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 Seychelles, one to one, remotely and in Seychelles Time (UTC+4), 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 Seychelles, Seychelles, one to one, remotely and in Seychelles Time (UTC+4). In Seychelles, I price December to January and April to May as the peak and September to November 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 Seychelles
1-on-1
Directly with Alaa, no account-manager layer
Seychelles 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 Seychelles: Honeymoon and luxury travel; European and Gulf holiday calendars; Diving and sailing season; Praslin and La Digue island demand. Guests I price for: European and Gulf couples on 7 to 10 night stays. Where I start: Holiday premiums, weekly pricing, and self-catering licence compliance.
Seychelles sells mostly through Airbnb and Booking.com. Seychelles hotels and guesthouses depend on tour operators, luxury agencies and direct honeymoon business. From my five-star hotel background, I work on rate parity, packages that include transfers, and protecting high-value direct bookings, especially across the Christmas period and the calm-sea months.
The service in general is described on my google hotel ads optimization page; this page covers how I apply it in Seychelles.
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.
“The Seychelles are a honeymoon and luxury market with limited supply. Couples stay a week or more, often across Mahé, Praslin and La Digue. Self-catering units need a licence. Island logistics matter to guests. Supply is limited and costs are high, so the goal is protecting rate in peak weeks rather than chasing occupancy with discounts that the market does not need. Island-hopping is common, so flexible stays and clear ferry and flight information help guests plan around several islands.”
Alaa Elhadi, revenue management consultant. Cornell certified, 18 years in hotel and short-term rental revenue.
Christmas and New Year bring the most honeymooners and families, so I hold week-long minimums and price the festive dates as the top band.
The northwest monsoon brings humidity and showers, but Europeans still escape winter, so I keep rates firm on Mahé and Praslin and allow slightly shorter stays.
Calm seas and clear water make this a favourite window for diving and snorkelling, so I raise beachfront rates and target couples with ten-night stays.
Southeast trade winds affect some beaches, but European summer holidays drive demand, so I price sheltered homes higher and exposed ones a little lower.
The quietest stretch even as seas calm again, so I protect the nightly floor, add value through longer stays or included transfers, and target Gulf travellers on short breaks.
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.
Price December to January and April to May as top bands.
Use weekly stays.
Price by island and beach access.
Include ferry logistics in listing information.
Confirm self-catering licensing.
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
Seychelles sells mostly through Airbnb and Booking.com. April to May: Calm seas and clear water make this a favourite window for diving and snorkelling, so I raise beachfront rates and target couples with ten-night stays. For Google Hotel Ads optimization in Seychelles, 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 Seychelles: December to January and April to May, plus July to August European holidays. June to August: Southeast trade winds affect some beaches, but European summer holidays drive demand, so I price sheltered homes higher and exposed ones a little lower. December to January: Christmas and New Year bring the most honeymooners and families, so I hold week-long minimums and price the festive dates as the top band.
European and Gulf couples on 7 to 10 night stays. Demand is driven by Honeymoon and luxury travel and European and Gulf holiday calendars. For Google Hotel Ads optimization, i write content and photo order on Google for the guests who actually search for Seychelles.
For Google Hotel Ads optimization, i write location content, photos and amenity highlights on Google around the specific part of Seychelles the property is in. Beau Vallon, Mahé: A long sandy beach with restaurants and dive centres, so I price for couples wanting convenience and charge more for direct beach access in calm months. Côte d'Or, Praslin and La Digue get their own treatment.
Price December to January and April to May as top bands. Next: price by island and beach access. For Google Hotel Ads optimization, the first changes on Google are content completeness and the cover photo, because those decide whether a Seychelles 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 shows what self-catering really means here, including shopping, a car or bicycles, and cooking options, because guests compare villas with full-board resorts.
For Google Hotel Ads optimization in Seychelles, this is how I would approach it. Seychelles hotels and guesthouses depend on tour operators, luxury agencies and direct honeymoon business. From my five-star hotel background, I work on rate parity, packages that include transfers, and protecting high-value direct bookings, especially across the Christmas period and the calm-sea months. 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 Seychelles and work remotely in Seychelles Time (UTC+4). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: use weekly stays.
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 Seychelles I would start from June to August: Southeast trade winds affect some beaches, but European summer holidays drive demand, so I price sheltered homes higher and exposed ones a little lower. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Seychelles.
Yes. Google Hotel Ads Expert in Seychelles is delivered remotely and scheduled in Seychelles Time (UTC+4), and 100+ properties in and around Seychelles have been optimized, including in areas such as Beau Vallon, Mahé. 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 Seychelles.
Results depend on the property, the starting point and the season, so I do not promise a number. In Seychelles the first gains from Google Hotel Ads optimization usually come from the change with the clearest local signal: price by island and beach access. I review progress against your own occupancy, ADR and RevPAR, not a market average.
The other services I offer in Seychelles, 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 Seychelles, or read the general page for google hotel ads optimization.
If you also run properties outside Seychelles, 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 Seychelles and what you need. I reply in Seychelles Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
