By the time you notice, the rooms are sold.
While busy taking bookings, you may not notice that nearby hotels raised rates for the same night. The rooms left keep selling at the old price, and a chance to raise the rate is gone.
See rate changes early,
judge opportunities early.
Rates nearby went up. Are your rooms still selling at the old price?
Keep watching competitor rates, and weigh them against your bookings to spot chances to adjust.
Win better rates, and prepare early for rooms still empty close to arrival.
H.OS / Rate monitoringSample data
| Hotel / Room type | Rate | Breakfast | Cancellation | Since last check | Checked at |
|---|
Rates nearby went up.
Are your rooms still at the old price?
See the change early, then decide whether to raise the rate.
See which hotels raised rates and by how much, then weigh it against your booking pace and rooms left. When demand supports it, review a better rate in time.
Hotels, channels and check frequency depend on what is connected.
A lower rate?
Check whether it’s worth matching.
The cheaper room may not include breakfast, or may not be cancellable. Following the lowest number can drag down a rate you could have held.
Expand the selling conditions, then decide which rates are worth comparing. Stop unnecessary price cuts before they happen.
Expand each rate, then compare.
Arrival dateOctober 30
Room typeDeluxe King
BreakfastBreakfast for two
CancellationFree cancellation for a limited time
Source and timeTrip.com · 14:20
Filters help with comparison. Room size, amenities and cancellation deadlines still need checking, and conditions that weren’t captured stay unknown.
¥1,280
Breakfast for two · Cancellable
First recordBreakfast for two · Cancellable
¥1,380
Breakfast for two · Cancellable
↑ ¥100Breakfast for two · Cancellable
¥1,380
Breakfast for two · Cancellable
No changeBreakfast for two · Cancellable
The closer the arrival date,
the clearer the changes need to be.
Tonight’s empty room can’t be sold tomorrow. If your bookings are slow, seeing nearby rate changes in time lets you review price and sales actions sooner.
When bookings are healthy, there’s no need to follow others down. Put the change in the context of your business, and decide whether to adjust or hold.
From seeing an opportunity
to a rate decision.
Same arrival date · Example
Your hotel¥1,280
Watched hotel¥1,380 ↑100
Competitor rate monitoring
See market rates for the same arrival date together, and find rises and drops worth a closer look.
Conditions next to the rate
Breakfast for two ✓Cancellable ✓
Rates with the same terms3 rates
No breakfast · Non-refundable Not compared for now
Comparable rate filters
Check room type and selling conditions so a different product’s low rate doesn’t lead you, and judge whether matching is needed.
Rate change · Example
Watched hotel raised its rate by ¥10011:30 · Deluxe King
¥1,280→¥1,380
Rate change log and alerts
Look back at when rates changed and by how much, so pricing discussions have a trail. Alert frequency depends on the setup.
Choose the hotels you watch,
and start here.
Set the hotels and room types to watch, follow their rates for the same arrival dates, and look back at how rates changed.
Rate monitoring scopeH.OS / Revenue management
MeituanCtripTrip.com
Arrival dates watchedTonight+1 day+3 days+7 days+14 days+30 days
Eight checks a dayStandard setup · every two hours, 08:00–22:00
Which hotels and channels can be covered?
Rates can be collected from major Chinese booking channels such as Meituan, Ctrip and Trip.com, and tracked by hotel, room type and arrival date.
Which arrival dates can I see?
By default, rates are collected for tonight and for 1, 3, 7, 14 and 30 days ahead, and the dates can be adjusted per hotel. These are snapshots for those dates, not a complete rate for every future day.
How often are rates updated?
The standard schedule starts a check every two hours from 08:00 to 22:00, eight times a day. Collection takes time, so freshness follows each rate’s check time. Failed checks and sold-out rooms are marked separately.
If breakfast and cancellation match, can rates be compared directly?
You can specify the room type and match the selling tier within it, so different products aren’t mixed. Comparisons still need to check the arrival date, breakfast, payment, cancellation terms and whether tax is included. Missing fields can’t be treated as matching.
Will monitoring change my hotel’s rates automatically?
No. Revenue management can go on to form a recommendation, and the decision maker chooses to accept, hold or set their own rate, which then becomes a rate change task checked against the live rate. Competitor monitoring provides the evidence for that step.