Your hotel's revenue manager, without the full-time hire.I take over the revenue manager role for Minneapolis 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 Central Time (UTC-6).
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides outsourced hotel revenue management for hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in Minneapolis, United States, one to one, remotely and in Central Time (UTC-6). In Minneapolis, I price Late August to Labor Day as the peak and January and February 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 Minneapolis
1-on-1
Directly with Alaa, no account-manager layer
Central 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 Minneapolis: Minnesota State Fair; Vikings, Twins and Wild seasons; Mall of America and conventions; Lake season and summer festivals. Guests I price for: Regional families and event travellers on 2 to 3 night stays, corporate guests midweek. Where I start: Fair-week and game-day premiums, corporate rates, and deep winter floors.
With a five-star hotel background, I help Twin Cities hotels balance convention, sports, airport and Mall of America demand, set group blocks for the State Fair and big concerts, and use rate fences that protect peak nights without losing weekday corporate business.
The service in general is described on my outsourced revenue management page; this page covers how I apply it in Minneapolis.
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.
“Minneapolis and St. Paul have a great summer and a very hard winter. The Minnesota State Fair is the single biggest week, and Vikings, Twins and Wild games add event nights. Corporate travel supports weekdays. In winter, I build strategy around longer stays rather than chasing weekend guests who are not coming.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
The St. Paul Winter Carnival and the pond hockey tournament on Lake Nokomis give a few strong dates, which I price above a low winter floor built for longer stays.
University of Minnesota graduation and Art-A-Whirl in Northeast lift selected weekends, so I price those dates early and keep weekday rates focused on business travel.
Lake days, Pride, the Aquatennial, the Basilica Block Party and Twins games keep the summer busy, so I hold weekend rates firm and allow shorter midweek stays.
State Fair crowds book early, especially for homes in St. Anthony Park and Roseville near the fairgrounds, so I hold three night minimums and price that zone highest.
Gophers and Vikings games, the Twin Cities Marathon and conventions keep autumn busy, so I load each date individually and keep weekday corporate rates intact.
Holiday family visits and Wild games at the Xcel Energy Center add dates, so I price Christmas week a little higher and leave the rest of the month near the floor.
Price State Fair week in late August as the top band.
Add Vikings home games and big concerts as date premiums.
Set weekday corporate rates near downtown and the Mall of America area.
Build June to September as the main season.
Offer monthly stays and deep floors in January and February.
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 Minneapolis: June to September, State Fair in late August, and Vikings and Twins seasons. June to mid-August: Lake days, Pride, the Aquatennial, the Basilica Block Party and Twins games keep the summer busy, so I hold weekend rates firm and allow shorter midweek stays. Late August to Labor Day: State Fair crowds book early, especially for homes in St. Anthony Park and Roseville near the fairgrounds, so I hold three night minimums and price that zone highest. 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 handles winter: heating, parking rules during snow emergencies and access, since winter guests avoid homes that look difficult to reach once snow arrives.
Set weekday corporate rates near downtown and the Mall of America area. Next: offer monthly stays and deep floors in January and February. For outsourced hotel revenue management, i start with base rates, the seasonal calendar and restrictions, because that is where a Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis: January to February. January and February: The St. Paul Winter Carnival and the pond hockey tournament on Lake Nokomis give a few strong dates, which I price above a low winter floor built for longer stays. March to May: University of Minnesota graduation and Art-A-Whirl in Northeast lift selected weekends, so I price those dates early and keep weekday rates focused on business travel.
Winter prices that barely move and corporate weekday demand ignored. I look for these first when I review outsourced hotel revenue management in Minneapolis, and fixing them is usually the quickest gain.
For outsourced hotel revenue management in Minneapolis, i manage channel mix, parity and promotions together, so the cheapest route to a booking is not the most expensive one for you. Minneapolis sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. January and February: The St. Paul Winter Carnival and the pond hockey tournament on Lake Nokomis give a few strong dates, which I price above a low winter floor built for longer stays.
North Loop and Downtown: Close to Target Field, US Bank Stadium and the convention centre; I price for game days, concerts and weekday business travel, with event premiums loaded early. Uptown and the Chain of Lakes and St. Anthony Park and Falcon Heights 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.
Lake season and summer festivals, Minnesota State Fair and Vikings, Twins and Wild seasons are the dates I price first for outsourced hotel revenue management in Minneapolis. Late August to Labor Day: State Fair crowds book early, especially for homes in St. Anthony Park and Roseville near the fairgrounds, so I hold three night minimums and price that zone highest.
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 Minneapolis and work remotely in Central Time (UTC-6). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: add Vikings home games and big concerts as date premiums.
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 Minneapolis I would start from late August to Labor Day: State Fair crowds book early, especially for homes in St. Anthony Park and Roseville near the fairgrounds, so I hold three night minimums and price that zone highest. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Minneapolis.
Yes. Outsourced Hotel Revenue Manager in Minneapolis is delivered remotely and scheduled in Central Time (UTC-6), and 100+ properties in and around Minneapolis have been optimized, including in areas such as Uptown and the Chain of Lakes. 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 Minneapolis.
The other services I offer in Minneapolis, 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 Minneapolis, or read the general page for outsourced revenue management.
If you also run properties outside Minneapolis, 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 Minneapolis and what you need. I reply in Central Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
