Insights & Strategies for Independent Hoteliers.
Todayās Revenue Management Thought - ran for 4 years
Now I publish Monday Revenue Rethink each Monday
5 Revenue Management Mistakes
Costing You Money
Dynamic Pricing Myths
Holding Your Hotel Back
How to Compete with OTAs
Without Losing Margin
The Power of a
Balanced Channel Mix
Monday Revenue Rethink
Monday Revenue Rethink
Youāre not charging for extras - youāre solving for urgency.
Fast check-in. Early breakfast. Last-minute flexibility.
Package urgency, not indulgence.
š Monday is for monetising timing.
š¬ What service do you provide quickly, but never price accordingly?
Have a profitable week.
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Monday Revenue Rethink
Monday Revenue Rethink
If you bundle everything, you just raised the base cost. Not the perceived value.
Guests donāt buy packages - they buy problems solved.
Lead with the outcome. Justify the price.
š Revenue rethink meets behavioural economics.
š¬ What āvalue addā are you including that no one cares about?
Have a profitable week.
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Monday Revenue Rethink
Monday Revenue Rethink
Are your packages adding clarity - or confusion ?
Bundling should simplify the decision, not complicate the price.
If guests donāt understand the benefit, they wonāt pay for it.
š Smart packaging every Monday.
š¬ Whatās the best-selling bundled product youāve ever created?
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Monday Revenue Rethink
Monday Revenue Rethink
Design sells. Description closes. Experience keeps.
If youāre not upgrading these three in sync, youāre leaking revenue.
Guests donāt pay for square metres - they pay for moments.
š Follow for practical pricing psychology.
š¬ Where do your rooms fail to deliver what your price promises?
Have a profitable week.
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Monday Revenue Rethink
Monday Revenue Rethink
A king bed in a boring room is still a boring room.
Product isn't just furniture - it's feeling.
Your highest ADR rooms should feel designed, not assigned.
š Revenue meets design every Monday.
š¬ Whatās one sensory detail you could add to elevate experience?
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Monday Revenue Rethink
Monday Revenue Rethink
Two rooms. Same size. One earns 30% more. Why ?
Because itās been photographed and described like a dream.
If your best product looks average online, it will sell like it.
š Mondays are for commercial truth.
š¬ Which room deserves better storytelling than itās getting?
Have a profitable week.
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Monday Revenue Rethink
Monday Revenue Rethink
The smartest pricing strategy isnāt about whatās next. Itās about whatās clear.
Airlines showed the seat map. Hotels need to show the value map.
š Final post of the airline series. Weekly rethinks continue next Monday.
š¬ What part of your pricing needs to be made visible?
Have a profitable week.
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Monday Revenue Rethink
Monday Revenue Rethink
Youāre not competing on price. Youāre competing on perceived fairness.
Guests donāt need a discount. They need a reason.
š Pricing transparency every Monday.
š¬ When has a āhigherā price converted better than a cheaper one?
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Monday Revenue Rethink
Monday Revenue Rethink
Would you let passengers board without checking their fare class ? Then stop treating every guest the same.
Tiered treatment isnāt unfair. Itās essential.
š Follow for hospitality truths every Monday.
š¬ What moment in the guest journey could be tiered better?
Have a profitable week.
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Monday Revenue Rethink
Monday Revenue Rethink
You can't segment by rate alone. Segment by reason.
Leisure, loyalty, long-stay, last-minute⦠each behaves differently.
š Smarter segmentation every Monday.
š¬ Which guest type do you understand best?
Have a profitable week.
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