Win placement on Expedia Group, across Hotels.com and Orbitz too.I optimize your Partner Central setup once so Expedia, Hotels.com, Orbitz and the other group brands all benefit. 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 Expedia 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. Expedia optimization is quoted per property after a short chat, because the scope depends on the number of properties and room types.
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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
Expedia optimization for hotels is the work I do to make a property rank, convert and price correctly on Expedia. I optimize your Partner Central setup once so Expedia, Hotels.com, Orbitz and the other group brands all benefit.
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 expedia optimization page; this page covers how I apply it in Indianapolis.
Expedia scores completeness and quality. I bring the content score up, write room descriptions that sell and align facts with your other channels.
I order the gallery for the search card and the property page, and flag the shots that are losing you clicks.
Expedia rewards competitive, well-structured rates. I set rate plans, member-only pricing and promotions, and judge whether Accelerator or TravelAds earns its cost.
Guest scores and response behaviour affect placement. I set up review requests and responses, and fix the operational causes behind low scores.
“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.
Expedia sells your inventory across several brands, and most of them read the same Partner Central data. That is why I do the setup carefully once: a complete profile and a sound rate structure improve placement across the group, and the promotions you choose decide how much of that visibility you pay for.
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 Expedia listing
You have just connected Expedia 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 Expedia.
Commission without much return
You pay Expedia commission and its share of bookings is small next to your other channels.
A portfolio with uneven quality
Some listings are polished on Expedia and others were never finished, and nobody owns the standard.
Send me the Expedia listing or property links and your channel manager. I check how the property ranks and reads today before we speak.
A scorecard for Expedia: content, photos, rates and promotions, policies and reviews, with every fix ranked by impact.
I make the changes live on Zoom in your Expedia 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 Expedia and adjust what the numbers say to adjust.
I quote Expedia optimization per property after a short chat. You get a fixed scope and price before any work starts.
| Option | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Single property | Expedia optimization for one property | Quoted |
| Several properties | One scope and one price for a group on Expedia | Quoted |
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
For Expedia optimization for hotels in Indianapolis, i optimize Expedia alongside your other channels and check parity, so added reach never creates a conflict. Indianapolis sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. August: 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.
Busiest in Indianapolis: Indy 500 in late May, Gen Con in August, Colts season and NCAA events. 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. May: 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. For Expedia optimization for hotels, on Expedia, I line up promotions, rate plans and content with these windows so visibility peaks when demand does.
For Expedia optimization for hotels, i write content and photo order on Expedia for the guests who actually search for Indianapolis. Event travellers on 2 to 4 night stays, convention attendees midweek. Demand is driven by Gen Con and Colts and Pacers seasons.
Downtown and Mass Ave: Walkable to the Convention Center and stadiums; I price event and convention dates highest and keep weekdays steady. Speedway and Fountain Square and Fletcher Place get their own treatment. For Expedia optimization for hotels, i write location content, photos and amenity highlights on Expedia around the specific part of Indianapolis the property is in.
For Expedia optimization for hotels, the first changes on Expedia are content completeness and the cover photo, because those decide whether a Indianapolis traveler clicks. Add NCAA tournaments and big conventions as premiums. Next: set weekday corporate rates between events.
How weekday pricing compares with downtown hotels between events, since business travellers compare the total stay cost, including parking, before they book. For Expedia optimization for hotels, i check this on Expedia first, because it decides whether the listing is allowed to rank at all.
For Expedia optimization for hotels in Indianapolis, this is how I would approach it. 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. Indianapolis hotels balance conventions, sports, racing and business travel. We start in the chat, and I confirm the scope and the price before any work begins.
For Expedia 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 Colts home games for nearby homes.
Expedia optimization is quoted per property after a short chat, because the scope depends on the number of properties and room types. The scope of Expedia optimization for hotels is the same in every market, but the plan is not: in Indianapolis I would start from 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. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Indianapolis.
Yes. Expedia 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 Downtown and Mass Ave. I implement it live on Zoom in your Expedia 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 Expedia optimization for hotels usually come from the change with the clearest local signal: set weekday corporate rates between events. 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 expedia 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.
