Revenue Management · Kyoto
No one sets the rates. Or someone does, but can't explain why.
The property is too small for a full-time revenue manager — yet cherry-blossom and autumn dates still go out at last year's rates.
KYOFLOW acts as the outside revenue manager for independent hotels and ryokan in Kyoto, looking after pricing and channel management. Your current operator and staff stay as they are.
For You
Not For
We would rather say so from the start.
Field Notes
The visible symptom is not always the real cause. Weak occupancy can come from distribution, from how rooms are presented, or from operating constraints rather than from price. KYOFLOW does not treat pricing in isolation: we start from the cause.
First Step
We take a short look at your public listings, then talk with you for 20 minutes online.
The free first call does not include a written report or detailed pricing analysis. A detailed rate comparison with competing properties, and analysis of your own data, are part of the paid Hotel Performance Review. We work with properties of about 10–100 rooms in Kyoto Prefecture, and reply to every enquiry within two business days.
Engagement
Choose the one that fits your team and your goals.
Within pricing rules agreed with you, KYOFLOW sets and loads rates and manages OTA inventory and plans. Regular booking-pace updates and a monthly review share the reasoning behind each decision. The owner keeps the final say.
Your staff handle the daily work; in regular meetings and a monthly review, KYOFLOW decides pricing and priorities with them.
We put pricing rules, a demand calendar and written procedures in place and train your staff, until decisions are made inside the property.
Scope
We do not promise specific revenue increases. Goals and indicators are set for each property, including indicators relative to competing properties.
Process
01
Send us the property name, location, number of rooms and what you would like to discuss. We reply within two business days.
02
A short look at your public listings, then a 20-minute online call about your situation.
03
We analyse your sales data and competitors' rates and set out the issues and priorities in a written report.
04
The right mix of outsourced, alongside and in-house work, and the set-up.
05
A monthly advisory engagement with regular checks and monthly reviews, until improvements hold.
Why KYOFLOW
From front desk, reservations and housekeeping to multi-property management, revenue management and sales strategy: more than 15 years in hospitality, and more than 10 years based in Kyoto.
KYOFLOW does not take over hotel operations. Your current set-up and staff stay as they are, while we make pricing and sales decisions from the owner's side.
When, where and on what basis guests from Europe and beyond book — understood in Japanese, English and French.
From the first call to the proposal and ongoing support, KYOFLOW's founder, Florian Jourdain, is personally responsible for the work.
FAQ
It depends on the number of rooms, the number of sales channels and the way of working, so we quote individually. We explain how fees work during the first call.
No. KYOFLOW looks after pricing and sales decisions, and works with your current operating set-up.
As a rule, we work with the channel manager and PMS you already use. A new system is not required.
No. We start by reading demand from the data you already have, and help you choose and set up a system once it would genuinely help.
Properties of around 10 rooms are welcome to get in touch. At some sizes the fee is hard to justify, and we will say so frankly on the first call.
Our work centres on properties in Kyoto Prefecture. If your property is elsewhere in the Kansai region, please get in touch first.
We do not guarantee revenue figures. Goals and indicators are set for each property, and results are reported in the monthly review.
A short look at your public listings, then a conversation about where things stand. No sales pitch. The button opens an email with the subject and a few prompts already filled in. We reply within two business days.