An independent look at your hotel's revenue, and a plan you can run.I audit how your New York City hotel prices, restricts, distributes and forecasts its rooms, then give you a ranked roadmap, a 12-month pricing calendar and training for your team. Fixed scope, fixed price, remote in Eastern Time (UTC-5), usually four to eight weeks.
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides hotel revenue management consulting for hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in New York City, United States, one to one, remotely and in Eastern Time (UTC-5). In New York City, I price Late August to mid-December and Mid-December to New Year as the peak and January to early March as the quiet time, and I build the work around that calendar. Hotel revenue management consulting is a fixed-scope, fixed-price engagement quoted after a free discovery call, based on room count, room types, channels and scope. An audit with a strategy roadmap is a single project fee, usually delivered in four to eight weeks.
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1,250+
Properties optimized in and around New York City
1-on-1
Directly with Alaa, no account-manager layer
Eastern Time
Sessions scheduled in your local time
Hotel revenue management consulting is an independent review followed by a plan. I look at 12 to 24 months of your own data, shop your comp set, and find where rates, restrictions or channels are costing you money. Unlike outsourcing, I do not make your daily decisions; your team does, with a better plan.
This is my view of New York City. New York is the market where I spend more time on compliance than on rates. Since Local Law 18, a whole apartment rented for under 30 nights is simply not a product, so the real decision is which lane you are in: a registered, host-present room with two guests, or a furnished 30-night rental. Pricing each lane well is very different, and most listings I review are still priced as if 2022 never ended.
For a New York owner, I start by settling which legal lane the home fits, hosted room or 30-night rental, and then rebuild prices, rules and channels around that single answer. You get a calendar with named event dates, a monthly rate ladder if needed, and a clear view of who you actually compete with.
The service in general is described on my hotel revenue management consulting page; this page covers how I apply it in New York City.
A review of the last 12 to 24 months: pricing decisions, rate architecture, restrictions, channel mix and cost, comp-set position, pace and the systems behind them, with every gap ranked by value.
Base rates and floors per room type, BAR levels tied to occupancy and pace, seasonal and event calendars and restrictions, written as a 12-month calendar your team can run.
Which channels to sell on, at what rate and with which promotions, so the mix protects margin: OTAs, corporate, wholesale, metasearch and direct.
A demand forecast, an annual budget, weekly pace reports and a workshop for your team, plus honest advice on revenue systems before you sign for one.
“New York is the market where I spend more time on compliance than on rates. Since Local Law 18, a whole apartment rented for under 30 nights is simply not a product, so the real decision is which lane you are in: a registered, host-present room with two guests, or a furnished 30-night rental. Pricing each lane well is very different, and most listings I review are still priced as if 2022 never ended.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
For 30-night units I accept a slightly softer monthly rate to land a February or March move-in, because a vacant month in winter rarely gets recovered later in the year.
Hosted rooms get firm weekend rates through spring, with Tribeca week and graduation weekends at Columbia and NYU loaded as dated premiums instead of a blanket seasonal lift.
Summer interns and visiting academics drive the monthly lane, so I publish June and July start dates early and keep hosted-room weekdays priced against hotels running their summer deals.
The US Open, UN week, Marathon weekend and the Thanksgiving parade each get their own row in the calendar, and I let pickup, not the date alone, decide how high each goes.
I hold hosted rooms at full rate right up to Christmas week and refuse to open New Year's Eve to single nights, since late bookers still arrive for that stretch.
Decide the lane first. If the unit cannot be registered, move it to 30-night minimums and price per month, not per night, with a separate rate card for 1, 2 and 3-month stays.
For registered hosted rooms, price for two guests only and remove extra-guest fees that imply a third person, because the listing will be flagged.
Build September and the November to New Year run as separate seasons. UN week, Marathon weekend and the holiday stretch each deserve their own premium rather than one autumn uplift.
Keep last-minute discounts shallow. New York books late anyway, so a 30 percent discount at 7 days out mostly gives money to guests who would have booked regardless.
Treat January to early March as an occupancy season: lower floors, 2-night minimums on weekends and longer-stay discounts to fill the quiet midweek.
Performance has flattened
RevPAR is stuck while the market around you moves on.
Opening, renovating or rebranding
A new positioning needs a pricing and distribution strategy built from scratch.
An owner wants a second opinion
You need the operator's numbers checked by someone outside the hotel.
You have a team but want a better plan
Someone prices today and wants an audit, a calendar and training.
Thirty minutes on your property, your market and where you think revenue leaks. I scope the work and confirm the price before starting.
With read-only access to your PMS, channel manager and extranets I analyse the data, shop your comp set and talk to whoever sets rates today.
A written report and a working session: the gaps ranked by value, the strategy to close them and a 12-month calendar.
Step 4
I can set the strategy up in your systems, train your team and check in monthly, or run it for you as outsourced management.
Every engagement is fixed-scope and fixed-price. After a free discovery call you get the scope and the price in writing before any work starts. Training days and monthly check-ins are quoted separately.
| Option | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Audit and roadmap | Audit, ranked gap report, strategy and 12-month calendar | Fixed fee, quoted |
| Implementation support | Setup in your systems and team training | Quoted |
| Monthly check-ins | Optional review sessions after delivery | 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 hotel revenue management consulting, that is where my audit begins, because a finding here changes every recommendation after it. How the 30-night version is presented on Furnished Finder and Airbnb, because a monthly listing still showing nightly photos and copy looks like a converted short stay and loses relocation guests.
Busiest in New York City: September to mid-December and late April to June, with a sharp spike around Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Eve. Mid-December to New Year: I hold hosted rooms at full rate right up to Christmas week and refuse to open New Year's Eve to single nights, since late bookers still arrive for that stretch. Late March to June: Hosted rooms get firm weekend rates through spring, with Tribeca week and graduation weekends at Columbia and NYU loaded as dated premiums instead of a blanket seasonal lift. For hotel revenue management consulting, my audit tests whether your current rates and restrictions capture these windows, and the 12-month calendar I hand over sets them in advance.
Short-stay pricing under Local Law 18, 30-night minimum strategies where required, and aggressive last-minute rules for a market that books late. For hotel revenue management consulting, I check every recommendation against the New York City calendar before I make it. Late August to mid-December: The US Open, UN week, Marathon weekend and the Thanksgiving parade each get their own row in the calendar, and I let pickup, not the date alone, decide how high each goes.
Since Local Law 18, a whole apartment rented for under 30 nights is simply not a product, so the real decision is which lane you are in: a registered, host-present room with two guests, or a furnished 30-night rental. Pricing each lane well is very different, and most listings I review are still priced as if 2022 never ended. That is the view I bring to hotel revenue management consulting in New York City.
Results depend on the property, the starting point and the season, so I do not promise a number. In New York City the first gains from hotel revenue management consulting usually come from the change with the clearest local signal: for registered hosted rooms, price for two guests only and remove extra-guest fees that imply a third person, because the listing will be flagged. I review progress against your own occupancy, ADR and RevPAR, not a market average.
New York City sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and Furnished Finder for 30-plus-night stays. July to August: Summer interns and visiting academics drive the monthly lane, so I publish June and July start dates early and keep hosted-room weekdays priced against hotels running their summer deals. For hotel revenue management consulting in New York City, my distribution review covers each channel's cost, contribution and rate position, then recommends a mix.
For hotel revenue management consulting, i begin with 12 to 24 months of your own data, so the first findings are about your property in New York City, not the city. Build September and the November to New Year run as separate seasons. UN week, Marathon weekend and the holiday stretch each deserve their own premium rather than one autumn uplift. Next: treat January to early March as an occupancy season: lower floors, 2-night minimums on weekends and longer-stay discounts to fill the quiet midweek.
Park Slope and Prospect Heights: Families relocating to Brooklyn want space and a quiet block; I price for longer commitments and highlight school-year start dates rather than chasing tourist weekends. Astoria and Long Island City and Washington Heights and Upper Manhattan get their own treatment. For hotel revenue management consulting, i review your comp set and rate position for your own part of New York City, not the market average.
For hotel revenue management consulting, consulting gives you an independent view and a plan your own team can run, without handing the daily decisions to anyone. I have optimized 1,250+ properties in and around New York City and work remotely in Eastern Time (UTC-5). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: build September and the November to New Year run as separate seasons. UN week, Marathon weekend and the holiday stretch each deserve their own premium rather than one autumn uplift.
Hotel revenue management consulting is a fixed-scope, fixed-price engagement quoted after a free discovery call, based on room count, room types, channels and scope. An audit with a strategy roadmap is a single project fee, usually delivered in four to eight weeks. The scope of hotel revenue management consulting is the same in every market, but the plan is not: in New York City I would start from mid-December to New Year: I hold hosted rooms at full rate right up to Christmas week and refuse to open New Year's Eve to single nights, since late bookers still arrive for that stretch. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in New York City.
Yes. Hotel Revenue Management Consultant in New York City is delivered remotely and scheduled in Eastern Time (UTC-5), and 1,250+ properties in and around New York City have been optimized, including in areas such as Park Slope and Prospect Heights. The engagement is remote and fixed-scope, with calls in your time zone and a written report your team can run. Start in the chat or by email and tell me what you run in New York City.
The other services I offer in New York City, 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 New York City, or read the general page for hotel revenue management consulting.
If you also run properties outside New York City, 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 New York City and what you need. I reply in Eastern Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
