Santa Maria Inn experiences a 34% increase in monthly online bookings after website revamp. The hotel’s appeal and online revenue improved with a newly enhanced website, which includes a new internet marketing strategy, new research, new layout, enlarged images, and an integrated reservation menu.

50% Increase in bookings due to Holiday Inn Express Town Center’s website revamp, which features fresh content, new website layout, photography, and conversion tools such as customer reviews, online video, and integrated reservation menu.

Hotel Metros booking engine conversion rate increased by 40% after revamped site went live. Adding a reservation menu and media quotes to the hotels website resulted in a significant increase in monthly booking engine conversion rate on a year to year month comparison.

Quality Inn Wine Country doubles their bookings after website revamp. The hotels website was enhanced with the use of vibrant color-scheme and a fresh, new look,

Hotel’s Challenge
The Clarion Hotel in San Jose is a resort-style property located one mile east of San Jose International Airport. The property invested a significant amount of money on a website that while attractive didn’t produce revenue for the hotel.

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Scenario: The Maple Street Inn is located in Silicon Valley, no longer a tourist destination and suffering from a weak economy, the fall of the dot.coms, and 9/11. The hotel had its own website, which was designed from a booking agent template, but was not optimized for search engine performance, and did not include customer-focused content or unique selling points. The hotel did not get any business from its previous site because of optimization results.

Optimization Process: Milestone created a new website based on the most sought after keyword phrases in Silicon Valley and the unique selling points of this hotel. To ensure that the hotel was getting its fair share of the market - since we have designed so many hotel sites in The Valley - we also optimized their site for specific niche markets - people looking for pet-friendly hotels, boutique properties, wedding packages, popular area attraction packages, and relaxing weekend getaways. We did not waste money on pay-per-click advertising. Every thing was done by organically optimizing the site, and increasing page rank and link relevancy.

Results: The hotel is currently ranking in the top 5 on Google for every keyword phrase targeted and is receiving a tremendous amount of calls for all their packages - wedding packages, romantic retreat packages, and packages tied up with area attractions.

“We tapped into a big market of people looking for pet-friendly hotels in California, averaging between 15 and 20 reservations per week,”

- Christine Smith, General Manger, Maple Tree Inn.

Pose any question regarding search engine marketing for the lodging industry, and Milestone expert will be glad to answer your questions.

Some commonly asked questions:

Q - Do I have to update my website every month?

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