Hotel revenue management outsourcing means an external team takes over the revenue manager role: daily rate and inventory decisions, restrictions, forecasting, distribution and reporting. You keep control of the hotel and see every decision; the work, the tools and the expertise are provided for a monthly fee instead of a salary.
Demand drivers in Flagstaff: Grand Canyon South Rim visitation; Route 66 and Sedona road trips; Arizona Snowbowl ski season; Northern Arizona University calendar. Typical guests: International and domestic road-trippers on 1 to 3 night stays, Phoenix families escaping summer heat. Where the work starts: Summer premiums, road-trip-length minimum stays, and shoulder floors.
Flagstaff hotels sell to road-trippers, tour groups, NAU visitors and Phoenix weekenders. We manage tour allotments in summer, protect NAU commencement and family weekends, and price winter weekends for ski and snow traffic. Comp sets should include Williams and Grand Canyon gateway properties, since international guests compare across the whole route.
The full service is described on our outsourced revenue management for hotels page; this page covers how it applies in Flagstaff.