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Connect strategy, experience, revenue and execution.

Most hotel projects fail less for lack of ideas than for lack of alignment: between owner ambition, positioning, product, teams, agencies, distribution, content and indicators monitored.

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CLARIFY

Before making a recommendation, it is necessary to understand what the asset actually produces: market, compset, clientele, price, distribution, reputation, experience, organization, constraints and room for maneuver.

Points to consider:

  • market and competition;

  • actual clientele versus desired clientele;

  • defensible price level;

  • reputation and reviews;

  • distribution mix;

  • operational strengths and weaknesses.

image of binoculars to symbolize the need to clarify a request through methodical analysis

ALIGN

An asset does not create lasting value if the promise, the business model, and the operational capability do not tell the same story.

Points to consider:

  • owner ambition;

  • brand promise;

  • customer experience;

  • income model;

  • teams;

  • tools ;

  • agencies;

  • priorities.

Compass on a notebook to show the need to align a project and the actions to succeed

ACTIVATE

A strategy is only valuable if it becomes a calendar, messages, briefs, trade-offs, rituals, content and actions visible in the customer experience as well as in business results.

Points to consider:

  • action plan;

  • agency briefs;

  • site architecture;

  • campaigns;

  • contents;

  • CRM;

  • marketing;

  • piloting rituals.

an image of a notebook with the steps of an action plan to activate a market

MEASURE

Performance is not limited to occupancy rate. It must be understood in terms of net price, customer mix, channel contribution, reputation, direct conversion, recommendations, and the asset's ability to defend its price.

Key indicators monitored: ADR, RevPAR, net revenue per available room, RGI, GRI, guest reviews, direct conversion rate, customer acquisition cost, repeat guest rate, qualified leads and channel contribution.

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ADJUST

Value creation lies in the ability to correct quickly: what does not convert, what is not seen, what is not understood, what tires the teams or what weakens the price.

Points to consider:

  • decisions 30/60/90 days;

  • short committee;

  • arbitrations;

  • field corrections;

  • ramp-up.

Watercolor sailboat: the need to adjust marketing plans to successfully reposition a brand.
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My Method

A beacon illustrating the need to read the evidence of a market for a hotel asset.

1. READ THE EVIDENCE

Data, market, opinions, journey, organization, tools, business plan.

compass for prioritizing decisions
origanmi to demonstrate the rigor needed to align the arbitrations
A racing sailboat that symbolizes the need to act with discipline.
evolution curve to measure what matters

2. PRIORITIZE THE RISKS

Identify what creates the most value... and what weakens it.

3. ALIGN THE ARBITRATIONS

Product, promise, price, distribution, experience, teams, owners.

4. ACTIVATE WITH DISCIPLINE

Action plan, roles, partners, tools, schedule, routines.

5. MEASURE WHAT MATTERS

Indicators linked to value, not just to activity.

Design Thinking applied to hotel strategy

OBSERVE THE FACTS → FRAME → EXECUTE → MEASURE → ADJUST

Design Thinking is both a method, an innovation process and a distinctive way of working. More iterative than linear, it enables everyone to contribute creatively to innovation through collective intelligence. In practice, we bring operational teams the structure, energy and expertise required for cross-functional strategic projects. By working together, we help teams build capability and autonomy quickly. Our guest-experience-led methodology draws on the Double Diamond model.

Double diamond thinking model for design thinking in four steps: understand, define, develop and act.
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What this method avoids

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It avoids decorative repositioning, unexecuted brand platforms, campaigns without measured contribution, beautiful but low-selling websites, capex investments without commercial translation, and diagnostics that ignore the reality of the teams.

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