Rank higher and convert more on Booking.com, with a consultant in your extranet.I complete the content score, order the photos for the result card, set up rate plans, Genius and promotions, and fix policies that cost you visibility. I work with hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in Indianapolis, one to one, remotely and in Eastern Time (UTC-5), and I have optimized 100+ properties in and around the market.
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides Booking.com optimization for hotels for hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in Indianapolis, United States, one to one, remotely and in Eastern Time (UTC-5). In Indianapolis, I price May and August as the peak and January to February as the quiet time, and I build the work around that calendar. Booking.com optimization has three fixed-price plans from $95 for one listing, priced by listing count and delivered live on Zoom.
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100+
Properties optimized in and around Indianapolis
1-on-1
Directly with Alaa, no account-manager layer
Eastern Time
Sessions scheduled in your local time
Booking.com optimization for hotels is the work I do to make a property rank, convert and price correctly on Booking.com. I complete the content score, order the photos for the result card, set up rate plans, Genius and promotions, and fix policies that cost you visibility.
What I plan around in Indianapolis: Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard events; Gen Con; Colts and Pacers seasons; Conventions and NCAA tournaments. Guests I price for: Event travellers on 2 to 4 night stays, convention attendees midweek. Where I start: Indy 500 and Gen Con premiums set a year ahead, and convention-calendar pricing.
Indianapolis sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. Indianapolis hotels balance conventions, sports, racing and business travel. With my five-star hotel revenue background, I help with convention group pricing, event-week controls for the 500 and Gen Con, and weekday corporate rates that keep rooms filled in the quieter weeks between the big events.
The service in general is described on my hotel ota optimization page; this page covers how I apply it in Indianapolis.
Booking.com reads how complete your profile is. I fill every field it scores, rewrite descriptions for the guests who book here and make room content consistent.
The first photo and the first five decide the click. I choose and order them against your nearest competitors and caption what guests look for.
I structure rate plans, decide whether Genius and each deal pay for themselves, and set promotions so you buy visibility without discounting the whole calendar.
Cancellation terms, response times and review scores feed ranking. I tune the policies and write response templates so the signals keep improving.
“Indianapolis has two dates every owner should know by heart: the Indy 500 in late May and Gen Con in August. Both fill the city and can be priced a year ahead. Conventions and NCAA events add more, and Colts games fill autumn weekends. Between events, weekdays depend on business travel.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Outside conventions, demand is quiet; I lower weekend floors, keep weekday business rates steady and price big convention dates individually.
College basketball tournaments and spring conventions fill downtown; I price tournament weekends as premiums and keep two-night minimums near Lucas Oil Stadium and Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
The whole month of May builds toward race day; I price qualifying weekends above ordinary May and race weekend highest, with long minimum stays near the Speedway.
Summer concerts and the Brickyard weekend lift some dates; I price those as premiums and keep other summer weekdays on business and leisure rates.
Gen Con fills downtown for several days; I price homes within a walk of the Convention Center highest and set minimum stays that cover all four convention days.
Colts games, the National FFA Convention, marching band championships and holiday events keep demand steady; I price each event weekend individually.
Booking.com ranks on completeness, price position and conversion together, and it rewards properties that look finished and priced with intent. A profile left on defaults sits below competitors that are no better than you, and you still pay the commission on the few bookings it brings. I fix the profile once and tune it with the pricing.
Price Indy 500 weekend as the top band, opened a year ahead with long stays.
Price Gen Con week as a second top band for homes near downtown.
Add NCAA tournaments and big conventions as premiums.
Add Colts home games for nearby homes.
Set weekday corporate rates between events.
A new Booking.com listing
You have just connected Booking.com and want it to rank and convert from the first weeks, not after months of guessing.
Views but few bookings
Visibility looks fine and conversion does not, which usually means content, photos or rate plans on Booking.com.
Commission without much return
You pay Booking.com commission and its share of bookings is small next to your other channels.
A portfolio with uneven quality
Some listings are polished on Booking.com and others were never finished, and nobody owns the standard.
Send me the Booking.com listing or property links and your channel manager. I check how the property ranks and reads today before we speak.
A scorecard for Booking.com: content, photos, rates and promotions, policies and reviews, with every fix ranked by impact.
I make the changes live on Zoom in your Booking.com account or through your channel manager, and explain each one so you can maintain it.
Step 4
About 30 days later I look at impressions, conversion and booking share on Booking.com and adjust what the numbers say to adjust.
Booking.com optimization has three fixed-price plans, priced by listing count, from $95. Each is a live Zoom session with a full audit and the fixes made on the spot.
| Option | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Single | 1 listing, 30-minute session | $95 |
| Portfolio | 2 to 4 listings, 45-minute session | $145 |
| Scale | 5 to 8 listings, 60-minute session | $245 |
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
Indianapolis sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. June to July: Summer concerts and the Brickyard weekend lift some dates; I price those as premiums and keep other summer weekdays on business and leisure rates. For Booking.com optimization for hotels in Indianapolis, i optimize Booking.com alongside your other channels and check parity, so added reach never creates a conflict.
For Booking.com optimization for hotels, on Booking.com, I line up promotions, rate plans and content with these windows so visibility peaks when demand does. Busiest in Indianapolis: Indy 500 in late May, Gen Con in August, Colts season and NCAA events. September to December: Colts games, the National FFA Convention, marching band championships and holiday events keep demand steady; I price each event weekend individually. March to April: College basketball tournaments and spring conventions fill downtown; I price tournament weekends as premiums and keep two-night minimums near Lucas Oil Stadium and Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Event travellers on 2 to 4 night stays, convention attendees midweek. Demand is driven by Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard events and Gen Con. For Booking.com optimization for hotels, i write content and photo order on Booking.com for the guests who actually search for Indianapolis.
For Booking.com optimization for hotels, i write location content, photos and amenity highlights on Booking.com around the specific part of Indianapolis the property is in. Fountain Square and Fletcher Place: Character neighbourhoods close to downtown suit couples and event overflow; I price slightly below downtown and lean on weekends. Downtown and Mass Ave and Speedway get their own treatment.
Price Gen Con week as a second top band for homes near downtown. Next: add Colts home games for nearby homes. For Booking.com optimization for hotels, the first changes on Booking.com are content completeness and the cover photo, because those decide whether a Indianapolis traveler clicks.
For Booking.com optimization for hotels, i check this on Booking.com first, because it decides whether the listing is allowed to rank at all. Whether house rules, beds and guest counts suit gaming groups and race crews, because Gen Con and 500 guests often travel as groups that need more sleeping space than a typical listing shows.
For Booking.com optimization for hotels in Indianapolis, this is how I would approach it. Indianapolis hotels balance conventions, sports, racing and business travel. With my five-star hotel revenue background, I help with convention group pricing, event-week controls for the 500 and Gen Con, and weekday corporate rates that keep rooms filled in the quieter weeks between the big events. We start in the chat, and I confirm the scope and the price before any work begins.
For Booking.com optimization for hotels, i price properties for a living, so content, rates and promotions are tuned together and not in isolation. I have optimized 100+ properties in and around Indianapolis and work remotely in Eastern Time (UTC-5). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: add NCAA tournaments and big conventions as premiums.
Booking.com optimization has three fixed-price plans from $95 for one listing, priced by listing count and delivered live on Zoom. The scope of Booking.com optimization for hotels is the same in every market, but the plan is not: in Indianapolis I would start from September to December: Colts games, the National FFA Convention, marching band championships and holiday events keep demand steady; I price each event weekend individually. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Indianapolis.
Yes. Booking.com Optimization Expert for Hotels in Indianapolis is delivered remotely and scheduled in Eastern Time (UTC-5), and 100+ properties in and around Indianapolis have been optimized, including in areas such as Fountain Square and Fletcher Place. I implement it live on Zoom in your Booking.com extranet or through your channel manager, in your time zone. Start in the chat or by email and tell me what you run in Indianapolis.
Results depend on the property, the starting point and the season, so I do not promise a number. In Indianapolis the first gains from Booking.com optimization for hotels usually come from the change with the clearest local signal: add Colts home games for nearby homes. I review progress against your own occupancy, ADR and RevPAR, not a market average.
The other services I offer in Indianapolis, 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 Indianapolis, or read the general page for hotel ota optimization.
If you also run properties outside Indianapolis, 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 Indianapolis and what you need. I reply in Eastern Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
