The same money produces different results by week
A dollar spent during a peak week when your capacity is already full buys a booking you would probably have received anyway. The same dollar in a soft week may buy nothing at all if demand genuinely is not there.
Pacing is therefore not an optimisation detail. In a market with this much variance it is frequently worth more than a budget increase.
Storm weeks reward preparation, not reaction
After a weather event, demand for restoration and trades multiplies within hours and collapses for anything tourism-facing just as fast.
Assets built in advance can be switched on the same day. Assets assembled during the event arrive after the demand has already been captured by somebody else.
Convention weeks distort more than hotels
Large events move traffic patterns, restaurant demand, transport, and staffing across a wide radius, not just occupancy at the venues.
Businesses that plan around that calendar avoid both the wasted spend and the capacity crunch that catch everyone else by surprise.