The 2026 Global Hospitality Operating Outlook
May 28, 2026
The DC Group is a hospitality practice for hotels, restaurants, and food-service operators who want operator-grade discipline — fewer meetings, better outcomes, and a written plan they can execute themselves.
Begin the Conversation →We are the hospitality practice known for asking tough questions, reading the P&L line by line, and rolling up our sleeves on the floor. We are fact-driven and action-oriented. We move operators forward — to where the numbers, the team, and the guest need them to be.
Independent. Senior-led. Operator-first. The work is scoped tightly and priced transparently, because that is how operators wished consultants worked when we sat in your chair.
By the expertise we bring, or by the room we are walking into. Most engagements live at the intersection of both.
Hospitality is the art and discipline of making someone feel seen — profitably. The room either runs, or it doesn't. The number either lands, or it doesn't. We help operators land both.
A working preview of what the practice builds for hospitality operators. Tell the agent about your venue — it drafts a platform-ready post in your tone. No sign-up, no data stored.
A 30-second P&L health check. Enter your top-line ratios and the agent flags issues against industry benchmarks — the same first-pass diagnostic our team runs in week one of every engagement.
A sample of recent engagements — sanitized to protect client confidentiality, but real in number and outcome.
Concept-to-launch advisory for a 120-seat independent restaurant. Business plan, menu engineering, opening hire plan, and soft-launch sequence.
One-week diagnostic on a three-outlet hotel food program. Labor model rebuild, menu re-engineering, and vendor renegotiation.
Strategic F&B programming for a 240-room hotel with retail podium. Outlet mix, capacity modeling, capital budget, and operator partner shortlist.
A free thirty-minute conversation. Understand the room, the numbers, the question.
One page. Deliverables, timeline, fixed fee. You sign only if the work fits.
On-site or remote. P&L review, floor observation, team interviews, systems audit.
Written report, prioritized recommendations, and a leadership presentation.
Weekly check-ins through execution. We leave when the room runs without us.
Bring the question — opening, turnaround, development, AI strategy, or simply a feeling that something is off. We will sketch the shape of the engagement together.