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Mehr Consultancy

Company: Mehr Consultancy

Location: 14 U.S. States

Portfolio: Nearly 40 hotels (Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Wyndham, Choice, Best Western) 

Customer Since: 2024

Products Used: Accounting · Labor · Bookkeeping · Payroll

Scaling a National Portfolio Comes with a Cost

Mehr Consultancy was built to scale hotel portfolios with transparency, financial discipline, and operational excellence, while staying closely aligned with ownership. In just over a year, the firm grew from 15 to nearly 40 properties; a 2.5x expansion that accelerated both opportunity and complexity. As the portfolio expanded nationally, maintaining that standard required more than growth alone. It required infrastructure designed for visibility, accountability, and speed.

But as Mehr grew, the operational reality became harder to manage.

Each property brought its own workflows, staffing models, and reporting needs. What once worked for a handful of hotels became increasingly fragile at scale.

“Eventually as you grow and scale, you need solutions that are able to be streamlined across the board.”

— Manjot Singh Bains, COO, Mehr Consultancy

 

Before adopting Inn-Flow, Mehr relied on a mix of manual processes and disconnected tools. Scheduling lived in Excel, labor tracking was handled through a basic punch clock, invoices were managed across email inboxes, and operational reports were paper-based and scanned daily. 

Across a portfolio of 30+ hotels, these workflows introduced friction: limited real-time visibility into labor and expenses, time lost switching between systems, and increased risk around overtime and cost control. 

“Managing schedules before Inn-Flow was all through Excel sheets. Across 30 plus hotels, that’s very daunting.”

— Lisandro, Process Analyst, Mehr Consultancy

As Mehr continued to grow, it became clear that the business needed a more unified operational foundation and one that could scale alongside the portfolio. 

Everything in One Place: A Single Source of Truth 

Mehr needed more than a point solution. They needed a unified platform that could bring labor, payroll, accounting, and reporting together across brands, property types, and geographies. 

With Inn-Flow, Mehr consolidated its back-office operations into a single system and a single login. 


Schedules, labor data, invoices, payroll, and operating statements now live in one place, accessible to corporate leadership, operations teams, and accounting — without jumping between tools. 

“With Inn-Flow we were able to get everything on the same platform, streamlined across all properties regardless of brand or size. Things that took hours before were done in minutes.”

— Manjot Singh Bains, COO, Mehr Consultancy

For leadership, this shift fundamentally changed how decisions were made. 

“Everything is housed under one solution and one login. I can see schedules, labor variances, and invoices for every hotel without jumping out of the software.”

— Harmeet Mann, CEO, Mehr Consultancy

Adjust Right Away: Managing Labor and Overtime in Real Time

Labor is the largest controllable expense in hotel operations and one of the most difficult to manage without timely data. For Mehr, operational excellence isn’t about reacting faster; it’s about creating systems that allow teams to make disciplined, informed decisions before issues escalate.

With Inn-Flow’s real-time labor visibility, Mehr’s operations team no longer waits for end-of-week or end-of-month reports to take action. Overtime risk is flagged immediately. Labor variances are visible as they happen.

 

“If I log into Inn-Flow and I see red for overtime, I know exactly where to focus right away.” 

— Gerardo Gomez, Director of Operations, Mehr Consultancy 

This shift from reactive to proactive labor management has had a measurable impact. 

“Our labor is down significantly. We have very little overtime because we can adjust right away.” 

— Manjot Singh Bains, COO, Mehr Consultancy 

Instead of scrambling on Fridays to correct overruns, teams can make informed adjustments throughout the week, protecting margins without compromising service. 

Transparency and Alignment With Ownership 

Transparency and accountability sit at the core of Mehr Consultancy’s operating philosophy. 

Owners expect clarity. They want to understand where money is being spent, how labor is performing, and how decisions are made. Without shared visibility, those conversations become slow, fragmented, and reactive. 

Inn-Flow changed that dynamic. 

 

Owners now have secure access to their hotel data within Inn-Flow. They can review operating statements, drill into line items, and see the same information Mehr’s team sees, in real time. 

“It’s too large of an investment to just be in the dark.” 

— Manjot Singh Bains, COO, Mehr Consultancy 

Questions that once required days of back-and-forth can now be answered in minutes.

At scale, transparency, financial discipline, and operational alignment aren’t nice-to-haves; they’re requirements. For Mehr Consultancy, Inn-Flow provides the foundation that allows the business to grow without compromising what owners value most. 

As Mehr continues to grow its national footprint, having a single source of truth across labor, accounting, and reporting ensures that speed, accountability, and trust scale alongside the portfolio.

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