Connected hotel finance, conferencing, procurement, and HR

Client Overview

Company Name

Westgate Hotel Group Ltd.

Company Address

12 Stonegate, York, YO1 8AS, England.

Industry Details

Four-star hotel operations across five properties in York, Leeds, Chester, Harrogate, and Beverley. Revenue streams include accommodation, food and beverage, conference and events, and spa facilities.

Entity Size

Around 310 employees across five properties including hotel operations, F&B, conference and events, and group administration.

Product/Solutions Implemented

Dynamics 365 Business Central, Dynamics 365 Sales, Dynamics 365 HR.

Duration of Project

11 months.

Westgate Hotel Group logo

We deployed Dynamics 365 Business Central, Dynamics 365 Sales, and Dynamics 365 HR across five Westgate Hotel Group properties to replace disconnected reservations, manual conference and events sales, and spreadsheet-based HR and rota management. Finance, purchasing, conference sales, HR, and workforce management now operate from one connected environment, providing real-time visibility across every property. Automated financial consolidation, centralized procurement, digital workforce management, and unified conference sales processes have improved operational efficiency while giving leadership a complete view of business performance across the entire hotel group.

Five hotels that each operated as their own island. A shared brand but separate purchasing, separate P&Ls that took three weeks to produce, and a conference sales team without a shared view of bookings, availability, or revenue value. By connecting finance, conference sales, procurement, and HR within Dynamics 365, Westgate Hotel Group established a single source of truth that improves collaboration, accelerates decision-making, and delivers consistent operational excellence across all five properties.

Hospitality - Hotel Operations and EventsDynamics 365 Business CentralDynamics 365 SalesDynamics 365 HR
Dynamics 365 implementation for hotel operations and events

A four-star hotel group operating five properties across England, delivering accommodation, food and beverage services through a workforce of over 310 employees.

The Challenge

  • Five properties used a property management system for reservations with no financial integration, requiring weekly manual revenue postings by each hotel's accounts administrator.
  • Food and beverage purchasing was managed informally by each head chef, with no purchase orders, no central supplier view, and no early warning when gross profit fell below target.
  • Conference and events sales were managed in separate Outlook calendars and quote templates, leaving no group-wide pipeline, shared availability view, or joined-up corporate account history.
  • HR and rota management for 310 employees ran on spreadsheets, with payroll corrections needed on approximately 18% of pays each period.
  • Group management accounts were produced from five separate property reports and took 17 working days.
  • Shared suppliers were used independently by each property at different prices, with no central purchasing leverage.

Our Solution

Finance, F&B Purchasing, and Group Reporting

  • Business Central was deployed as the group finance platform with a company per property and a consolidated group entity.
  • Daily revenue feeds from the property management system now post into BC through automated integration.
  • Food and beverage purchasing was moved into BC with approved supplier price lists, goods receipt, and three-way invoice matching.
  • Central purchasing contracts were negotiated using group spend data, delivering approximately GBP 140,000 in first-year savings.
  • Group management accounts are now produced from BC in 3 working days with daily P&L by property, department, and revenue stream.

Conference Sales, Corporate Accounts, and HR

  • Dynamics 365 Sales was deployed as the group conference and events CRM across all five properties.
  • Event enquiries, availability checks, quotes, contracts, and follow-up are managed as D365 Sales opportunities with property-level segmentation.
  • Corporate account records are shared across properties with full relationship history and booking records.
  • Dynamics 365 HR replaced spreadsheet rotas with digital rosters, absence management, timesheet approval, and payroll preparation exports.

The Impact

Westgate connected property finance, F&B purchasing, conference sales, and workforce management in one Dynamics 365 environment.

$0K+

Annual Purchasing Savings

Annual procurement savings through centralized supplier contracts and group purchasing visibility.

0%

Faster Financial Reporting

Consolidated group P&L reporting reduced from 17 days to 3 days, enabling faster financial decisions.

0%

Payroll Correction Rate Eliminated

D365 HR and digital rosters removed rota-to-payroll transcription errors affecting 18% of pays.


We had five hotels and five sets of books and five ways of doing everything. The brand was shared but the business was not. Dynamics made it one business. I can see what every property made today before I finish my morning coffee and the conference team finally knows what is available across all five sites.

James Westgate
Chief Executive
Westgate Hotel Group Ltd.

Case Study

Explore how we transform businesses with Dynamics 365, backed by custom web and mobile solutions that scale and support your operations.

Unlock Your Digital Potential Today.

Combining intentional design with an original application of progressive technologies to create sustainable innovation.