Hotel revenue management consulting is an independent review of how a hotel prices, distributes and forecasts its rooms, followed by the strategy, calendar, reports and training to earn more from the same inventory. Unlike outsourced revenue management, the consultant does not make the daily decisions; your team does, with a better plan.
Demand drivers in Poconos: Lake Wallenpaupack and lake homes; Camelback and ski resorts; Autumn foliage; New York and Philadelphia weekend escapes. Typical guests: NYC and Philadelphia groups on 2 to 3 night weekend stays. Where the work starts: Weekend premiums with 2-night minimums, holiday-week pricing, and hot-tub and lake positioning.
Poconos resorts and hotels mix weekend leisure, family water park stays, weddings and corporate retreats. We protect holiday weeks and foliage weekends from early group commitments, price water park and ski packages consistently across channels, and use midweek corporate retreats to fill quiet periods. The comp set should include resorts and vacation homes, as guests compare them directly.
The full service is described on our hotel revenue management consulting page; this page covers how it applies in Poconos.