“Marketing of a new hotel should start long before the actual opening ceremony.<\/em><\/p>\n\n- 18-12 months prior to opening:<\/strong><\/em>\n
\n- Launch a pre-opening website and social media profiles, describing the property, amenities and services, and post regular updates on the construction.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- 12 months prior to opening:<\/strong><\/em>\n
\n- Update the pre-opening website with descriptions and mockup visuals of your property\u2019s future capabilities for (a) corporate meetings\/groups, (b) social events and weddings, and (c) SMERF groups. Make it as descriptive as possible, including items such as floor plans, different configurations, audio-visual equipment, information on WiFi, etc.<\/em><\/li>\n
- Make your website content SEO and AIO (AI search)-friendly: Original, editorial-level content throughout the hotel website; on-page SEO, inbound\/backlinks and citations from highly authoritative websites; technical SEO (for example, less than 2 second page download speeds).<\/em><\/li>\n
- Install RFP capability on the website with immediate information response capabilities.<\/em><\/li>\n
- Launch a meeting planners-focused sweepstakes with rewards to introduce the property and its amenities and generate buzz in this community. Collect participants data and create a robust opt-in email list.<\/em><\/li>\n
- Launch meeting planners-focused campaigns in the main feeder markets: search marketing campaigns around your meetings product. Meeting planners are searching for a number of keywords related to meetings, for example, \u201cConference hotel downtown Houston\u201d, etc.<\/em><\/li>\n
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- 6 months prior to opening:<\/strong><\/em>\n
\n- Update the website with content for transient guests (corporate transient travellers) and the main leisure target audiences (family, couples, seniors, etc.).<\/em><\/li>\n
- Launch content marketing initiatives around your meetings, group and leisure travel product to engage potential group planners and guests.<\/em><\/li>\n
- Launch special offers, packages and promotions. For meeting planners – Complete Meeting Packages. For transients: pre-opening specials, limited-time offers, etc.<\/em><\/li>\n
- Launch a pre-opening sweepstakes for transient business and leisure travellers with grand prizes like VIP stays and a sufficient number of other prizes. Collect participants data and create a robust opt-in email list.”<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>