Your hotel's revenue manager, without the full-time hire.I take over the revenue manager role for Newcastle 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 GMT / BST (UTC+0 / +1).
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides outsourced hotel revenue management for hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in Newcastle, United Kingdom, one to one, remotely and in GMT / BST (UTC+0 / +1). In Newcastle, I price July to August as the peak and January to March 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 Newcastle
1-on-1
Directly with Alaa, no account-manager layer
GMT / BST
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 Newcastle: Great North Run half marathon each September; Hadrian's Wall and the Northumberland National Park dark-sky reserve; Bamburgh and Alnwick castles plus Holy Island of Lindisfarne; Newcastle United fixtures at St James' Park and the Quayside nightlife. Guests I price for: City-breakers and stag and hen groups around the Quayside, Jesmond and Ouseburn, plus families touring the coast who prefer Bamburgh and Alnwick cottages. Where I start: Splitting a buzzy city rate strategy from rural coastal cottages, and layering match-day and Great North Run premiums onto a two-night weekend base.
For Newcastle hotels and Northumberland inns I work on event-led forecasting, corporate and leisure segmentation and weekend packages for the coast, using what I learned in five-star chain hotels to plan around the Great North Run, football and the summer castle trail.
The service in general is described on my outsourced revenue management page; this page covers how I apply it in Newcastle.
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.
“Newcastle and Northumberland are two businesses under one name. The city sells match days, the Quayside and the Great North Run in September, often to groups on two-night weekends. The coast sells castle country and cottage weeks around Bamburgh and Alnwick. I keep separate strategies so each earns what it should.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
City flats live on football, gigs and contractors in winter, while coastal cottages fall quiet; I price the two separately and offer dark-sky breaks near Kielder for stargazers on clear-night weekends.
Easter opens the coast, graduations fill Newcastle in summer and the Hoppings funfair lands on the Town Moor in June, so I price each of those as its own date or week.
Northumberland castles, beaches and Holy Island draw families for full weeks, so I set weekly coastal prices early and keep city flats priced for weekend visitors and gig-goers.
The Great North Run weekend spikes the city, and I make sure Gateshead and Tynemouth homes are priced up too, since runners and supporters spill out of Newcastle quickly.
Students, football and Christmas markets keep the city steady, while coastal cottages switch to short autumn and winter breaks, priced to cover heating and cleaning on two-night stays.
Price Great North Run weekend as the top city band with 2-night minimums.
Add Newcastle United home fixtures as match-day premiums.
Run Northumberland coast cottages on weekly summer stays.
Set group rules for Quayside stag and hen bookings.
Lower January and February floors.
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 Newcastle: July and August for the coast and castles, with a sharp September spike around the Great North Run. July to August: Northumberland castles, beaches and Holy Island draw families for full weeks, so I set weekly coastal prices early and keep city flats priced for weekend visitors and gig-goers. September: The Great North Run weekend spikes the city, and I make sure Gateshead and Tynemouth homes are priced up too, since runners and supporters spill out of Newcastle quickly. 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 tide times for the Holy Island causeway are explained in guest information, since visitors who misjudge them leave unhappy reviews even when the cottage itself was perfect.
Run Northumberland coast cottages on weekly summer stays. Next: lower January and February floors. For outsourced hotel revenue management, i start with base rates, the seasonal calendar and restrictions, because that is where a Newcastle 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 Newcastle: January and February. January to March: City flats live on football, gigs and contractors in winter, while coastal cottages fall quiet; I price the two separately and offer dark-sky breaks near Kielder for stargazers on clear-night weekends. April to June: Easter opens the coast, graduations fill Newcastle in summer and the Hoppings funfair lands on the Town Moor in June, so I price each of those as its own date or week.
Great North Run priced like an ordinary September weekend and groups accepted without clear rules. I look for these first when I review outsourced hotel revenue management in Newcastle, and fixing them is usually the quickest gain.
For outsourced hotel revenue management in Newcastle, i manage channel mix, parity and promotions together, so the cheapest route to a booking is not the most expensive one for you. Newcastle sells mostly through Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo. April to June: Easter opens the coast, graduations fill Newcastle in summer and the Hoppings funfair lands on the Town Moor in June, so I price each of those as its own date or week.
Quayside and Ouseburn: Nightlife, the Tyne bridges and music venues attract weekend groups, so I set group rules and price Friday and Saturday highest, with weekdays aimed at contractors and business guests. Jesmond and Bamburgh, Seahouses and Alnwick 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.
Newcastle United fixtures at St James' Park and the Quayside nightlife, Great North Run half marathon each September and Hadrian's Wall and the Northumberland National Park dark-sky reserve are the dates I price first for outsourced hotel revenue management in Newcastle. October to December: Students, football and Christmas markets keep the city steady, while coastal cottages switch to short autumn and winter breaks, priced to cover heating and cleaning on two-night stays.
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 Newcastle and work remotely in GMT / BST (UTC+0 / +1). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: add Newcastle United home fixtures as match-day 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 Newcastle I would start from July to August: Northumberland castles, beaches and Holy Island draw families for full weeks, so I set weekly coastal prices early and keep city flats priced for weekend visitors and gig-goers. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Newcastle.
Yes. Outsourced Hotel Revenue Manager in Newcastle is delivered remotely and scheduled in GMT / BST (UTC+0 / +1), and 100+ properties in and around Newcastle have been optimized, including in areas such as Jesmond. 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 Newcastle.
The other services I offer in Newcastle, 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 Newcastle, or read the general page for outsourced revenue management.
If you also run properties outside Newcastle, 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 Newcastle and what you need. I reply in GMT / BST, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
