Red Sea & NEOM, Saudi Arabia

Hotel consulting on the Red Sea

On the Red Sea a destination is being built from nothing, with resorts on islands and coastlines that were empty until now. If you have a project here, the study comes first: it is the stage where decisions cost least.

What the Red Sea asks of a hotel.

A new destination, designed for high-end tourism and with strict environmental rules. There is no market history to lean on: demand has to be estimated, and staff have to be found, trained and housed.

A destination with no history

Years of rate and occupancy data are missing: the study has to start from who will come and why.

Environmental rules

Construction and operation follow tight constraints, which weigh on costs and on the concept.

Remote locations

Logistics, supplies and staff housing enter the numbers from the start.

Teams to train

Resorts far from the cities often open with new teams: training decides the service.

How we work on the Red Sea.

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 on the Red Sea?

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 on the Red Sea 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 on the Red Sea?

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 on the Red Sea?

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