Economic advisory firm · Short-term rental

Every property has a ceiling. Most never reach it.

We establish what each unit can earn. We set out what to change, and in what order. We stay on the ground until the numbers move.

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The firm

When owners call us

When an owner wants certainty that every unit is delivering what it can, and has no obvious place to begin.

Often after a comparable unit down the street rents for materially more, with nothing on paper to explain it.

The levers

What sets a unit's ceiling

Three levers set it: the unit, the teams that run it, and the guest experience from arrival to checkout. Every engagement is built around the one that matters most on your portfolio, not a standard sequence.

The property

Location, fit-out, comfort. What it takes to bring a unit up, and what that returns.

The teams

What each team delivers, against what it costs. A line your P&L never shows.

The guest

From arrival to checkout, the care that builds a reputation and then holds it.

Rate is not one of them. It is the output of the other three.

Timing

Every month you wait is a month you do not get back.

A corrected unit earns more every month, not once.

Over twelve months, the shortfall on one unit is already measurable. Across a portfolio, it compounds. When the recommendations reach you matters as much as what is in them.

Strasbourg

We operate in Strasbourg

Dahbia Amer-Ouali
Founder

The local market rate

9.8/10

Booking rating, 94 reviews

4yrs

Held, four years running

Our Strasbourg operation has held an average nightly rate at twice the local market for four years, with a 9.8 rating on Booking.

We sell fewer nights and we sell them better, because a share of the business books direct. Less wear, higher return.

The difference comes from thirty years in human resources, across banking, finance and healthcare. Housekeeping, check-in and the guest experience run on people, and that is where the result is decided.

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The mandate

What you receive

Recommendations unit by unit, a rollout we supervise on the ground, and a measured result. Every engagement is shaped around your portfolio, not a predefined program.

The recommendations

What is missing, in what order to address it, and what each change returns.

The rollout

We supervise the work until it is in place, then the rates move with it.

The measurement

The gain is measured each month, against the same month a year earlier.

The annual mandate

What the year adds

Twelve months of measurement, and three things the quarterly mandate does not carry.

The monthly review

Adjustments run across the year rather than landing once.

The operating tool

A concrete answer to every day-to-day problem, on the spot.

Corporate demand

A preferred rate on the tool that goes after the companies in the business district nearest your units.

Part of our fee depends on the gain we record.

The boundaries

What we do not do.

No conflict of interest

We manage no properties, take no commission on your bookings and sell no software.

From portfolio to network

We work with a single portfolio as readily as with a network spanning several cities. We take on few mandates at a time, so we can stay on the ground to the end.

Frequently asked

What operators ask us

How does this sit alongside my revenue management?

Your rates track the market, and that is a discipline of its own. We do not touch them directly. We address what sets the level your units can hold, and the rates follow.

Do I have to share sensitive data?

No. Your units stay anonymous: property 1, 2, 3. All we ask for is each one's neighborhood and the number of teams you run. Our method is not set out in writing before an NDA is signed.

How many units do you work with?

The gain shows on one unit and compounds with every unit added. A mandate opens from five units, and we work up to networks spanning several cities. Each unit needs twelve months of operating history, otherwise there is nothing to measure it against.

Are you looking at my profitability, or my owners'?

Yours first: what your business actually keeps. Both sides gain. A unit worth more earns more every month, your commission rises, and your owners come out ahead with you.

The conversation

Thirty minutes to size up your portfolio.

We look at where your units stand today and tell you whether a mandate makes sense. No commitment.

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