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How does the brand company portal work?
Getting started

Use Brand portal on the home page or Brand company portal in the workspace. Your invited account and organization membership determine access. Admins, executives and regional users can review their portfolio and screen conversion opportunities; admins manage company playbooks and directory listings. Hilton and Marriott sandbox modes use fictional hotel candidates and illustrative criteria, with no access to those companies’ actual data.

Does a conversion fit score mean a hotel qualifies for a brand?
AI & confidence

No. Fit is an explainable screening score across key count, room footprint, rate positioning, amenities, condition and renovation budget. Evidence coverage measures supplied inputs, not accuracy or probability of approval. Sandbox numerical criteria are invented. Confirm official standards, franchise terms, territory availability, owner interest and an on-site property improvement plan before making a decision.

What is Hotelium?
Getting started

Hotelium helps hotel teams collect inspection evidence, review AI observations, track physical assets and corrective work, compare purchasing options, and prepare capital budgets. Original evidence and human review decisions stay connected to the work.

How can I try the app without signing up?
Getting started

Choose Try it out — Demo sandbox on the home page. You will enter your own editable sandbox with five fictional properties and synthetic findings. Use dummy data only. Sandbox access lasts 24 hours; expiration does not mean immediate deletion of stored data.

Where can I see how the app works?
Getting started

Open App Flow in the workspace sidebar for an interactive, step-by-step walkthrough from property setup and capture to review, corrective work and reporting. The whitepaper provides an overview you can download and share.

What do the sample-data buttons do?
Getting started

Use a sample button to populate a form with example values. Review and edit those values before submitting. Filling a sample does not save a record or approve a decision; the form’s submit action is still required.

How do I start an inspection?
Inspections & evidence

Set up a property and its spaces, then open Inspections and choose Create inspection. Select the applicable scope and capture requirements. Available creation and review actions depend on your assigned role and property access.

What do the progress bars measure?
Inspections & evidence

Each tracker labels its own measure, such as accepted required shots, completed inspections or reviewed findings. Capture progress is not the same as a condition score or compliance result. Review the tracker’s insight bubble for its calculation and scope.

What should I do with a blurry, restricted or missing photo?
Inspections & evidence

Follow the assignment’s retake instructions when evidence is unusable. Record restrictions and missing evidence honestly. Do not enter a restricted or unsafe area to increase completion. Use Not Applicable only when the shot genuinely does not apply and record the rationale.

Can I use my own brand standards?
Inspections & evidence

Authorized teams can create versioned standards, define rules and import structured CSV rules from sources they are permitted to use. A rule’s verification method distinguishes visual evidence from document, manual, equipment-test and service checks. A photo cannot verify every requirement.

Does AI make the final decision?
AI & scores

No. Model observations and findings are candidates for human review. Reviewers compare them with the original evidence and applicable requirements, then approve, reject or leave them unresolved. AI cannot establish hidden conditions or replace a qualified inspection.

What does an AI confidence score mean?
AI & scores

It is the confidence recorded by the model for an individual observation or finding. It is not calibrated proof of accuracy, a hotel quality score or a human approval. Missing or invalid values show Not provided. DEMO confidence comes from synthetic examples, not measured predictions.

Why does Hotelium recommend reviewing a finding?
AI & scores

AI Intelligence cards apply explained workflow rules to your loaded records. Pending findings with missing confidence or confidence below 70% are prioritized for review. That cutoff is a triage heuristic, not a validated accuracy threshold. Open Why this suggestion? to see the reason; suggestions never change records automatically.

Why is a property score preliminary or not yet scorable?
AI & scores

Scoring depends on the recorded inspection, accepted evidence, reviewed observations and applicable scoring rules. Missing coverage or insufficient evidence can qualify or suppress a score. Open the property’s scoring details to see its reasons. A missing score is not zero, and scores should be compared only with their dates and scoring versions in view.

Do I need a paid AI service to use the demo?
AI & scores

No. The demo uses synthetic analysis and the landing page animation runs in your browser. Real analysis in a live deployment requires a separately configured provider. The app does not silently substitute demo results when live analysis fails.

When is corrective work considered resolved?
Actions & planning

An assigned action can collect resolution evidence and move to Awaiting Verification. An authorized reviewer must verify the correction before it is treated as verified. Uploading evidence or reaching a target date alone does not close the issue.

Can I order a product identified from a photo?
Actions & planning

Treat a visual identity as a candidate until it is verified against labels or documentation. Check the catalog’s verification status, product suitability and any required brand approval before using a model or manufacturer name for purchasing.

Are procurement savings and capital budgets guaranteed?
Actions & planning

No. Procurement comparisons depend on entered quotes and costs, including freight, installation and switching assumptions. Capital budgets depend on sourced quantities, unit costs and contingency. Review sources and approvals before acting; potential savings are not realized savings. The landing-page calculator is an editable estimate of capacity value.

Can other demo visitors change my sandbox?
Privacy & access

Each visitor sandbox has its own organization and access session. Your changes stay within that sandbox. Refreshing the same browser resumes it while access is valid; Exit sandbox revokes that sandbox session. Demo properties and findings are fictional.

Does uploading a photo authorize every use of it?
Privacy & access

No. The Intelligence page lists separate data-purpose permissions, including internal processing, reporting, benchmarking, training and raw-image licensing. Uploading evidence is not blanket permission for these uses. An authorized administrator manages these settings.

Why can’t I see a property or perform an action?
Privacy & access

Your organization, assigned role and property access determine the records and actions available to you. Check that you have selected the intended organization, then ask your organization administrator to review access. Sandbox users cannot invite users or join real organizations.

What if an analysis job fails?
Privacy & access

An administrator can inspect recent Processing jobs in Administration and review the recorded error. Check provider configuration, processing permission and evidence readiness before retrying. A failed job is not a successful analysis and does not establish that the image contains no issues.

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