achievements
This vendor's trending score is rising, Hotel Effectiveness PerfectLabor™ by Actabl is the #1 most trending product in the Scheduling & Workforce Management category (out of 26) and the #7 most trending product overall in the global hotel tech ecosystem. HTR assesses vendor's real time activity in the market to give buyers a sense of whether a product is gaining momentum
Learn moreActabl has opened its internal systems to Hotel Tech Report and earned the Verified Support Certification.
Learn more about this achievement in the official press releaseHoteliers voted Actabl as the #2 Scheduling & Workforce Management provider in the 2025 HotelTechAwards
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Learn about the criteria required to achieve HotelTechReport's Certificate of ExcellenceHotel Tech Score is a composite ranking comprising of key signals such as: user satisfaction, review quantity, review recency, and vendor submitted information to help buyers better understand their products.
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"Offering guests the ability to text and use the app to place requests makes a lot of sense. We’re on our phones all the time anyway. It’s a lot easier than calling the front desk and potentially being placed on hold, and you can also place requests off-site."
"Our guests love texting us. A lot of modern day travelers expect more tech-savvy ways to communicate versus the standard picking up the phone or speaking face-to-face. Everybody has very busy lives but with ALICE Guest Messaging, it’s been quicker and more seamless to communicate with guests in terms of sending real-time information and even responding to requests."
"It's a way of adapting to the rapid changes in technology without compromising our standards for excellent, yet personable, customer service. We've used it for recommendations, confirming dinner reservations, coordinating plans, etc. It speeds up the communication time quite a bit, as guests are unlikely to answer a call from an unknown number, but will text us back almost immediately."
"The ability to load our checklists into the system and attach pictures of work done has allowed us to have transparency and accountability in our preventative maintenance program and enabled our chief engineer to track the quality of maintenance work even when he is busy assisting with other major projects that we have at the hotel.<br /><br />"
"Maintaining the hotel is everyone’s responsibility. ALICE has improved the communication of how my front desk and housekeeping staff are informing my engineers of any problems and issues that need to be attended to. It’s an amazing tool.<br /><br />"
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Submit RecommendationWhat does this product or service do well?
Alice's ticketing system excels at centralizing hotel operations, streamlining guest requests, and improving cross-department communication—especially for housekeeping and engineering teams. Its strength lies in clear task routing, SLA tracking, and a mobile-first workflow that keeps staff coordinated and accountable. Many hotels use ALICE alongside Canary, where Canary Messaging integrates directly with their ticketing platform, enabling seamless guest-to-staff communication and automated ticket creation.
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What differentiates this product or service from the competition?
ALICE differentiates itself by combining concierge tools, housekeeping, and maintenance into one unified operations platform rather than relying on separate, siloed systems. Its mobile-first design and real-time cross-department visibility make it especially effective at keeping teams coordinated and accountable. Many properties also pair ALICE with Canary Messaging, which integrates directly with their ticketing workflow to connect guest requests seamlessly into ALICE’s operations system.
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Based on your experience with this product or service, if you could give one piece of advice to a hotelier considering this product or service, what would it be?
If you’re considering ALICE, the best advice is to map out exactly which departments will use it and commit to cross-department adoption from day one. ALICE delivers the most value when housekeeping, engineering, and the front desk all participate consistently—otherwise you only get a fraction of the operational visibility it’s designed to provide.
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