Who Should Attend?
Key Takeaways
Accredited by
American Hotel & Lodging Institute
Cours Outline
Day 1
Revenue Management Foundations & Hotel Commercial Strategy
- Role of revenue management in hotel profitability
- Revenue vs profit mindset (rate, volume, costs, net contribution)
- Market understanding: competitive set and positioning
- Demand drivers and seasonality fundamentals
- Market segmentation overview (corporate, leisure, groups, OTA, etc.)
- Booking patterns and lead-time concept
- Inventory control basics (room types, restrictions concept level)
- Rate architecture overview (BAR concept, packages, promotions)
- Commercial alignment: Revenue + Sales + Marketing + Operations
- Exercise: define segments + demand drivers for a sample property
Day 2
Pricing Strategy, Forecasting & Inventory Control
- Pricing fundamentals: value-based thinking and competitor awareness
- Dynamic pricing concept and decision triggers
- Forecasting basics (daily/weekly view mindset)
- Pickup analysis concept and how to use it (high-level)
- Managing high-demand vs low-demand periods
- Length of stay and restriction logic (concept level)
- Group vs transient decision fundamentals (displacement mindset)
- Overbooking concept and operational coordination
- Building a simple pricing calendar approach
- Exercise: pricing decisions by scenarios (high/low demand)
Day 3
Distribution Channels, OTAs & Net Revenue Optimization
- Distribution channel overview (direct, OTA, wholesalers, GDS, corporate)
- Channel cost and net revenue thinking (commissions, fees concept)
- Managing channel mix and reducing dependency
- Rate parity awareness and pricing consistency principles
- Content and availability discipline (how errors lose revenue)
- Promotions and campaign timing basics
- Reputation impact on pricing power (reviews and conversion)
- Coordination with Marketing for direct booking growth
- Exercise: channel mix improvement ideas + net revenue focus actions
Day 4
KPIs, Reporting, Strategy Execution & Action Planning
- Key RM KPIs overview (Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR, pickup, pace, channel mix)
- Interpreting performance reports and identifying root causes
- Creating revenue meetings structure and cadence
- Building a simple revenue dashboard mindset
- Strategy execution: turning analysis into daily actions
- Communication and stakeholder management (GM, Sales, Ops)
- Creating a 30–60 day revenue improvement plan
- Final case study: diagnose performance and propose strategy changes
- Wrap-up: review + readiness checklist
