Win direct bookings from Google, before guests reach an OTA.I set up your Google Business Profile, free booking links and Hotel Ads, and make sure your direct booking path is competitive. I work with hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in Oslo, one to one, remotely and in Central European Time (UTC+1), and I have optimized 100+ properties in and around the market.
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides Google Hotel Ads optimization for hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in Oslo, Norway, one to one, remotely and in Central European Time (UTC+1). In Oslo, I price June to August as the peak and January and February as the quiet time, and I build the work around that calendar. Google Hotel Ads 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 Oslo
1-on-1
Directly with Alaa, no account-manager layer
Central European Time
Sessions scheduled in your local time
Google Hotel Ads optimization is the work I do to make a property rank, convert and price correctly on Google. I set up your Google Business Profile, free booking links and Hotel Ads, and make sure your direct booking path is competitive.
What I plan around in Oslo: Summer fjord season; Holmenkollen Ski Festival; Cruise calls and Nordic business travel; Christmas markets. Guests I price for: European and North American leisure travellers on 2 to 4 night stays, business travellers midweek. Where I start: Summer premiums within Norway's 90-day short-term rental limit, and winter floors.
Oslo sells mostly through Airbnb and Booking.com. From my years in five-star hotels I help Oslo properties manage the mix of corporate, government, conference and leisure demand. That means negotiated rates for Nordic business accounts, clear fences around summer and December, and a comp set chosen by district and guest type rather than by star rating alone.
The service in general is described on my google hotel ads optimization page; this page covers how I apply it in Oslo.
Your profile is often the first thing a traveler sees. I complete it, correct the details and keep rates and availability accurate.
Free booking links cost nothing to appear in. I set them up, then judge whether paid Hotel Ads are worth it for your hotel.
A click only helps if the booking path converts. I review your site and engine against the OTAs and fix what loses the guest.
Reviews on these sites travel with the property. I set up a routine to collect and answer them consistently.
“Oslo has a short summer peak, a Christmas season and Holmenkollen in March. Norway also limits short-term letting of some property types to 90 days a year, so nights must go to the best dates. Business travel supports weekdays. Prices in Norway are high for guests, so value matters. A well-equipped flat with a kitchen competes strongly against hotels, especially for families and longer stays.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Weekday business and occasional winter sport visitors are my focus here, so I hold a fair floor and avoid spending limited rental days on cheap weekends.
The Holmenkollen Ski Festival weekend brings a sharp lift, so I price it as an event with a two-night minimum and keep the rest of March close to business rates.
Spring city breaks and the 17 May national day give me a few strong dates; I price Constitution Day as its own short event and keep other weekends realistic.
Long days, the fjord, cruise calls, Norway Cup and Øya festival in August make this my main season; I keep rates firm and use limited days here first.
Conferences and business travel return, so I strengthen weekday rates and let weekend prices follow what is actually booking rather than summer expectations.
Christmas markets and the Nobel Peace Prize events around 10 December lift demand, so I price December weekends and that week above the November base.
Google shows your hotel, your rates and your OTAs side by side, and the direct link only wins if it is accurate and competitive. A modest amount of careful setup here is the cheapest way I know to move bookings off commission-heavy channels.
Plan the 90-day limit around summer and Christmas.
Price Holmenkollen Ski Festival weekend as a premium.
Set weekday business rates.
Allow short stays on cruise days.
Lower November and January to February floors.
A new Google listing
You have just connected Google 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 Google.
Commission without much return
You pay Google commission and its share of bookings is small next to your other channels.
A portfolio with uneven quality
Some listings are polished on Google and others were never finished, and nobody owns the standard.
Send me the Google listing or property links and your channel manager. I check how the property ranks and reads today before we speak.
A scorecard for Google: content, photos, rates and promotions, policies and reviews, with every fix ranked by impact.
I make the changes live on Zoom in your Google 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 Google and adjust what the numbers say to adjust.
I quote Google Hotel Ads 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 | Google Hotel Ads optimization for one property | Quoted |
| Several properties | One scope and one price for a group on Google Hotel Ads | 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
Oslo sells mostly through Airbnb and Booking.com. March: The Holmenkollen Ski Festival weekend brings a sharp lift, so I price it as an event with a two-night minimum and keep the rest of March close to business rates. For Google Hotel Ads optimization in Oslo, i optimize Google alongside your other channels and check parity, so added reach never creates a conflict.
For Google Hotel Ads optimization, on Google, I line up promotions, rate plans and content with these windows so visibility peaks when demand does. Busiest in Oslo: June to August and the Christmas season, plus Holmenkollen ski events in March. June to August: Long days, the fjord, cruise calls, Norway Cup and Øya festival in August make this my main season; I keep rates firm and use limited days here first. Late November to December: Christmas markets and the Nobel Peace Prize events around 10 December lift demand, so I price December weekends and that week above the November base.
European and North American leisure travellers on 2 to 4 night stays, business travellers midweek. Demand is driven by Summer fjord season and Holmenkollen Ski Festival. For Google Hotel Ads optimization, i write content and photo order on Google for the guests who actually search for Oslo.
For Google Hotel Ads optimization, i write location content, photos and amenity highlights on Google around the specific part of Oslo the property is in. Grünerløkka: Cafes, parks and nightlife make it popular with younger travellers and weekend visitors, so I price weekends firmly and offer slightly lower rates midweek. Bjørvika and Sørenga and Frogner and Majorstuen get their own treatment.
Plan the 90-day limit around summer and Christmas. Next: set weekday business rates. For Google Hotel Ads optimization, the first changes on Google are content completeness and the cover photo, because those decide whether a Oslo traveler clicks.
For Google Hotel Ads optimization, i check this on Google first, because it decides whether the listing is allowed to rank at all. Whether the listing explains public transport to the airport train, the Holmenkollen line and the ferries, because Oslo guests rely on transit far more than on cars.
For Google Hotel Ads optimization in Oslo, this is how I would approach it. From my years in five-star hotels I help Oslo properties manage the mix of corporate, government, conference and leisure demand. That means negotiated rates for Nordic business accounts, clear fences around summer and December, and a comp set chosen by district and guest type rather than by star rating alone. We start in the chat, and I confirm the scope and the price before any work begins.
For Google Hotel Ads optimization, 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 Oslo and work remotely in Central European Time (UTC+1). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: price Holmenkollen Ski Festival weekend as a premium.
Google Hotel Ads optimization is quoted per property after a short chat, because the scope depends on the number of properties and room types. The scope of Google Hotel Ads optimization is the same in every market, but the plan is not: in Oslo I would start from March: The Holmenkollen Ski Festival weekend brings a sharp lift, so I price it as an event with a two-night minimum and keep the rest of March close to business rates. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Oslo.
Yes. Google Hotel Ads Expert in Oslo is delivered remotely and scheduled in Central European Time (UTC+1), and 100+ properties in and around Oslo have been optimized, including in areas such as Grünerløkka. I implement it live on Zoom in your Google extranet or through your channel manager, in your time zone. Start in the chat or by email and tell me what you run in Oslo.
Results depend on the property, the starting point and the season, so I do not promise a number. In Oslo the first gains from Google Hotel Ads optimization usually come from the change with the clearest local signal: set weekday business rates. I review progress against your own occupancy, ADR and RevPAR, not a market average.
The other services I offer in Oslo, 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 Oslo, or read the general page for google hotel ads optimization.
If you also run properties outside Oslo, 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 Oslo and what you need. I reply in Central European Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
