Your hotel's revenue manager, without the full-time hire.I take over the revenue manager role for Hobart 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 Australian Eastern Time (UTC+10 / +11).
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides outsourced hotel revenue management for hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in Hobart, Australia, one to one, remotely and in Australian Eastern Time (UTC+10 / +11). In Hobart, I price December to February as the peak and July to August 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 Hobart
1-on-1
Directly with Alaa, no account-manager layer
Australian Eastern 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 Hobart: MONA and Dark Mofo; Sydney to Hobart yacht race; Summer hiking and food tourism; Cruise calls. Guests I price for: Domestic couples and families on 3 to 5 night stays. Where I start: Summer and festival premiums, and winter floors.
For Hobart hotels I focus on event fences for Dark Mofo and the yacht race, cruise-day pricing and balancing coach tour groups with independent travellers, so rates stay disciplined in summer and realistic in winter, and the small number of waterfront rooms is never sold too cheaply too early.
The service in general is described on my outsourced revenue management page; this page covers how I apply it in Hobart.
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.
“Hobart has a summer peak and a very unusual winter one: Dark Mofo in June. The Sydney to Hobart yacht race brings the end of December alive, and MONA draws visitors all year. Tasmania also taxes short-stay accommodation in some cases, so costs need checking.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Summer is the core season, so I price the Taste of Tasmania period and yacht race week as premiums and keep three night minimums through January.
Autumn colours and food trails keep couples coming, so I hold weekends firm and offer gentle midweek value for longer touring stays around the state.
The festival creates a winter peak, so I lift rates for its dates, especially near the waterfront, and set two night minimums on the busiest nights.
Cold weather and fewer flights slow demand, so I lower floors carefully, focus on cosy amenities in listings and welcome longer winter stays from mainland visitors.
Spring brings more walkers and cruise ships, so I step rates up gradually and price cruise days as short-stay opportunities near the city.
Price Dark Mofo in June as a winter premium.
Price Sydney to Hobart race week.
Price December to February as the main season.
Add cruise days as short-stay opportunities.
Lower July to August floors outside Dark Mofo.
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 Hobart: December to February, Dark Mofo in June, and Sydney-Hobart yacht race week. December to February: Summer is the core season, so I price the Taste of Tasmania period and yacht race week as premiums and keep three night minimums through January. June (Dark Mofo): The festival creates a winter peak, so I lift rates for its dates, especially near the waterfront, and set two night minimums on the busiest nights. 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 presents heating and winter comfort, since Dark Mofo and winter guests choose warmth and location over views.
Price December to February as the main season. Next: lower July to August floors outside Dark Mofo. For outsourced hotel revenue management, i start with base rates, the seasonal calendar and restrictions, because that is where a Hobart 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 Hobart: July to August outside Dark Mofo. March to May: Autumn colours and food trails keep couples coming, so I hold weekends firm and offer gentle midweek value for longer touring stays around the state. July to August: Cold weather and fewer flights slow demand, so I lower floors carefully, focus on cosy amenities in listings and welcome longer winter stays from mainland visitors.
Race week underpriced and winter priced like summer. I look for these first when I review outsourced hotel revenue management in Hobart, and fixing them is usually the quickest gain.
For outsourced hotel revenue management in Hobart, i manage channel mix, parity and promotions together, so the cheapest route to a booking is not the most expensive one for you. Hobart sells mostly through Airbnb, Booking.com and Stayz (Vrbo). March to May: Autumn colours and food trails keep couples coming, so I hold weekends firm and offer gentle midweek value for longer touring stays around the state.
Battery Point and Salamanca: Historic and central, close to the waterfront festivals; I price these homes highest during events and keep them above suburbs year round. North Hobart and Sandy Bay 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.
Cruise calls, MONA and Dark Mofo and Sydney to Hobart yacht race are the dates I price first for outsourced hotel revenue management in Hobart. September to November: Spring brings more walkers and cruise ships, so I step rates up gradually and price cruise days as short-stay opportunities near the city.
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 Hobart and work remotely in Australian Eastern Time (UTC+10 / +11). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: price Sydney to Hobart race week.
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 Hobart I would start from December to February: Summer is the core season, so I price the Taste of Tasmania period and yacht race week as premiums and keep three night minimums through January. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Hobart.
Yes. Outsourced Hotel Revenue Manager in Hobart is delivered remotely and scheduled in Australian Eastern Time (UTC+10 / +11), and 100+ properties in and around Hobart have been optimized, including in areas such as North Hobart. 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 Hobart.
The other services I offer in Hobart, 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 Hobart, or read the general page for outsourced revenue management.
If you also run properties outside Hobart, 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 Hobart and what you need. I reply in Australian Eastern Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
