Your hotel's revenue manager, without the full-time hire.I take over the revenue manager role for Galway 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 GMT / IST (UTC+0 / +1).
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides outsourced hotel revenue management for hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in Galway, Ireland, one to one, remotely and in GMT / IST (UTC+0 / +1). In Galway, I price July to early August as the peak and January to March and October to December 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 Galway
1-on-1
Directly with Alaa, no account-manager layer
GMT / IST
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 Galway: the Galway International Arts Festival each July; Race Week at Ballybrit, the highlight of the Galway Races; Connemara National Park, Kylemore Abbey and the Sky Road; ferries to the Aran Islands and the pubs of the Latin Quarter. Guests I price for: Culture and festival visitors in the Latin Quarter and Salthill, plus touring couples basing in Clifden and Roundstone to explore Connemara. Where I start: Turning festival and race weeks into premium capacity events, then spreading a short high season using the Wild Atlantic Way, all while registering under Failte Ireland's short-term-let rules and Rent Pressure Zone planning tests.
With my background in five-star hotels I help Galway hotels manage festival and race week demand, coach tours heading into Connemara and weddings. I focus on how far ahead to sell Race Week, how to handle group requests on peak nights and how to price the long winter.
The service in general is described on my outsourced revenue management page; this page covers how I apply it in Galway.
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.
“Galway has two capacity weeks in a row: the Galway International Arts Festival and Race Week in July. Connemara and the Wild Atlantic Way spread demand across summer. Ireland's short-term letting register and Rent Pressure Zone planning rules apply. I price the festival and races steeply.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
University of Galway visitors and short breaks keep the city ticking over, so I set city weekday rates sensibly and close or heavily discount remote Connemara cottages.
Easter and the May and June bank holidays bring the first Wild Atlantic Way drivers; I price those long weekends firmly and leave midweek flexible for touring couples.
The Film Fleadh, the Arts Festival and Race Week at Ballybrit follow one another, so I price these three weeks at the top with minimum stays and no late discounts.
Touring demand stays strong and the Galway Oyster and Seafood Festival lifts a late-September weekend; I keep weekend rates firm and shorten stays to fit road trips.
The Christmas market in Eyre Square and university events lift some weekends, so I price those and keep a sensible floor rather than chasing guests with deep cuts.
Price Arts Festival and Race Week as the top bands with minimum stays.
Price Connemara homes for touring couples.
Use weekend pricing for the Latin Quarter.
Check registration and planning requirements.
Lower January and February floors.
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 Galway: July and August, spiking for the Galway International Arts Festival and Galway Race Week. July to early August: The Film Fleadh, the Arts Festival and Race Week at Ballybrit follow one another, so I price these three weeks at the top with minimum stays and no late discounts. Mid-August to September: Touring demand stays strong and the Galway Oyster and Seafood Festival lifts a late-September weekend; I keep weekend rates firm and shorten stays to fit road trips. 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 listing explains driving times to Clifden, Kylemore and the Aran Islands ferry at Rossaveal, since touring guests plan their whole trip around those distances.
Use weekend pricing for the Latin Quarter. Next: lower January and February floors. For outsourced hotel revenue management, i start with base rates, the seasonal calendar and restrictions, because that is where a Galway 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 Galway: January and February. January to March: University of Galway visitors and short breaks keep the city ticking over, so I set city weekday rates sensibly and close or heavily discount remote Connemara cottages. April to June: Easter and the May and June bank holidays bring the first Wild Atlantic Way drivers; I price those long weekends firmly and leave midweek flexible for touring couples.
Connemara and Galway city priced from one comp set and planning rules not checked. I look for these first when I review outsourced hotel revenue management in Galway, and fixing them is usually the quickest gain.
For outsourced hotel revenue management in Galway, i manage channel mix, parity and promotions together, so the cheapest route to a booking is not the most expensive one for you. Galway sells mostly through Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo. April to June: Easter and the May and June bank holidays bring the first Wild Atlantic Way drivers; I price those long weekends firmly and leave midweek flexible for touring couples.
Latin Quarter and city centre: Pubs, music and festival venues sit on the doorstep; I price festival and race weeks at the top and keep weekend rates strong all year. Salthill and Clifden and Roundstone 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.
ferries to the Aran Islands and the pubs of the Latin Quarter, the Galway International Arts Festival each July and Race Week at Ballybrit, the highlight of the Galway Races are the dates I price first for outsourced hotel revenue management in Galway. October to December: The Christmas market in Eyre Square and university events lift some weekends, so I price those and keep a sensible floor rather than chasing guests with deep cuts.
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 Galway and work remotely in GMT / IST (UTC+0 / +1). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: price Connemara homes for touring couples.
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 Galway I would start from July to early August: The Film Fleadh, the Arts Festival and Race Week at Ballybrit follow one another, so I price these three weeks at the top with minimum stays and no late discounts. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Galway.
Yes. Outsourced Hotel Revenue Manager in Galway is delivered remotely and scheduled in GMT / IST (UTC+0 / +1), and 100+ properties in and around Galway have been optimized, including in areas such as Salthill. 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 Galway.
The other services I offer in Galway, 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 Galway, or read the general page for outsourced revenue management.
If you also run properties outside Galway, 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 Galway and what you need. I reply in GMT / IST, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
