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 Svalbard, 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 Svalbard, Norway, one to one, remotely and in Central European Time (UTC+1). In Svalbard, I price March to May as the peak and November to January 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 Svalbard
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 Svalbard: Snowmobile and dog-sled expeditions; Midnight sun and wildlife cruises; Research and university (UNIS) travel; Polar bear and Arctic nature tourism. Guests I price for: Expedition travellers on 3 to 5 night stays, researchers and cruise passengers. Where I start: Limited supply priced by season, expedition-package positioning and Longyearbyen's very limited lodging supply.
Svalbard sells mostly through Booking.com, Expedia and expedition operators. For Svalbard hotels and guesthouses I work on allotments with expedition operators, release dates, and rates for researchers and longer stays. With experience from years in hotel revenue management, I help decide how much of a small inventory should go to contracts, how much to direct sale, and how to price the dark season.
The service in general is described on my google hotel ads optimization page; this page covers how I apply it in Svalbard.
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.
Visitors researching Svalbard often look at Longyearbyen hotels on Google Maps while comparing tour operators and flights, so the business profile does real work. I verify photos and seasonal details, switch on free booking links and check that the direct price includes the same fees as the OTAs. A guest who sees a higher direct price will book elsewhere and the hotel pays commission.
My opening check is a price accuracy test for March to May, when most travellers are comparing options and the direct price matters most.
Light returns slowly and the Polarjazz festival around late January and early February brings music visitors; I raise rates for those dates and start to tighten minimum stays.
Snowmobile trips, dog sledding and daylight make this the year's strongest season; I price highest here, protect three-night stays, and release tour-operator allotments in good time if unsold.
Close to shops, restaurants and tour pick-ups, which matters when guests have no car, so I price this as the base for most visitors in every season.
My full Svalbard calendar, areas, pricing moves and the mistakes I fix are on the revenue management consultant page for Svalbard.
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.
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
Svalbard sells mostly through Booking.com, Expedia and expedition operators. March to May: Snowmobile trips, dog sledding and daylight make this the year's strongest season; I price highest here, protect three-night stays, and release tour-operator allotments in good time if unsold. For Google Hotel Ads optimization in Svalbard, 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 Svalbard: March to May for snowmobile and northern lights trips, and June to August for the midnight sun and cruises. June to August: The midnight sun, boat trips and expedition cruises keep demand steady, with cruise departures and changeovers shaping the busiest nights; I price around those dates rather than an even summer rate. March to May: Snowmobile trips, dog sledding and daylight make this the year's strongest season; I price highest here, protect three-night stays, and release tour-operator allotments in good time if unsold.
Expedition travellers on 3 to 5 night stays, researchers and cruise passengers. Demand is driven by Snowmobile and dog-sled expeditions and Midnight sun and wildlife cruises. For Google Hotel Ads optimization, i write content and photo order on Google for the guests who actually search for Svalbard.
For Google Hotel Ads optimization, i write location content, photos and amenity highlights on Google around the specific part of Svalbard the property is in. Longyearbyen centre: Close to shops, restaurants and tour pick-ups, which matters when guests have no car, so I price this as the base for most visitors in every season. Nybyen and Near the airport and harbour get their own treatment.
Price March to May highest, when daylight returns and snowmobile trips run. Next: use 3-night minimums in peak seasons to match typical trip length. For Google Hotel Ads optimization, the first changes on Google are content completeness and the cover photo, because those decide whether a Svalbard 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. Flight schedules from Oslo and Tromsø, because arrival and departure days decide which stay lengths make sense; a minimum stay that does not match flight days just leaves gaps.
For Google Hotel Ads optimization in Svalbard, this is how I would approach it. For Svalbard hotels and guesthouses I work on allotments with expedition operators, release dates, and rates for researchers and longer stays. With experience from years in hotel revenue management, I help decide how much of a small inventory should go to contracts, how much to direct sale, and how to price the dark season. 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 Svalbard and work remotely in Central European Time (UTC+1). Locally, that shows up in decisions like this: hold summer rates for midnight sun and expedition cruise guests.
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 Svalbard I would start from June to August: The midnight sun, boat trips and expedition cruises keep demand steady, with cruise departures and changeovers shaping the busiest nights; I price around those dates rather than an even summer rate. To start, open the chat or email me with your property type and size in Svalbard.
Yes. Google Hotel Ads Expert in Svalbard is delivered remotely and scheduled in Central European Time (UTC+1), and 100+ properties in and around Svalbard have been optimized, including in areas such as Longyearbyen centre. 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 Svalbard.
Results depend on the property, the starting point and the season, so I do not promise a number. In Svalbard the first gains from Google Hotel Ads optimization usually come from the change with the clearest local signal: use 3-night minimums in peak seasons to match typical trip length. I review progress against your own occupancy, ADR and RevPAR, not a market average.
The other services I offer in Svalbard, 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 Svalbard, or read the general page for google hotel ads optimization.
If you also run properties outside Svalbard, 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 Svalbard and what you need. I reply in Central European Time, confirm the scope and the price, and start only when you say so.
