Jean Francois Mourier

Jean Francois Mourier arrived in South Florida in 2003 after a successful and distinguished career in Europe as a trader, financial analyst and director for a number of top firms including Merrill Lynch, ING Barings and others. He joined a small Miami Beach hotel management firm as a financial analyst. Applying his vast experience in finance, pricing and technology, he soon revamped the company's revenue management methods, with dramatic results. Occupancy at The Palms Hotel and The National Hotel in Miami Beach increased from 63% in 2003 to 96% in 2007, while steadily increasing average room rates. This was remarkable, but not surprising in light of Jean Francois' earlier achievements in the finance trade, where he modernized operations by introducing options and new products, increased customer sales by 100% through aggressive pricing strategies, sales training and product marketing, and doubled new issue business. A few months after joining the company, Mourier added the position of Director of Revenue Management to his resume and implemented a unique and revolutionary pricing scheme that yielded a 100% increase in revenues, earning him several awards in recognition of his out-of-the box creativity and methodology. In addition, he successfully trained and managed three programmers and four executives in his methods and philosophies, ensuring the perpetuation of his management, marketing and pricing policies. In 2007, along with his colleague and 25-year veteran of the hospitality industry, Bruno Perez, Mourier founded RevPar Guru to provide the Yield Dynamic Price Engine, an integrated revenue management and pricing solution, to others in the hospitality industry.