Acquired in June 2023, the asset underwent a $600K capital improvement program, emerging as a cutting-edge, tech-enabled operation with minimal owner involvement required. The integrated tech stack automates everything from guest check-in and communications to dynamic pricing. The property is strategically located minutes from key demand drivers including the Broward Health Medical Center, the Broward County Convention Center, Port Everglades, and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The broader Fort Lauderdale market remains strong, with forecasts for 2026 predicting continued growth in Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR). This offering is a unique opportunity to acquire a high-yield, low-touch asset with a proven operational model and stable cash flow in a premier South Florida market, perfect for a passive investor that wants good Cash Flow and Asset Appreciation.
Techology Stack
PricePoint in Action
How a 17-Room Boutique Hotel Became an Autonomous Revenue Machine
Revenue management in hospitality is misunderstood.
Most independent hotels believe pricing means:
- Checking competitor rates
- Adjusting once or twice a day
- Increasing rates for weekends
- Discounting when occupancy looks weak
That is not revenue management.
That is reactive pricing.
At The Lauderdale Boutique Hotel — a 17-room fully automated boutique property in Fort Lauderdale — pricing became something else entirely: a continuous, data-driven system running 24/7.
The result:
- +12% RevPAR lift
- 80%+ occupancy achieved
- 60+ automated rate updates per day
- Zero daily human pricing effort
Understanding the Real Problem
Short-term hospitality revenue is won or lost night by night.
Unlike long-term rentals, you reset your lease every single day.
But here’s the reality:
A human cannot simultaneously process:
- 15+ OTA channels
- Real-time competitor rate movements
- Booking velocity shifts
- Event demand spikes
- Reservation lead time compression
- Seasonality patterns
- Remaining room inventory
When pricing is manual, it becomes reactive:
- Convention weekends are underpriced.
- Slow midweeks sit too high.
- Discounts happen too late.
- Rate surges are missed.
- Inventory is misaligned with demand.
Manual pricing creates volatility.
And volatility kills yield.
What PricePoint Actually Does
PricePoint replaces static pricing with a live revenue engine.
Instead of setting rates once or twice a day, the system continuously analyzes three core variables:
1. Supply
How many rooms remain unsold for each future date.
2. Reservation Lead Time
How far in advance guests are booking — and how fast pickup is accelerating or slowing.
3. Demand & Competitive Set
Live competitor pricing, local events, booking velocity, and market compression.
These signals are processed in real time.
Rates are then adjusted — often 60+ times per day — and automatically pushed to:
- Guesty (PMS)
- SiteMinder (distribution)
- 15+ OTA channels simultaneously
No spreadsheets.
No copying rates.
No human intervention.
The Operational Impact
Before automation, the owner manually reviewed competitor calendars and updated rates reactively.
After implementing PricePoint:
- RevPAR increased by +12% versus prior manual pricing
- Occupancy stabilized above 80%
- Revenue trajectory increased from ~$500K to $740K and projected $830K
- Pricing required zero daily oversight
But the most important improvement wasn’t just revenue.
It was stability.
The Counterintuitive Insight
Short-term rentals are often seen as volatile assets.
In reality, volatility is usually caused by poor pricing systems.
When rates adjust continuously:
- There are no panic discounts.
- There are no prolonged vacancies.
- There are no missed event surges.
- There are no static rates during compression periods.
Rooms fill steadily.
Revenue smooths out.
The asset begins behaving more like a stabilized multifamily property — but with nightly optimization instead of annual leases.
Instead of locking one price for 12 months, the algorithm captures the optimal rate 365 times per year.
Why Continuous Adjustments Matter
Demand does not move in daily increments.
It moves hourly.
A competitor raises rates.
A flight route is added.
A convention sells out.
Booking pace accelerates.
Weather shifts.
Inventory compresses.
If your system updates once per day, you are already behind.
PricePoint operates continuously, not periodically.
That is the difference between:
- Adjusting to the market
- And anticipating it
What This Means for Operators
PricePoint does not eliminate strategy.
It executes strategy at machine speed.
You define:
- Guardrails
- Floor and ceiling ranges
- Event rules
- Minimum stay logic
The system then operates within those boundaries — intelligently.
Revenue management becomes:
Not a daily chore.
Not a guessing game.
Not dependent on one person.
But a repeatable, scalable process.
From Active Management to Autonomous Optimization
At The Lauderdale Boutique Hotel, pricing shifted from:
Manual effort
→ to automated execution
Reactive adjustments
→ to continuous optimization
Volatile revenue
→ to stabilized performance
The outcome wasn’t just higher RevPAR.
It was a property that could operate without constant human supervision.
Pricing became an asset, not a liability.
Built for Modern Independent Hotels
PricePoint is designed for:
- Boutique hotels
- Independent operators
- Short-term rental portfolios
- Hybrid hotel-STR models
If your property:
- Relies on OTAs
- Experiences lead-time variability
- Has event-driven demand
- Adjusts rates manually today
Then pricing is likely your largest untapped lever.
The Bottom Line
Revenue management should not depend on:
- Memory
- Spreadsheets
- Guesswork
- Or someone checking rates at midnight
It should be continuous. Autonomous. And measurable. At The Lauderdale Boutique Hotel, it is.
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