Case Study: Dart Marina Hotel reduces costs and saves time with Aqilla

Dart Marina Hotel Switches from Sage to Aqilla to Reduce Costs, Save Time and Automate Processes

The Dart Marina Hotel, a private hotel and marina with multiple business entities, faced significant challenges with its on-premise Sage 200 accounting system. The platform was costly to maintain, lacked flexibility, and resulted in a lengthy seven-to-eight-day month-end close. Financial Director Lynda Redman sought a modern, cloud-based solution to reduce expenses, automate processes, and achieve compliance with Making Tax Digital, leading them to evaluate and ultimately choose Aqilla.

By implementing the Aqilla cloud accounting software, integrated with the Sharperlight reporting tool, the hotel automated its complex financial processes. This solution provided multidimensional analysis for its diverse entities and enabled seamless, remote processing. As a result of working with Aqilla, the Dart Marina Hotel saved three days on its month-end close, reduced its year-end reporting from two weeks, and cut costs by 30% compared to its previous Sage system.

Dart Marina Hotel

Lynda Redman

Finance Director