I·The Notebook

Field notes from
inside the hotel.

Short, useful pieces on revenue management, OTA optimization, direct booking, openings, and the small decisions that actually move the needle.

II·Featured
Revenue Strategy·8 Min Read·April 2026

Why Your RevPAR
Is a Thing of the Past

For two decades RevPAR was the headline number every owner asked for, every revenue manager defended, and every brand reported in earnings. It still matters. But if RevPAR is the only number on your dashboard, you are running your hotel on a snapshot — and the picture has already moved.

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RevPAR
A Thing of the Past
III·Coming Next

On the editorial calendar.

  1. 01
    The OTA promotion that quietly costs you eight points of margin
    Soon
  2. 02
    How to design a direct-booking incentive a guest will actually use
    Soon
  3. 03
    The fourteen hires you have to make before you open a hotel
    Soon
  4. 04
    Why your loyalty program is failing — and the three-tier model that fixes it
    Soon
  5. 05
    A real budget conversation with an independent hotel owner
    Soon
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Ramirez Hospitality Group is an operator-led revenue and opening consultancy for independent and boutique hotels, motels and inns, based in Palm Springs, California and working nationwide. Three offers: The Modern Hotel Audit (free, the hotel scored out of 100 across seven areas and sized in dollars); the revenue management subscription (three plans, Essentials, Growth and In-House, each a flat monthly fee, nothing on commission, no software included in the fee); and The Modern Hotel Plan (a flat-fee feasibility study, priced up front) followed by The Modern Hotel Launch (the opening and reopening engagement, quoted per project). Founded by Adam Ramirez: 10+ years · 50+ hospitality properties · 20% average revenue lift*; eight hotels opened from concept to ribbon-cutting, four repositioned, $10M+ in annual hotel revenue managed, six funded feasibility projects.

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