AlUla, Saudi Arabia

Hotel consulting in AlUla

AlUla is an ancient landscape, with Hegra on the UNESCO list, where the site sets the rules. If you have a project here, we start from what the site allows and what the guest comes to find.

What AlUla asks of a hotel.

The destination is growing under the Royal Commission for AlUla, with precise rules on where and how to build. The attraction is the landscape, and the hotel has to step back.

The site sets the rules

Archaeological and landscape constraints shape the design, the heights and the materials.

Few rooms

Supply is limited, and each property has to know exactly which guest it is for.

Seasons and events

Demand follows the mild season and the cultural calendar, with peaks and quieter months.

Service far from the cities

Staff, supplies and transfers have to be planned for a place far from the big centres.

How we work in AlUla.

Three ways to work with us, from Milan and on site when it's needed. The price is written down before we start.

  • Profit Performance

    For a hotel that is already open: the distance between what it produces today and what it could produce. It starts with the first free analysis; the diagnostic starts from €1,500.

  • Staff training

    One person at a time, at the property during service or online, on the situations of their own shift. From €275 per person.

  • Feasibility studies

    For a project that doesn't exist yet: whether it earns, and on what conditions, before the money is spent. From the €499 market assessment to the full study.

Our work in Saudi Arabia. On-the-job training at Radisson Blu Riyadh, the front desk of a resort in Yanbu, the procedures and pre-opening training for an Italian restaurant in Riyadh. See the projects

Questions

Before we start.

How much does it cost to work with DolceVita in AlUla?

The first analysis is free. For a hotel that is already open, the Profit Performance diagnostic starts from €1,500 and engagements start at €7,500. For a new project, the feasibility study starts with the €499 market assessment. Training inside the hotel starts at €275 per person.

How do you follow a hotel or a project in AlUla from Milan?

The work is led from Milan, with online sessions on fixed dates and written deliverables. We travel for the steps where being there changes the result: a site visit, a meeting with the owners, a negotiation with an operator. We reply within one business day.

Where do we start?

With the first free analysis: an hour online with a senior consultant, on what you need to decide. If the hotel is open, we look at where it is losing revenue; if the project is still to be built, at which level of study is enough to answer.

For people who work in hotels

Do you work in a hotel in AlUla?

The masterclasses are filmed inside working luxury hotels and taught by the people who run each department. Career Mentoring helps you work out what separates you from your next role, in another country too.

Do you have a hotel or a project in AlUla?

We start with the first free analysis: an hour, online, and a reply within one business day.