Alaa Elhadi is an independent revenue management consultant for hotels, resorts, Airbnb hosts and property managers across Australia. Cornell certified, 18 years in the field, and every engagement is 1-on-1, remote and in your time zone.
Alaa Elhadi is an independent revenue management consultant who works 1-on-1 with hotels, serviced apartments, Airbnb hosts and property managers in Australia: pricing strategy, PriceLabs and Wheelhouse setup, hotel revenue consulting and channel optimization. Demand in Australia peaks Late December to January and is softest May to August, and every plan he builds starts from that calendar.
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7 markets
Destinations in Australia with their own page
Cornell certified
Master certificate in Revenue Management, 18 years of experience
Your time zone
Every 1-on-1 session scheduled locally
“Australia is a state-by-state market in rules and in demand. New South Wales caps non-hosted nights in Greater Sydney, Victoria added a short-stay levy in 2025, and each state runs its own school holidays. The event calendar is one of the busiest in the world. A national strategy only works when it is built state by state.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Short-stay rules are set state by state rather than nationally. New South Wales runs a statewide STRA register with a mandatory Code of Conduct and caps non-hosted letting at 180 days a year across Greater Sydney and several regional council areas, with tighter local limits in places such as Byron Shire. Victoria applies a 7.5 per cent short-stay levy on booking revenue from 2025, and Western Australia operates its own state registration scheme. We price to whatever cap and registration apply to each address and never assume one state's rules elsewhere.
Rates are set in Australian dollar (AUD) and priced for net revenue after channel fees. Channels: Airbnb, Booking.com and Stayz (Vrbo) lead the market, with Expedia and the GDS for hotels and Agoda capturing inbound Asian demand.
The moves Alaa makes first when a hotel or host in Australia books a session, and the errors he corrects most often. Every one is set up inside your own pricing tool, so it keeps working after the call.
Check each state's registration, caps and levies.
Price each state's school holidays separately.
Load the major event calendar a year ahead.
Price tropical north properties for the dry season.
Build mid-term rates where short stays are capped.
Fully outsource your revenue management in Australia
Hand the daily pricing and these moves to me and my team, month to month.
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Coastal homes from Byron to the Mornington Peninsula sell out first, so I hold the Christmas to Australia Day stretch at full rate with week-long minimums and refuse early discounts.
Schools are back but Melbourne's Grand Prix and festival weeks keep cities busy, so I shift weight from beach towns to capital-city event dates and shorten coastal minimum stays.
Easter moves every year and states break on different dates, so I map each state's term dates separately and price the overlap weeks highest.
The south goes quiet while Cairns, the Top End and the snowfields peak, so I run opposite strategies: firm floors in the tropics, value and weekly offers down south.
The AFL Grand Final and Spring Racing lift Melbourne in particular, so I price those weekends as events and keep the rest of spring flexible for road-trippers.
One person does the thinking on your account. Choose the kind of help your property in Australia needs; everything is remote, 1-on-1 and scheduled in your time zone.
For Australian owners I start by sorting each property by state, council and segment, then rebuild the yearly plan around the correct school calendar and event list. You end up with a rate plan per property that respects its local rules and shows where the real money weeks sit.
I set up your Australian listings in PriceLabs or Wheelhouse with state-specific holiday dates, event premiums and seasonal minimum stays, and I check that Airbnb, Booking.com and Stayz all carry the same rules so a long-weekend booking never slips through on the wrong terms.
Coming from five-star hotel revenue, I help Australian hotels and serviced apartments split corporate, conference and leisure demand, plan rate fences for the big event weeks, and choose a comp set that reflects the travellers who actually stay with you, not just star ratings.
Each market in Australia below has its own page with Alaa's notes on seasonality, events and how he would price it. Ask about any town or region not listed.
One-time and 1-on-1 on Zoom, priced by the listings in your account: from $125 to $615.
| Package | Listings | Session | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Up to 2 listings | 45-minute Zoom session | $125 |
| Growth | 3 to 6 listings | 60-minute Zoom session | $250 |
| Portfolio | 7 to 10 listings | 90-minute Zoom session | $370 |
| Scale | 11 to 15 listings | 90-minute Zoom session | $480 |
| Pro | 16 to 21 listings | 120-minute Zoom session | $615 |
| Enterprise | 22 or more listings | 120 to 240-minute Zoom session | From $635 |
One home in Sydney
I build its seasons, floors and stay rules against its own comparable listings.
Listings across several areas
For example Melbourne plus Gold Coast: I set each area up separately, with its own comp set, seasons and minimum stays.
More than 21 listings
The large-accounts calculator shows the exact price and session length for your listing count.
Large-accounts pricingTell me what you run in Australia and what is not working. I reply in your time zone.
Done for you and month to month: I run your Australia short-term rental pricing every week. From $225 a month, priced by listing count with no cap.
| Listings | Core | Plus | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 listing | $225 | $305 | $395 |
| 5 listings | $565 | $765 | $990 |
| 10 listings | $965 | $1,305 | $1,690 |
| 25 listings | $1,415 | $1,910 | $2,475 |
| 50 listings | $1,865 | $2,520 | $3,265 |
Monthly prices. Managed plans start after the one-time PriceLabs strategy package above, so I build your Australia strategy with you first.
Managed pricing, run for you every day
For hosts in Sydney who handle guests and listings themselves and want the pricing done every week.
Pricing plus listing and channel optimization
For listings competing in Melbourne: pricing plus listing content, promotions and channel work on every OTA.
Full revenue management with a monthly strategy call
For portfolios across Gold Coast and beyond, with forecasting, launch pricing for new listings and a monthly call.
Price your exact listing countI work as your outsourced revenue manager in Australia, priced by property size rather than per room: from $650 a month, after a one-time hotel pricing strategy setup from $750.
| Hotel size | Core | Plus | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| BoutiqueUp to 20 rooms | $650 | $900 | $1,150 |
| Small21 to 50 rooms | $950 | $1,300 | $1,650 |
| Midsize51 to 100 rooms | $1,400 | $1,900 | $2,450 |
| Large101 to 200 rooms | $2,000 | $2,700 | $3,500 |
| Large & luxury200+ rooms, luxury or multi-property | Custom quote | ||
Monthly prices, month to month. The one-time setup builds your Australia strategy before I take over.
A boutique hotel or guesthouse in Sydney
Up to 20 rooms: one comp set, daily rates and stay rules, without hiring a full-time revenue manager.
A city or resort hotel in Melbourne
21 to 100 rooms: rate plans by room type, segment mix and event pricing, reported monthly.
Larger, luxury or multi-property in Australia
For example a group with hotels in Melbourne plus Gold Coast: quoted on size and complexity.
Ask for a custom quoteMost revenue problems are strategy problems. They get solved faster by one experienced person who looks at your numbers than by a process.
Master certificate in Revenue Management from Cornell University, and 18 years of hands-on pricing work.
A decade running revenue for international five-star properties before moving into short-term rentals.
Client reviews on Fiverr, from single-listing hosts to large portfolios.
No hand-off to a junior account manager. The person who reviews your property in Australia is the one who sets the strategy.
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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
No, they vary by state. Alaa checks each property's state rules.
Yes. Alaa prices each state's holidays separately.
For family and beach homes it can be, because many domestic holidaymakers still search there for longer coastal stays. I keep pricing, minimum stays and cleaning fees consistent across Stayz, Airbnb and Booking.com, then watch which channel actually converts before deciding where to put more effort.
I look at drive time from the nearest capital and whose school holidays reach it. A regional coastal home often depends on one or two states, so I price their term breaks and long weekends firmly and use midweek offers for retirees and remote workers the rest of the year.
Yes. Alaa works 1-on-1 with hotels, resorts, serviced apartments, Airbnb hosts and property management companies throughout Australia, remotely, with no minimum or maximum portfolio size. He has dedicated market pages for 7 destinations in Australia, and the same approach works for any town or region not listed. Prices are billed in USD and the strategy is built for Australian dollar (AUD) revenue.
Start a chat or book a session online. One-time PriceLabs strategy sessions are priced by your exact listing count from $125; managed plans start at $225 a month; hotel consulting is quoted per property; Revenuenaire Dynamic Pricing software is from $17.99 per listing per month. There is no minimum or maximum portfolio size.
Tell Alaa what you run in Australia and what is not working. You get a straight answer in the chat, in your time zone, and a clear next step: a 1-on-1 session, a consulting proposal or managed pricing.
Instant answers from the assistant, a revenue manager follows up in the same chat.
