
Marketing Support for the Tourism, Hotels & Resorts Sector
Exceptional experiences deserve exceptional marketing. We help tourism businesses, hotels, and resorts attract guests, drive bookings, and build lasting brand loyalty.

The Marketing Landscape in Tourism, Hotels & Resorts
The tourism and hospitality industry is vibrant and opportunity-rich — but also fiercely competitive and highly seasonal. Hotels, resorts, destinations, and tourism operators face shifting traveller expectations, intense competition from online platforms, and rapidly evolving digital channels. Success requires more than great service; it demands precise positioning, targeted marketing, and a strong commercial strategy to maximise occupancy and revenue.
Challenges you might face:
- Seasonal demand fluctuations leading to unpredictable revenue streams
- Intense competition from OTAs (Online Travel Agencies) and global hotel chains
- Fragmented marketing activity across channels, leading to inefficiencies
- Limited in-house marketing expertise to drive strategic campaigns
- Difficulty building direct booking pipelines and reducing third-party commission costs

What Tourism & Hospitality Businesses Are Trying to Achieve
At the same time, businesses are under pressure to:
✅ Build direct booking channels to reduce reliance on OTAs
✅ Strengthen brand positioning to stand out in a crowded marketplace
✅ Drive year-round occupancy through targeted campaigns and segmentation
✅ Enhance digital visibility to reach global audiences effectively
✅ Modernise marketing operations to keep pace with traveller behaviour and technology

Marketing Capability Assessment for Hotels & Tourism Firms
Take our free online audit to assess your marketing performance across six core capabilities using our proprietary 'BANKSE' framework. It takes just 5-minutes.
What you'll get:
✅ Instant marketing capability score
✅ Personalised report sent to your inbox
✅ Clarity on which marketing areas to prioritise
✅ Complimentary consultation with our experts to discuss your results
How We Help Tourism, Hotels & Resorts Clients
We embed senior marketing leadership to help hospitality businesses sharpen their brand, build direct demand channels, and scale sustainably — all while protecting the guest experience that sets them apart.
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Meet Our Tourism, Hotels & Resorts Marketing Expert
Lydia has:
- Developed integrated marketing strategies for tourist attractions
- Positioned tourism brands to stand out against global competition and seasonality pressures
- Mentored a varied range of businesses operating in the tourism sector to support growth
“Tourism and hospitality marketing is about finding the sweet spot between experience and commercial performance. We help brands turn inspiration into bookings, and bookings into loyal guests.”
Lydia McClelland - Chartered Fractional CMO, VCMO
We strengthen positioning, build direct booking strategies, and modernise marketing to attract the right guests, all year round.
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