Alaa Elhadi is an independent revenue management consultant for hotels, resorts, Airbnb hosts and property managers in Newport. He has optimized 100+ properties in and around the market, and works with you 1-on-1, remotely, in Eastern Time (UTC-5).
Alaa Elhadi is an independent revenue management consultant who works 1-on-1 with hotels, serviced apartments, Airbnb hosts and property managers in Newport: pricing strategy, PriceLabs and Wheelhouse setup, hotel revenue consulting and channel optimization. Demand in Newport peaks June to August and is softest January to March, and every plan he builds starts from that calendar.
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100+
Properties optimized in and around Newport
Cornell certified
Master certificate in Revenue Management, 18 years of experience
Eastern Time
1-on-1 sessions scheduled in your local time
“Newport is a summer and weddings town. The Folk and Jazz festivals, sailing events and the mansions fill June to September, and wedding weekends shape many Saturdays. Rhode Island requires short-term rental registration. I price festivals and weddings early and make the quiet months work with longer stays.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
The moves Alaa makes first when a hotel or host in Newport books a session, and the errors he corrects most often. Every one is set up inside your own pricing tool, so it keeps working after the call.
Price Newport Folk and Jazz festival weekends as top premiums with minimum stays.
Add sailing regattas and popular wedding weekends as date premiums.
Use 2-night weekend minimums from June to September.
Offer monthly stays from January to March.
Keep state registration current.
Fully outsource your revenue management in Newport
Hand the daily pricing and these moves to me and my team, month to month.
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I keep weekend rates modest for the Winter Festival and Salve Regina visits, and point midweek toward travelling professionals and sailors fitting out boats for the coming season.
Graduation weekends and the first wedding bookings arrive now, so I price those Saturdays individually and keep the rest of spring flexible with two-night weekends only.
Every weekend here has a reason: regattas, the Hall of Fame Open, Folk, Jazz and weddings. I map each one and protect Saturday nights from single-night bookings.
The International Boat Show and autumn weddings keep weekends close to summer levels, so I only soften midweek and let weekend demand prove itself before cutting.
Christmas in Newport and the mansions dressed for the holidays bring couples on short breaks; I price December weekends above November and hold New Year's Eve firmly.
One person does the thinking on your account. Choose the kind of help your property in Newport needs; everything is remote, 1-on-1 and scheduled in your time zone.
For a Newport home, I build a weekend-by-weekend calendar of festivals, regattas and wedding dates, confirm the registration and zoning picture, and set rules that stop a valuable Saturday being sold as one night. You end up with a clear plan for summer and a realistic one for the quiet months.
For Newport Airbnb and Vrbo hosts I set up PriceLabs or Wheelhouse with dated premiums for Folk, Jazz, regatta and boat-show weekends, gap rules that protect Saturdays, and winter floors that still attract Boston and New York couples. Both channels then price from one logic.
With my five-star hotel background, I help Newport inns and boutique hotels manage wedding room blocks, attrition clauses and release dates, so blocks do not tie up rooms that could sell at higher rates on festival weekends. I also review how midweek corporate and sailing-industry business is segmented.
One-time and 1-on-1 on Zoom, priced by the listings in your account: from $125 to $615.
| Package | Listings | Session | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Up to 2 listings | 45-minute Zoom session | $125 |
| Growth | 3 to 6 listings | 60-minute Zoom session | $250 |
| Portfolio | 7 to 10 listings | 90-minute Zoom session | $370 |
| Scale | 11 to 15 listings | 90-minute Zoom session | $480 |
| Pro | 16 to 21 listings | 120-minute Zoom session | $615 |
| Enterprise | 22 or more listings | 120 to 240-minute Zoom session | From $635 |
One home in The Point and Historic Hill
I build its seasons, floors and stay rules against its own comparable listings.
Listings across several areas
For example Bellevue Avenue and the Ocean Drive area plus Middletown and Portsmouth: I set each area up separately, with its own comp set, seasons and minimum stays.
More than 21 listings
The large-accounts calculator shows the exact price and session length for your listing count.
Large-accounts pricingTell me what you run in Newport and what is not working. I reply in your time zone.
Done for you and month to month: I run your Newport short-term rental pricing every week. From $225 a month, priced by listing count with no cap.
| Listings | Core | Plus | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 listing | $225 | $305 | $395 |
| 5 listings | $565 | $765 | $990 |
| 10 listings | $965 | $1,305 | $1,690 |
| 25 listings | $1,415 | $1,910 | $2,475 |
| 50 listings | $1,865 | $2,520 | $3,265 |
Monthly prices. Managed plans start after the one-time PriceLabs strategy package above, so I build your Newport strategy with you first.
Managed pricing, run for you every day
For hosts in The Point and Historic Hill who handle guests and listings themselves and want the pricing done every week.
Pricing plus listing and channel optimization
For listings competing in Bellevue Avenue and the Ocean Drive area: pricing plus listing content, promotions and channel work on every OTA.
Full revenue management with a monthly strategy call
For portfolios across Middletown and Portsmouth and beyond, with forecasting, launch pricing for new listings and a monthly call.
Price your exact listing countI work as your outsourced revenue manager in Newport, priced by property size rather than per room: from $650 a month, after a one-time hotel pricing strategy setup from $750.
| Hotel size | Core | Plus | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| BoutiqueUp to 20 rooms | $650 | $900 | $1,150 |
| Small21 to 50 rooms | $950 | $1,300 | $1,650 |
| Midsize51 to 100 rooms | $1,400 | $1,900 | $2,450 |
| Large101 to 200 rooms | $2,000 | $2,700 | $3,500 |
| Large & luxury200+ rooms, luxury or multi-property | Custom quote | ||
Monthly prices, month to month. The one-time setup builds your Newport strategy before I take over.
A boutique hotel or guesthouse in The Point and Historic Hill
Up to 20 rooms: one comp set, daily rates and stay rules, without hiring a full-time revenue manager.
A city or resort hotel in Bellevue Avenue and the Ocean Drive area
21 to 100 rooms: rate plans by room type, segment mix and event pricing, reported monthly.
Larger, luxury or multi-property in Newport
For example a group with hotels in Bellevue Avenue and the Ocean Drive area plus Middletown and Portsmouth: quoted on size and complexity.
Ask for a custom quoteMost revenue problems are strategy problems. They get solved faster by one experienced person who looks at your numbers than by a process.
Master certificate in Revenue Management from Cornell University, and 18 years of hands-on pricing work.
A decade running revenue for international five-star properties before moving into short-term rentals.
Client reviews on Fiverr, from single-listing hosts to large portfolios.
No hand-off to a junior account manager. The person who reviews your property in Newport is the one who sets the strategy.
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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
As top weekends, opened early, with multi-night minimums. Alaa prices from comparable homes near Fort Adams.
Yes, wedding weekends bring groups. Alaa prices them above ordinary weekends.
Only on clear terms. I like a deposit, a firm release date and the same rate as the open market for that weekend, not a discount. Wedding Saturdays in Newport tend to fill anyway, so a block should give you certainty without giving away the premium the date already earns.
Yes. It brings exhibitors, crews and buyers to town in mid-September, many staying several nights. I raise the full show period, not just the weekend, and I add a longer minimum stay so exhibitors who arrive early for setup can book the whole run.
Yes. Alaa has optimized 100+ properties in and around Newport, from single Airbnb listings and small hotels to management companies running hundreds of units. Everything is remote on Zoom, scheduled in Eastern Time (UTC-5).
Start a chat or book a session online. One-time PriceLabs strategy sessions are priced by your exact listing count from $125; managed plans start at $225 a month; hotel consulting is quoted per property; Revenuenaire Dynamic Pricing software is from $17.99 per listing per month. There is no minimum or maximum portfolio size.
Alaa Elhadi consults for clients worldwide. Reviews and booking history are also visible on his Fiverr profile.
Tell Alaa what you run and what is not working. You get a straight answer in the chat and a clear next step: a 1-on-1 session, a consulting proposal or managed pricing.
Instant answers from the assistant, a revenue manager follows up in the same chat.
