Alaa Elhadi is an independent revenue management consultant for hotels, resorts, Airbnb hosts and property managers across Thailand. 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 Thailand: pricing strategy, PriceLabs and Wheelhouse setup, hotel revenue consulting and channel optimization. Demand in Thailand peaks January to February and December to early January and is softest Late April to October, and every plan he builds starts from that calendar.
Ask in the chat, or book a 1-on-1 strategy session from $125. Last updated .
7 markets
Destinations in Thailand 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
“Thailand's biggest issue is legal: stays under 30 days generally need a hotel licence, and many condo buildings forbid them. That makes monthly stays the natural product for most condos, while licensed villas and hotels sell the cool-season peak. The monsoon affects each coast differently.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Thailand's Hotel Act makes operating an accommodation business without a hotel licence an offence, and it is widely understood that letting a property for periods shorter than 30 days on a regular basis amounts to running a hotel and requires a licence, which is why many operators focus on monthly-plus stays that fall outside that rule. Condominium juristic persons also commonly prohibit daily letting in their buildings. We price to the 30-day rule and to each building's own by-laws, and leave licensing to the owner and their advisers.
Rates are set in Thai baht (THB) and priced for net revenue after channel fees. Channels: Airbnb, Booking.com and Agoda lead, with Vrbo strong for villas and Expedia for hotels.
The moves Alaa makes first when a hotel or host in Thailand 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.
Confirm licensing for stays under 30 days.
Build monthly rates for condos.
Price Christmas to Chinese New Year for licensed villas.
Price Koh Samui's different monsoon timing separately.
Set rainy-season floors.
Fully outsource your revenue management in Thailand
Hand the daily pricing and these moves to me and my team, month to month.
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Chinese New Year moves each year, so I shift its premium with the lunar calendar and keep European and Russian winter guests on weekly rates around those dates.
Heat builds and the north can suffer seasonal haze, so I soften Chiang Mai rates while pricing Songkran as a short festival season in the cities and beach towns.
The southwest monsoon quietens the Andaman coast, so I lean on monthly stays and on Gulf islands that stay busier in July and August, rather than slashing Phuket nightly floors.
Chiang Mai's lantern festival is one of the tightest weeks in the north; I price it as an event block and use November to restart the high-season ladder in the south.
Christmas and New Year on Phuket and Samui sell first, so I set five to seven night minimums on licensed villas and open those dates with confident rates by midyear.
One person does the thinking on your account. Choose the kind of help your property in Thailand needs; everything is remote, 1-on-1 and scheduled in your time zone.
For owners in Thailand I start with the legal question, then decide whether each property is a nightly, weekly or monthly product. We set clear seasons for each coast and city, check how the home reaches Asian, European and Russian guests, and agree targets you can track without second-guessing every rate change.
For Thai hosts I configure PriceLabs or Wheelhouse with separate seasons for the Andaman coast, the Gulf islands and the north, plus event bands for Songkran, Yi Peng and the Full Moon Party. Monthly and weekly discounts are built in from the start, so condos and villas each sell the stay length they are suited to.
My five-star hotel background suits Thai resorts and city hotels well: I work on wholesale and tour-operator allotments, release dates, Chinese New Year and Christmas fences, and the mix between OTA and direct business. For island resorts I also look at how rainy-season packages protect rate integrity for the peak months.
Each market in Thailand 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 Phuket
I build its seasons, floors and stay rules against its own comparable listings.
Listings across several areas
For example Chiang Mai plus Koh Samui and Koh Phangan: 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 Thailand and what is not working. I reply in your time zone.
Done for you and month to month: I run your Thailand 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 Thailand strategy with you first.
Managed pricing, run for you every day
For hosts in Phuket who handle guests and listings themselves and want the pricing done every week.
Pricing plus listing and channel optimization
For listings competing in Chiang Mai: pricing plus listing content, promotions and channel work on every OTA.
Full revenue management with a monthly strategy call
For portfolios across Koh Samui and Koh Phangan 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 Thailand, 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 Thailand strategy before I take over.
A boutique hotel or guesthouse in Phuket
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 Chiang Mai
21 to 100 rooms: rate plans by room type, segment mix and event pricing, reported monthly.
Larger, luxury or multi-property in Thailand
For example a group with hotels in Chiang Mai plus Koh Samui and Koh Phangan: 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 Thailand 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
Usually not without a hotel licence. Alaa builds monthly strategies.
No, Koh Samui's wettest months differ.
The party follows the lunar calendar each month, so the nights either side of the full moon fill first around Haad Rin. I load those dates months ahead with a short minimum stay, and keep quieter parts of the island priced for families and couples who prefer to avoid party week.
Often, yes. From late February to April, agricultural burning can bring heavy haze, and many long-stay guests leave the north then. I lower expectations for those weeks, push monthly offers earlier in the cool season, and avoid strict cancellation terms that guests will resent if air quality turns bad.
Yes. Alaa works 1-on-1 with hotels, resorts, serviced apartments, Airbnb hosts and property management companies throughout Thailand, remotely, with no minimum or maximum portfolio size. He has dedicated market pages for 7 destinations in Thailand, and the same approach works for any town or region not listed. Prices are billed in USD and the strategy is built for Thai baht (THB) 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 Thailand 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.
