Your hotel's revenue manager, without the full-time hire.I take over the revenue manager role for Sarajevo 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 European Time (UTC+1).
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides outsourced hotel revenue management for hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, one to one, remotely and in Central European Time (UTC+1). In Sarajevo, I price August as the peak, 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 Sarajevo
1-on-1
Directly with Alaa, no account-manager layer
Central European 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 Sarajevo: Sarajevo Film Festival; Baščaršija and Ottoman old towns; Stari Most in Mostar; Visitors from the Gulf and Türkiye in summer. Guests I price for: European, Turkish and Gulf visitors on 2 to 4 night stays and Croatian-coast day-trippers in Mostar. Where I start: Festival premiums, Gulf-summer family pricing and tourist tax registration.
For hotels I work on festival pricing, group and tour-operator contracts, and how to serve Gulf families with suites or connecting rooms. I make sure contracts leave space for higher-paying guests in August and that winter ski weekends are priced properly.
The service in general is described on my outsourced revenue management page; this page covers how I apply it in Sarajevo.
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.
Running revenue for a Sarajevo hotel means juggling the film festival in August, Gulf and Turkish families in summer, conferences in spring and autumn, and ski weekends on Jahorina and Bjelašnica in winter. A Mostar hotel has a different job: turning coach-tour visitors from the Croatian coast into overnight guests. I manage group contracts, festival pricing, family suites and winter packages, holding rooms back for higher-paying August guests.
In my first week I review last year's festival-week pricing and group contracts, then mark the Eid holiday dates for the coming summer on the calendar.
Ski weekends at Jahorina and Bjelašnica and winter city breaks keep Sarajevo busier than many expect. I price weekends up and offer value on weekdays.
Spring city breaks and tour groups build demand in both cities. I raise Mostar rates for coach-tour season and keep Sarajevo steady with event weekends.
Sarajevo's historic heart draws short-stay tourists and festival guests. I price it highest in August and watch noise and parking in reviews.
My full Sarajevo calendar, areas, pricing moves and the mistakes I fix are on the revenue management consultant page for Sarajevo.
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. Prices below are for a hotel of up to 20 rooms; larger hotels move up the size bands on the hotel plans page. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel Pricing Strategy Setup | One-time, done first: market, comp set, room types and rates turned into your strategy | From $750 |
| Core | Managed pricing, run for you every day | From $650/mo |
| Plus | Pricing plus OTA, channel and segment optimization | From $900/mo |
| Pro | Full revenue management with forecasting and a monthly strategy call | From $1,150/mo |
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 Sarajevo: July and August, with Sarajevo Film Festival in August and the Mostar bridge diving season. July: Gulf and Turkish families arrive for summer, and Mostar's bridge-diving events draw crowds. I price larger apartments higher and watch the timing of Eid holidays closely. August: The film festival fills Sarajevo while Gulf families keep demand high. I open festival week early, add a minimum stay and keep family apartments near their ceiling. 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. Whether the apartment suits Gulf families: number of bedrooms, privacy, parking and distance from the busiest streets matter more to them than central nightlife.
Sell Mostar overnight stays to day-trippers by highlighting the quiet evening at Stari Most. Next: register guests and settle tourist tax correctly for each stay. For outsourced hotel revenue management, i start with base rates, the seasonal calendar and restrictions, because that is where a Sarajevo 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 Sarajevo: January to March. December to March: Ski weekends at Jahorina and Bjelašnica and winter city breaks keep Sarajevo busier than many expect. I price weekends up and offer value on weekdays. April to June: Spring city breaks and tour groups build demand in both cities. I raise Mostar rates for coach-tour season and keep Sarajevo steady with event weekends.
Small studios priced for Gulf family demand they cannot host and ignoring winter in Sarajevo when the mountains bring weekend guests. I look for these first when I review outsourced hotel revenue management in Sarajevo, and fixing them is usually the quickest gain.
For outsourced hotel revenue management in Sarajevo, i manage channel mix, parity and promotions together, so the cheapest route to a booking is not the most expensive one for you. Sarajevo sells mostly through Booking.com and Airbnb. April to June: Spring city breaks and tour groups build demand in both cities. I raise Mostar rates for coach-tour season and keep Sarajevo steady with event weekends.
Baščaršija and the old town: Sarajevo's historic heart draws short-stay tourists and festival guests. I price it highest in August and watch noise and parking in reviews. Ilidža and the hills above Sarajevo and Mostar old town 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.
Visitors from the Gulf and Türkiye in summer, Sarajevo Film Festival and Baščaršija and Ottoman old towns are the dates I price first for outsourced hotel revenue management in Sarajevo. September to November: Autumn brings European visitors and conferences. I lower rates gradually from August and price Mostar for couples and photographers rather than day-trippers.
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 Sarajevo and work remotely in Central European Time (UTC+1). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: price larger Sarajevo apartments for Gulf families in summer, with parking and space as clear tiers.
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 Sarajevo I would start from July: Gulf and Turkish families arrive for summer, and Mostar's bridge-diving events draw crowds. I price larger apartments higher and watch the timing of Eid holidays closely. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Sarajevo.
Yes. Outsourced Hotel Revenue Manager in Sarajevo is delivered remotely and scheduled in Central European Time (UTC+1), and 100+ properties in and around Sarajevo have been optimized, including in areas such as Ilidža and the hills above Sarajevo. 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 Sarajevo.
The other services I offer in Sarajevo, 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 Sarajevo, or read the general page for outsourced revenue management.
If you also run properties outside Sarajevo, 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 Sarajevo and what you need. I reply in Central European Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
