Your hotel's revenue manager, without the full-time hire.I take over the revenue manager role for Sedona 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 Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7).
Alaa Elhadi, an independent revenue management consultant, provides outsourced hotel revenue management for hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in Sedona, United States, one to one, remotely and in Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7). In Sedona, I price March to May and September to November as the peak and January and June to August 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 Sedona
1-on-1
Directly with Alaa, no account-manager layer
Mountain Standard 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 Sedona: Spring and autumn hiking season; Wellness and retreat travel; Grand Canyon road-trippers; Holiday-week demand. Guests I price for: Couples and small groups from Phoenix, California and beyond on 2 to 4 night stays. Where I start: Two shoulder-season peaks, weekend premiums, and view and hot-tub positioning against a dense casita supply.
Sedona resorts and boutique hotels sell wellness, views and hiking. My five-star hotel background helps with spa package pricing, wedding and retreat groups, weekend length-of-stay controls and a comp set divided between Uptown, West Sedona and the Village of Oak Creek.
The service in general is described on my outsourced revenue management page; this page covers how I apply it in Sedona.
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.
“Sedona has two peaks, spring and autumn, instead of one summer season, and a very dense supply of casitas and small homes competing on views and hot tubs. Guests are mostly couples on short stays, often driving from Phoenix or California. The difference between a well-priced and a poorly priced listing here usually comes down to weekends and features.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Cold nights and occasional snow on the red rocks bring photographers and couples; I offer weekly rates and keep weekends modest, with Martin Luther King weekend as an exception.
The Sedona Marathon and the Sedona International Film Festival bring early visitors, and Valentine's weekend sells well, so I lift those dates and keep other nights flexible.
Spring break, Easter and perfect hiking weather make weekends hard to find; I keep two-night minimums and lift hot-tub and view homes above standard casitas.
Heat and monsoon storms slow hikers, so I target Phoenix residents escaping the valley heat with weekend offers and price weekdays for road-trippers heading to the Grand Canyon.
Cooler days and autumn colour in Oak Creek Canyon bring the second peak; I keep weekend rates firm and lift Thanksgiving week as its own band.
Christmas and New Year sell as a holiday block for couples and families, so I raise those nights and keep earlier December weekends priced for festive getaways.
Price March to May and September to November as the main seasons, with weekend premiums.
Charge clearly for red-rock views and hot tubs against comparable casitas.
Use 2-night weekend minimums and allow 1-night weekday stays for road-trippers.
Price Christmas week as a separate holiday band.
Lower July, August and January floors with weekly discounts for retreats.
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 Sedona: March to May and September to November, plus Christmas week. March to May: Spring break, Easter and perfect hiking weather make weekends hard to find; I keep two-night minimums and lift hot-tub and view homes above standard casitas. September to November: Cooler days and autumn colour in Oak Creek Canyon bring the second peak; I keep weekend rates firm and lift Thanksgiving week as its own band. 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 the listing photographs red-rock views, hot tubs and dark-sky stargazing, since these features decide which casita gets the booking in a crowded market.
Use 2-night weekend minimums and allow 1-night weekday stays for road-trippers. Next: lower July, August and January floors with weekly discounts for retreats. For outsourced hotel revenue management, i start with base rates, the seasonal calendar and restrictions, because that is where a Sedona 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 Sedona: July to August and January. January: Cold nights and occasional snow on the red rocks bring photographers and couples; I offer weekly rates and keep weekends modest, with Martin Luther King weekend as an exception. February: The Sedona Marathon and the Sedona International Film Festival bring early visitors, and Valentine's weekend sells well, so I lift those dates and keep other nights flexible.
View and non-view units priced the same and weekday minimums that block Grand Canyon road-trip guests. I look for these first when I review outsourced hotel revenue management in Sedona, and fixing them is usually the quickest gain.
For outsourced hotel revenue management in Sedona, i manage channel mix, parity and promotions together, so the cheapest route to a booking is not the most expensive one for you. Sedona sells mostly through Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. January: Cold nights and occasional snow on the red rocks bring photographers and couples; I offer weekly rates and keep weekends modest, with Martin Luther King weekend as an exception.
West Sedona: Central, with easy access to trailheads and restaurants; I price for couples and hikers, with views and hot tubs as the main premiums. Village of Oak Creek and Cottonwood and the Verde Valley 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.
Holiday-week demand, Spring and autumn hiking season and Wellness and retreat travel are the dates I price first for outsourced hotel revenue management in Sedona. June to August: Heat and monsoon storms slow hikers, so I target Phoenix residents escaping the valley heat with weekend offers and price weekdays for road-trippers heading to the Grand Canyon.
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 Sedona and work remotely in Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: charge clearly for red-rock views and hot tubs against comparable casitas.
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 Sedona I would start from September to November: Cooler days and autumn colour in Oak Creek Canyon bring the second peak; I keep weekend rates firm and lift Thanksgiving week as its own band. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Sedona.
Yes. Outsourced Hotel Revenue Manager in Sedona is delivered remotely and scheduled in Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7), and 100+ properties in and around Sedona have been optimized, including in areas such as Village of Oak Creek. 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 Sedona.
The other services I offer in Sedona, 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 Sedona, or read the general page for outsourced revenue management.
If you also run properties outside Sedona, 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 Sedona and what you need. I reply in Mountain Standard Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
