ComLens — Commercial Fluency for Hotel Teams

COMMERCIAL FLUENCY FOR HOTEL TEAMS

Your team knows how
to run hotels.
Do they know how to think like owners?

A 6-week program that connects every commercial decision to the number ownership actually cares about — asset value.

BUILT FOR HOTEL SALES · REVENUE MANAGEMENT · MARKETING · GMs · REGIONAL LEADERS

6
WEEKS
5
COMMERCIAL LENSES
24
ONLINE SELF-PACED SESSIONS
1
LIVE SIMULATION WINNER

THE PROBLEM

There's a gap between doing and deciding.

Most hotel commercial teams hit their numbers. Fewer can explain what those numbers mean to the person who invested in the asset.

Tactical thinking

Teams optimize for occupancy and ADR but can't connect those decisions to NOI or asset value — the metrics ownership uses to evaluate performance.

Revenue silos

Sales, revenue management, and marketing operate independently. Without a shared commercial framework, decisions conflict and margin leaks through the gaps.

Language gap

Operators talk RevPAR. Owners talk cap rates. When teams can't speak ownership's language, they lose credibility and miss strategic conversations they should be leading.

THE MATH MOST TEAMS NEVER LEARN

Every decision you make affects this number.

Follow the chain from RevPAR to asset value — and see why commercial fluency isn't optional.

RevPAR
What most teams track
GOPPAR
Profit efficiency
NOI
Owner's number
Asset Value
Why it all matters
A $200,000 increase in NOI = a $3.1 million increase in asset value.

At a 6.5% cap rate — the difference between running a hotel and building wealth through one. Your team is already influencing this number. Most just don't know it.

THE COMLENS METHOD

Five lenses. One integrated commercial framework.

Each lens builds on the last — creating a complete picture of how commercial decisions drive hotel value.

01

Ownership Lens

Understand what owners invested for and how every commercial decision affects asset value.

02

Revenue Management Lens

Break-even logic, displacement analysis, pricing strategy, and profit protection.

03

Marketing Lens

Demand generation, positioning, and brand strategy at a commercial level.

04

Distribution Lens

Channel mix, cost of acquisition, OTA strategy, and direct booking optimization.

05

Sales Lens

Evaluate opportunities beyond close probability — long-term value, alignment, and commercial impact.

WHO IT'S FOR

Built for hotel teams who want to operate above their title.

Whether you're leading one property or a portfolio, ComLens gives your team the commercial framework to think and speak like owners.

Director of Sales

Build commercial credibility to influence pricing and channel strategy — and get a seat at the table before the decisions are made.

Revenue Manager

Connect your optimization decisions to the owner's financial language — NOI, cap rates, and asset value.

General Manager

Lead integrated commercial conversations across disciplines with one shared framework your whole team speaks.

Regional Commercial Leader

Establish a consistent commercial standard across your portfolio — with a measurable pre/post diagnostic.

Management Companies

Train entire commercial teams across multiple properties. Pilot cohorts available for 15-20 people at founding pricing.

THE LIVE CAPSTONE

4 quarters. 4 teams. 1 winner.

6 Weekly Faciliated Sessions. Week One - Practice the game. Weeks 2-5, make decisions, see results, get live feedback. Week 6 - Capstone - Team performance presentations. It's a live hotel simulation where everything you've learned gets applied under real competitive pressure.

Choose Your Hotel Start of Simulation
4 unique hotels. 1 shared market.

Meridian Downtown · Summit Convention Hotel

Foundry Boutique Hotel · Harbor Business Hotel

Each with distinct strengths, weaknesses, and segment mix. Teams choose their hotel and strategy begins.

Quarterly Decisions — Marketing, Pricing & Channels Each Quarter
Teams allocate real budget across real commercial levers.

· Google Ads, Social, Email Campaigns, OTA Spend

· Pricing strategy by segment and season

· Channel mix: direct booking vs. OTA vs. GDS

Overspend and margins suffer. Underspend and demand drops. Every decision has a consequence.

Market Snapshot & Performance Dashboard Live Data
STR-style competitive intelligence updates each quarter.
YOUR OCC
76.8%
COMP SET ADR
$198
REVPAR INDEX
107.7

Occ index, ADR index, weekday/weekend split — the same data tools hotel teams use every day.

Live Scoreboard — Asset Value Growth Rankings Winner
Ranked by asset value growth — not just RevPAR.
Meridian Downtown +10.0% ($32.9M → $36.2M)
Foundry Boutique +10.0% ($19.2M → $21.1M)
Harbor Business -11.4% ($35.4M → $31.4M)

PROGRAM STRUCTURE

Self-paced online learning. One live simulation.

6 weeks of structured content, decision exercises, and one live capstone that puts everything into practice.

WEEK 1
Ownership Lens
WEEK 4
Distribution Lens
WEEK 2
Revenue Management Lens
WEEK 5
Sales Lens
WEEK 3
Marketing Lens
WEEK 6
Live Hotel Simulation

INVESTMENT

Start with one cohort. Scale with confidence.

Whether you're an individual hotelier or leading a management company portfolio, there's a path designed for you.

Individual Enrollment
$495 per person

  • Full 6-week program access
  • Commercial Thinking Score pre & post
  • Decision scenario exercises
  • Live hotel simulation
  • P&L Mini-Series
Ideal for sales, marketing, revenue managers and GMs
Pilot Cohort
$8,000 – $10,000

  • 15-20 participants
  • One 6-week cycle
  • Early-access partnership pricing
  • Commercial Thinking Score report
  • Direct access during pilot cohort
Best first engagement for management companies
Holly

ABOUT HOLLY

Built by a commercial leader who's been in the room.

Holly has spent her career at the intersection of hotel sales, commercial strategy, and owner relationships — working across properties and portfolios where the gap between operator execution and ownership expectations is felt every quarter.

"I built ComLens because no one taught me the owner's math ladder when I was coming up. I had to learn it the hard way. Your team doesn't have to."

ComLens is the program Holly wished existed when she was a Director of Sales trying to have conversations that mattered at the ownership level.

Schedule a Call with Holly

Let's talk about your team.

Schedule a 20-minute conversation to explore a pilot cohort — or just ask whether ComLens is the right fit.

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