How a 10-Room Boutique Hotel Achieved 93% Occupancy in Its First Year With PriceLabs

REVENUE MANAGEMENT

Jacky, founder of the Phuket-based revenue management agency GetGuest, paired PriceLabs with Cloudbeds from day one for Summer Sea Phi Phi Island, a 10-room boutique hotel that opened in December 2024.

Why it matters: Most enterprise revenue management systems are built and priced for large hotel chains, pricing out small independent properties — and hiring a dedicated revenue manager doesn't make sense for a 10-room hotel.

Discover how pairing PriceLabs with Cloudbeds from opening day helped a brand-new 10-room hotel skip the usual ramp-up period and hit 93% occupancy in its first year.

Top 3 Core Objectives: Launching a brand-new boutique property, Jacky needed enterprise-grade pricing sophistication at a price and complexity level that made sense for a 10-room hotel.

Avoid legacy, enterprise-priced RMS: They are built for large hotel chains, not small independent properties.
Skip the cost: Dedicated, full-time revenue managers aren't suitable for a 10-room property.
Fully connected tech stack: Since it was a brand-new property, they didn't want any legacy systems to untangle.

Innovators Mentioned

PriceLabs

Jacky Huang

Founder

GetGuest

"PriceLabs helped us stay competitive during low season without leaving money on the table during peak months."

Jacky Huang

Founder

👍 Founder Jacky Huang said that On what PriceLabs delivered across Summer Sea's first year:

"PriceLabs helped us stay competitive during low season without leaving money on the table during peak months."

⚖️ The selection process: During their research process, Jacky Huang evaluated PriceLabs's product differentiators, customer support, and holistic value as a strategic partner and ultimately decided that PriceLabs was the best fit solution:

Founder Jacky Huang said, about their decision: "Most traditional RMS tools are built, and priced, for larger hotels. That's exactly where PriceLabs fills the gap. It gives small properties access to the same dynamic pricing approach that bigger hotels use, at a price point that makes sense."

📈 The results: PriceLabs and Cloudbeds let Summer Sea skip the usual slow ramp-up period entirely, capturing strong occupancy from its first month and sustaining it through low season.

93% average occupancy across its first full year of operations (2025), including Phi Phi Island's notoriously slow low season.
Went live with dynamic pricing within the first couple of weeks of opening, thanks to a smooth PriceLabs-Cloudbeds integration.
Room-count-based pricing with no long-term contract gave a 10-room independent hotel full access to features usually reserved for larger properties.