Your hotel's revenue manager, without the full-time hire.I take over the revenue manager role for Cancún hotels, resorts and serviced apartments: daily rates, restrictions, forecasting and distribution, with a monthly report you can check. Plans start from $650 a month by hotel size, month to month, remote in Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5).
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides outsourced hotel revenue management for hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in Cancún, Mexico, one to one, remotely and in Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5). In Cancún, I price Mid-December to early January and March to Semana Santa as the peak and September to early November as the quiet time, and I build the work around that calendar. Hotel revenue management plans are priced monthly by hotel size, with Core from $650 a month, Plus adding channel and segment optimization and Pro adding forecasting and a monthly strategy call. They run month to month and are never a percentage of revenue.
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100+
Properties optimized in and around Cancún
1-on-1
Directly with Alaa, no account-manager layer
Eastern Standard Time
Sessions scheduled in your local time
Outsourced hotel revenue management means I do the job of the revenue manager for you: I watch the comp set and pace every day, move rates and restrictions, manage the OTAs, forecast demand and report each month. You keep control of the hotel and see every decision.
What I plan around in Cancún: US and Canadian winter travel; Spring Break; Easter (Semana Santa); Wedding and group travel in Playa del Carmen. Guests I price for: North American couples and families on 5 to 7 night stays in Cancún, Playa del Carmen and Puerto Morelos. Where I start: Holiday premiums and minimum stays, hurricane-season floors, and weekly discount ladders that match flight patterns.
With a background in five-star hotel revenue, I help Riviera Maya boutique hotels separate wholesale, tour operator and direct demand, set fences for Spring Break groups and weddings, and choose a comp set by beach and concept instead of copying the nearest all-inclusive.
The service in general is described on my outsourced revenue management page; this page covers how I apply it in Cancún.
I monitor your comp set and booking pace every day and move rates, rate plans and restrictions as demand shifts, room type by room type.
I manage the channel mix, parity and promotions together across Booking.com, Expedia, Agoda, Google and your own site, so cost of sale does not eat the gain.
On the higher plans I forecast demand by month and segment, build the annual budget and keep a 12-month pricing calendar tied to the market's real dates.
You get a monthly performance summary, a full ADR, occupancy and RevPAR report on Plus and Pro, and on Pro a monthly strategy call and a quarterly review.
“Cancún and the Riviera Maya are North American winter markets that follow flight schedules. Christmas, New Year, Spring Break and Easter are the top weeks, and hurricane season is quiet. Guests stay about a week, often arriving on weekend flights.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
I open holiday dates early with a seven night minimum and firm rates, because Canadian and US families plan these weeks around school calendars and fixed charter flights.
Steady snowbird and couples demand fills this stretch, so I keep weekly pricing and use a small discount for stays of two weeks or more rather than cutting nightly rates.
Spring Break in the Hotel Zone and Mexican holiday travel at Easter get separate bands; I price each week by its school calendar instead of treating March as one flat month.
Sargassum can affect some beaches in these months, so I keep rates realistic, highlight cenotes and pools in the listing, and use summer family demand from Mexico City and Monterrey.
I set a firm floor and loosen minimum stays to three nights, adding flexible cancellation so storm-wary guests still commit, then lift rates again as Día de Muertos and US Thanksgiving approach.
Price Christmas, New Year, Spring Break and Easter as top bands.
Use 5 to 7-night stays aligned with flight patterns.
Price Cancún, Playa del Carmen and Puerto Morelos separately.
Set hurricane-season floors with flexible cancellation.
Add wedding weekends in Playa del Carmen.
No revenue manager
The role left or was never hired, and rooms are priced between other duties.
Results have plateaued
RevPAR has stopped moving while the comp set keeps learning.
More than one property
You want one consistent method across a small group without building a department.
An owner or asset manager
You want decisions made by a specialist and reported in numbers you can check.
Room count, room types, channels and the systems you use. I confirm the plan level and the monthly price for your size.
I study your market, comp set and current rates, set up the strategy and connect your PMS or channel manager and pricing tool.
I adjust rates, restrictions and promotions as demand moves, and manage your OTAs on Plus and Pro.
Step 4
You get the report against budget and last year, and on Pro we meet monthly, so nothing I do is hidden.
Priced monthly by your hotel's size, not per room. Core, Plus and Pro, month to month, never a percentage of revenue. Hotels of 200 or more rooms, luxury properties and groups are quoted individually.
| Option | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Core, up to 20 rooms | Managed pricing, run for you every day | From $650/mo |
| Plus | Pricing plus OTA, channel and segment optimization | By hotel size |
| Pro | Full revenue management with forecasting and a monthly strategy call | By hotel size |
Real feedback from PriceLabs pricing strategy sessions with Alaa.
Alaa is a consummate professional! Patient, thorough, efficient and effective in communicating. He not only made savvy adjustments to my dynamic pricing strategy, but also helped me to understand the reasoning behind his methods, granting me a better understanding of the PriceLabs platform. Strong work!
Airbnb host
Alaa was fantastic, going through each of the properties I had and gave great advice and actioned a great game plan. Would highly recommend for anyone looking to enhance their pricing strategy on PriceLabs. Alaa's experience goes beyond this which makes it very beneficial to have this holistic approach.
Property manager
Alaa helped me optimize my PriceLabs settings for my Airbnb listing and was very helpful and patient with answering any questions I had. He was also able to clearly explain why he made the changes he made, and it was obvious that he had a lot of experience in this field. I will definitely be back!
Airbnb host
Busiest in Cancún: Mid-December to April, with Christmas, New Year, Spring Break and Easter as the highest weeks. Mid-December to early January: I open holiday dates early with a seven night minimum and firm rates, because Canadian and US families plan these weeks around school calendars and fixed charter flights. Mid-January to February: Steady snowbird and couples demand fills this stretch, so I keep weekly pricing and use a small discount for stays of two weeks or more rather than cutting nightly rates. For outsourced hotel revenue management, i raise floors and tighten minimum stays ahead of these windows and review pace every week, so the strongest dates never sell early at a shoulder rate.
For outsourced hotel revenue management, that is the first thing I check before taking on the pricing, because everything else sits on top of it. How the weekly discount ladder lines up with Saturday and Sunday charter arrivals, since gaps of one or two nights between weekly stays are the most common hidden loss I find here.
Price Cancún, Playa del Carmen and Puerto Morelos separately. Next: add wedding weekends in Playa del Carmen. For outsourced hotel revenue management, i start with base rates, the seasonal calendar and restrictions, because that is where a Cancún property usually leaks the most.
For outsourced hotel revenue management, in the quiet months my job is to protect the floor, close gaps with length-of-stay and last-minute rules, and keep the property visible on every channel. Quietest in Cancún: September to early November hurricane season. September to early November: I set a firm floor and loosen minimum stays to three nights, adding flexible cancellation so storm-wary guests still commit, then lift rates again as Día de Muertos and US Thanksgiving approach. May to August: Sargassum can affect some beaches in these months, so I keep rates realistic, highlight cenotes and pools in the listing, and use summer family demand from Mexico City and Monterrey.
Stays that do not match flight patterns and hurricane season priced like winter. I look for these first when I review outsourced hotel revenue management in Cancún, and fixing them is usually the quickest gain.
For outsourced hotel revenue management in Cancún, i manage channel mix, parity and promotions together, so the cheapest route to a booking is not the most expensive one for you. Cancún sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and Expedia. Mid-January to February: Steady snowbird and couples demand fills this stretch, so I keep weekly pricing and use a small discount for stays of two weeks or more rather than cutting nightly rates.
Hotel Zone, Cancún: Beachfront condos competing directly with large resorts; I watch resort rates closely and price for guests who want a kitchen and more space for the same trip. Playacar and Quinta Avenida, Playa del Carmen and Puerto Morelos get their own treatment. For outsourced hotel revenue management, i set rates, comp sets and restrictions per area and per room or listing type, not as one citywide number.
Wedding and group travel in Playa del Carmen, US and Canadian winter travel and Spring Break are the dates I price first for outsourced hotel revenue management in Cancún. September to early November: I set a firm floor and loosen minimum stays to three nights, adding flexible cancellation so storm-wary guests still commit, then lift rates again as Día de Muertos and US Thanksgiving approach.
For outsourced hotel revenue management, you get one experienced person who knows your numbers, with a small team and a tool stack behind me, and no account-manager layer in between. I have optimized 100+ properties in and around Cancún and work remotely in Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: use 5 to 7-night stays aligned with flight patterns.
Hotel revenue management plans are priced monthly by hotel size, with Core from $650 a month, Plus adding channel and segment optimization and Pro adding forecasting and a monthly strategy call. They run month to month and are never a percentage of revenue. The scope of outsourced hotel revenue management is the same in every market, but the plan is not: in Cancún I would start from mid-January to February: Steady snowbird and couples demand fills this stretch, so I keep weekly pricing and use a small discount for stays of two weeks or more rather than cutting nightly rates. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Cancún.
Yes. Outsourced Hotel Revenue Manager in Cancún is delivered remotely and scheduled in Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5), and 100+ properties in and around Cancún have been optimized, including in areas such as Playacar and Quinta Avenida, Playa del Carmen. I work in your time zone, report monthly, and the engagement runs month to month with no long-term lock-in. Start in the chat or by email and tell me what you run in Cancún.
The other services I offer in Cancún, for hotels and for Airbnb and short-term rentals. Each has its own page for this market.
Back to the revenue management consultant page for Cancún, or read the general page for outsourced revenue management.
If you also run properties outside Cancún, I work in these markets too, and each page is written for that market's own seasons, areas and rules.
Tell me what you run in Cancún and what you need. I reply in Eastern Standard Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
