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Digital Marketing for Hotels and Accommodation

When a guest finds your hotel on a booking platform and books there, part of the revenue goes to commission. We grow direct bookings with search, advertising and content strategies that bring the same guest to your own website.

Short answer

Digital marketing for hotels means getting guests to book on the hotel's own website instead of through an intermediary. UNIT İstanbul combines ads that protect searches for the hotel's name, destination-focused SEO and retargeting aimed at past guests, and measures success by occupancy and the share of revenue coming from direct bookings.

What makes growth hard in this sector?

  1. Commission eats margin

    When most bookings come through intermediaries, a meaningful share of every stay goes to commission, and the guest's details stay with the platform.

  2. Losing even on your own name

    Guests searching for your hotel by name often see platform ads first. A hotel that does not protect its brand searches pays commission on guests it already won.

  3. Seasonal swings

    Rooms sell out in high season and sit empty in the shoulder months. Running the same campaign on the same budget while demand drops wastes money.

How we work

  • Protecting brand searches

    We run search campaigns that put your website and official booking engine first when people search for your hotel by name.

  • Destination SEO

    We create pages and guides for destination searches such as “boutique hotel in Alaçatı”, and improve visibility in AI assistant recommendations.

  • Market- and season-led advertising

    We plan Meta, Google and, where relevant, Yandex campaigns around target markets and seasons, with offers that lift demand in quieter months.

  • Booking measurement

    We connect completed stays in your booking engine to the ad platforms and report how much revenue each channel brings.

Services we use in this sector

Get a quote

How does the quote process work?

It starts with a message. We prepare the rest, and no work begins until you have seen in writing what you pay for, why, and how much.

  1. Message us

    Tell us briefly about your business, your goal and your website, on WhatsApp or by email.

  2. Free initial analysis

    We review your search visibility, how AI answers mention you and any ad accounts you run, and prepare a one-page summary.

  3. Strategy call

    We go through the summary together and agree on priorities, goals and the metrics we will track.

  4. Written proposal

    We send a proposal that spells out scope, deliverables, timeline and fee. We start once you approve it.

Message us on WhatsAppSend an email: sup@unitistanbul.com

Frequently Asked Questions

Should we leave booking platforms altogether?
No. Platforms give visibility in new markets and are essential for most hotels. The goal is to keep their share at a sensible level while growing direct bookings through your own website. We do that by protecting brand searches and running campaigns that show returning guests the advantages of booking direct.
Can boutique hotels benefit from digital advertising?
Yes; with a small budget, focus matters even more. For a boutique hotel, brand search, destination SEO and retargeting past guests are usually the most efficient place to start. Rather than spreading budget across broad audiences, we spend it on the guests closest to booking.
How do you decide which countries to target?
We review your past booking data, search demand and flight connections together. Once we can see which market produces demand in which season, we set languages, channels and budget split accordingly, and adjust every month based on results.

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