Why it matters:
Independent hotels in fast-moving, weather-dependent markets often rely on one experienced leader to “hold” all pricing decisions in their head. That works—until it doesn’t. A revenue management solution that reacts as fast as the market, but is easy enough to hand over to the team, protects both revenue and sanity.
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Thermae Palace is a historic 1930s seafront hotel in Ostend, Belgium, with 136 rooms, large multifunctional event spaces and a brasserie that attracts mainly local guests and day visitors. It combines a protected, heritage building and a very modern guest expectation: reliable Wi-Fi, contemporary in-room features and sharp, dynamic pricing.
Before RoomPriceGenie, managing prices was a fully manual process owned by the hotel director, Ken. Every day, every rate was set by hand based on his 20+ years of experience in the market. This worked well for revenue, but it was time-consuming, stressful and hard to hand over, especially in a market driven by weather, last-minute bookings and cancellations.
RoomPriceGenie now provides Thermae Palace with dynamic, demand-based pricing that reacts quickly to changes in occupancy and market behaviour. The team checks the system twice a day, makes light manual adjustments when specific local knowledge (like a sudden heatwave) matters, and otherwise lets it run. Crucially, a colleague with far fewer years of revenue experience can now manage pricing and still achieve results comparable to Ken’s, with much less daily effort.