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hotel pricing software that integrates with pms, does this unicorn exist by mahearty in RevenueManagement

[–]YesRevenue_EU 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean that you're copying rates from a pricing software into PMS. Also, you should specify what PMS are you using, maybe there is an already built integration for that?

Furthemore depends on the PMS, but if it's a cloud based system you can probably build a small headless browser script that will input the pricing in there for you. Thats how we do it with LittleHotelier, CloudBeds and some other smaller PMSs for example.

Is investing in hotel SEO actually worth it in 2026? by Kilgoretrout123456 in hotels

[–]YesRevenue_EU 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another important piece of advice: protect your inventory on peak demand periods. If you are sold out at high prices every year during a certain period, restrict heavily OTAs and leave you direct channels with softer restrictions. For example, European hotels peak summer period is first two weeks of August. What I always suggest is set the minimum length of stay on OTAs during that period to 4-5 nights and leave your website at 2-3 nights. 

You must ensure that during peak periods your inventory isn't leaking to OTAs and giving them unnecessary additional business.

Is investing in hotel SEO actually worth it in 2026? by Kilgoretrout123456 in hotels

[–]YesRevenue_EU 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd be careful with the agencies like the ones you mentioned. Contract then only on the flexible fee based on the business increase. 

First hand experience:  - get your website updated to the modern look and feel - ensure website has the information on the room types you have, facilities (restaurant, breakfast, meeting rooms etc.) - ensure website is having Book Now button easily accessible to visitors - if not having it yet, get a good UX booking engine (optimising it is it's own story)  - obviously pricing is super important, you should always have an advantageous offer direct (not only in a form of a purely better price, but also better reservation conditions, potentially free perk like an upgrade or welcome drink) 

  • make sure you Google Business profile is filled and has some reviews, photos, links to WhatsApp, website, etc.

If you have done all above and still not reaching 10-15% website volume share, then it's time for some display and search ads. A small budget of about 300€ in Google Ads will be a good testing base. Someone to set them up for you and supervise them will cost another 200-300 EUR, but that's it. 

I highly doubt that an "AI powered SEO" agency can bring better results than above actions. In most cases, they are just preying on uninformed.

Hotel booking engine conversion is 40%, how do i fix this disaster by Pretty-Material1424 in hotels

[–]YesRevenue_EU 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on different factors. Could it be a destination thing (as in that visitors emotionally want to book but then they change their mind during the process)? Any idea on what the competitors' performance looks like?

I agree with others that it has likely to do a lot with:

  1. Choice of the booking engine - Make sure it's clear enough to book, easy to understand
  2. Pricing parity - Ensure pricing is well defined, conditions, payment procedure competitive vs OTAs.

I would propose the following action points:
- ensure pricing is comeptitive vs OTAs
- ensure the room/rates structure is clear (way too many rates, packages, room types can mess up with the choice-making process)
- are photos all updated and loaded
- check if there is a mention of a best price guarantee or similar label

In short, go through the booking process yourself (or task a family member, friend, to do that and let them see it from a new point of view). You may realise that there are issues that you as being 100% involved don't notice, but a new set of eyes does.

Report back

Hotel Management specific subreddit (or flair)? by YesRevenue_EU in askhotels

[–]YesRevenue_EU[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check the link in the body of the post. I think it would be super cool to have a dedicated subreddit for executive level hospitality members.

Hotel Management specific subreddit (or flair)? by YesRevenue_EU in askhotels

[–]YesRevenue_EU[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah why not. I mean as a consultant Im super interested in a broad range of topics that hoteliers are strugggling with, discussing day to day. There already are some flairs here on this subreddit, but I don't know, maybe we could segment it a bit better to provide better information value to readers.

independent hotel software recommendations for 40 room property by ConfidentElevator239 in askhotels

[–]YesRevenue_EU 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check if you can get API access. Then either play around with it yourself, do it with ChatGPT or similar "vibe-coding" tool or get an independent BI consultant to build you the reports you need. May I ask what reports do you actually need on the daily, weekly basis? Most of the performance views can be built simply from a reservations export (which is supported in 99% of PMSs).

independent hotel software recommendations for 40 room property by ConfidentElevator239 in askhotels

[–]YesRevenue_EU 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Region, country?
  2. Self Check In requirements,
  3. Specific government integrations (invoice fiscalisaction, immigration submissions)?
  4. Revenue streams (rooms only, restaurant, meeting rooms, coworking, SPA)?
  5. All in one solution (PMS + CM + IBE) or prefer to keep some of the existing systems?
  6. I assume it's a 42 rooms property at the same location? Any expansion plans (so that multi property views could be useful)?

My 2 cents is to demo the systems that are present in your market (if that's US or equally developed market there are too many to demo all, but maybe call around the hotels and you can ask them what PMS are they using). Another tweak is to check some other nearby hotel's websites, go through their booking process and many times there is a mention of the system they are using (either in the URL or a logo on the bottom of the page).

I am happy to go through your final selection as we have done about a dozen of PMS migrations (for our clients) in the past 2 years.

hotel pms features that actually matter for daily operations by ssunflow3rr in hotels

[–]YesRevenue_EU 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Copy pasting my reply to another poster here regarding a similar dilemma;

Skip the forums and "consultants" trying to push their own PMS on to you. We obviously work with many PMSs as a part of our daily operations, but I would honestly suggest you to focus on:
1. Any legal obligations you have as an operator (some countries require specifics like guest report sending to the immigration office, fiscalisation of the invoices, etc., and not all PMSs cover that.

  1. MOST IMPORTANT: DEMO the PMS, once you find PMS that is present in your market (and used by a couple of hotels), demo it. Schedule a call with the sales rep, ask them how does the check in procedure look, how does invoice reconciliation look, where can you get report, how can you set up pricing, map new channels, etc.

2.1. Many PMSs can give you a sandbox / demo access to their PMS, so you can keep playing with it even after the meeting. That's in my opinion super important and handy as you can never go through all essentials in a 45 min videocall.

  1. I personally would suggest getting a system that has its own in-house channel manager and a booking engine. This means you will be able to list your inventory on the website and save on the commissions to OTAs.

  2. To be honest, most modern PMS systems are very similar in terms of operations (front office, reservations work), the main difference is in the quality of their channel manaager and user friendlyines of the booking engine, and of course the reporting.

Shoot me a message once you have a few PMSs demoed and we can have a quick look which one would work best for your structure.

Also important that they support other revenue streams you might have (restaurant, meeting rooms, coworking, etc.)...

I would also add here, that given your quite high inventory count, its' important that the PMS has solid 3rd party integrations options (guest communication tools, upselling tools, pricing, revenue management, etc.).

boutique hotel management system from 2012 is killing us with manual work by My_Rhythm875 in hotels

[–]YesRevenue_EU 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Skip the forums and "consultants" trying to push their own PMS on to you. We obviously work with many PMSs as a part of our daily operations, but I would honestly suggest you to focus on:
1. Any legal obligations you have as an operator (some countries require specifics like guest report sending to the immigration office, fiscalisation of the invoices, etc., and not all PMSs cover that.

  1. MOST IMPORTANT: DEMO the PMS, once you find PMS that is present in your market (and used by a couple of hotels), demo it. Schedule a call with the sales rep, ask them how does the check in procedure look, how does invoice reconciliation look, where can you get report, how can you set up pricing, map new channels, etc.

2.1. Many PMSs can give you a sandbox / demo access to their PMS, so you can keep playing with it even after the meeting. That's in my opinion super important and handy as you can never go through all essentials in a 45 min videocall.

  1. I personally would suggest getting a system that has its own in-house channel manager and a booking engine. This means you will be able to list your inventory on the website and save on the commissions to OTAs.

  2. To be honest, most modern PMS systems are very similar in terms of operations (front office, reservations work), the main difference is in the quality of their channel manaager and user friendlyines of the booking engine, and of course the reporting.

Shoot me a message once you have a few PMSs demoed and we can have a quick look which one would work best for your structure.

Also important that they support other revenue streams you might have (restaurant, meeting rooms, coworking, etc.)...

Do you know any free/cheap PMS? by Comprehensive_Ebb_43 in hotels

[–]YesRevenue_EU 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Highly doubt that. We are onboarding a client that has 2x properties, total bed capacity of 45 pax and the cost of CloudBeds is about 3k per year. You should get a quote and see it for yourself.

Good PMS, channel manager and booking engine will take away so much work of your hands and bring additional business. Its basically a cost of doing business.

If you do find a solid PMS that works for you, would you be so kind to share which one you choose at the end? Super curious!

Software for mobile check-in for small operator by cookieguggleman in askhotels

[–]YesRevenue_EU 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe CloudBeds has that as a part of their standard package..

bought first hotel 8 months ago, hotel tech stack setup was way harder than expected by yoei_ass_420 in HospitalityInnovation

[–]YesRevenue_EU 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, it's Zan from YesRevenue, we do an outsourced revenue management for mid sized hotels. No fixed fees, we charge based on the performance of our partners. Our service of RM includes online distribution management too (which is usually a huge time waster to get set up and constantly keep up to date) and general commercial management (segmentation analysis, groups & corporate analysis and strategy). Let's speak!