# IDeaS Revenue Solutions

> IDeaS Revenue Solutions is a Bloomington, Minnesota-based enterprise software company that helps hotels, resorts, cruise lines and airport parking operators forecast demand, price perishable inventory and coordinate commercial decisions. Founded in 1989 by revenue scientists Ravi Mehrotra and Sanjay Nagalia and owned by SAS since 2008, it combines hospitality-specific analytics, automation, consulting and a broad integration network across more than 31,000 properties in 169 countries.

- **Founded:** 1989
- **Headquarters:** Bloomington, United States
- **Founders:** Ravi Mehrotra (Founder, President and Chief Scientist), Sanjay Nagalia (Co-founder, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer)
- **Team size:** 501-1,000 employees on LinkedIn; a supplied company record estimates approximately 1,100.
- **Products:** G3 Revenue Management System, Optix for G3 RMS, RevPlan, SmartSpace and Function Space, Spotlight
- **Notable:** Expanded from airline optimization into hospitality in 1995 and cloud delivery in 2003., Acquired by SAS in 2008 and launched G3 RMS in 2009., Reports more than 31,000 properties in 169 countries, 107 integrations and 98% client retention.

## Products & services

- **G3 Revenue Management System** — Flagship cloud revenue-management platform for demand forecasting, room-type pricing, inventory controls, overbooking and automated rate decisions.
- **Optix for G3 RMS** — Multi-property revenue intelligence and guided analytics that help corporate and cluster teams identify performance trends and priorities.
- **RevPlan** — Total-revenue forecasting and budgeting software covering rooms, food and beverage and ancillary income.
- **SmartSpace and Function Space** — Tools for pricing, forecasting and optimizing hotel meetings and event space.
- **Spotlight** — Marketing optimization software that turns G3 demand forecasts and price-sensitivity signals into campaign opportunities.
- **Rate Data Advantage** — AI-assisted market intelligence that normalizes a wider pool of rate-shopping data across room types, offers and channels.
- **Car Park RMS** — Demand forecasting and dynamic-pricing software for airport and other parking operators.
- **Consulting and learning services** — Revenue-management consulting, technology integration, training, certification and client support.

## Achievements

- Expanded from airline optimization into hospitality in 1995 and cloud delivery in 2003.
- Acquired by SAS in 2008 and launched G3 RMS in 2009.
- Reports more than 31,000 properties in 169 countries, 107 integrations and 98% client retention.
- Spotlight won the Problem Solvers: Data Provider category in the 2025 Skift IDEA Awards.
- Won or received recognition in three categories of the 2026 HotelTechAwards.
- Named a Leader in the inaugural 2026 IDC MarketScape for hospitality revenue-management systems.
- Built In named IDeaS a U.S. Best Midsize Place to Work in 2026 for the third consecutive year.
- More than 1,600 hotels adopted Rate Data Advantage within its first 100 days, according to IDeaS.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — IDeaS was named a Leader in the inaugural IDC MarketScape for worldwide hospitality revenue-management systems.
- **2026-06** — The company reported more than 1,600 Rate Data Advantage adopters within 100 days and nearly 40% Optix adoption among its independent, small-group and regional-chain clients.
- **2026-05** — IDeaS expanded its Stayntouch PMS integration with value-based availability controls powered by Last Room Value.
- **2026-04** — IDeaS and Hotel Insider announced a rate-shopping integration partnership.
- **2026-03** — Spotlight gained a predictive Potential to Influence score for prioritizing hotel marketing opportunities.
- **2026-01** — Rate Data Advantage debuted with a substantially larger, AI-normalized pool of consumer rate-shopping data.
- **2025-11** — My Place Hotels selected IDeaS technology for more than 80 properties across 31 states.
- **2025-08** — Spotlight won a 2025 Skift IDEA Award in the Data Provider category.

## Links

- Website: https://ideas.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ideas-revenue-solutions/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/IDeaS_RevOpt
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ideasrevenuesolutions
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IDeaSRevenueSolutions/

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Last updated: 2026-08-13