Hotel SEO
Hotel SEO that shifts bookings from OTAs to your website
SEO for independent and boutique hotels and hotel groups: rank for destination and stay searches, grow direct bookings and reduce OTA commissions.
The opportunity
Where SEO wins for hotels
Online travel agencies dominate hotel searches and take a large commission on every booking they send. Hotel SEO wins back direct bookings with destination content that ranks for where-to-stay searches, room and package pages that convert and a strong presence in Google's hotel and map results.
Pages we build
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Room and suite pages
Each room type with photos, amenities and booking.
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Package and offer pages
Romance, family, spa and seasonal packages.
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Destination guides
Things to do and neighborhood guides that rank for trip planning.
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Meetings and groups pages
For corporate, wedding and group bookings.
What makes it different
What generic SEO gets wrong about Hotel SEO
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01
OTA dominance
Destination content and brand search protection win back bookings.
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Booking engine tracking
Cross-domain tracking connects searches to revenue.
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Seasonality
Content is timed to booking windows, not stay dates.
Our approach
How we run SEO for hotels
We help hospitality and entertainment businesses take that demand back: strong local and destination rankings, pages for every room type, event and experience, and tracking for direct bookings and inquiries so you can see commissions you no longer pay.
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Own the destination searches
Rank for "where to stay", "venues near" and "things to do" searches in your area, not just your brand name.
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Build pages for every offer
Room types, packages, event spaces, menus, tours and experiences, each with photos, details and a clear way to book or inquire.
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Strengthen local and map presence
Google Business Profile, hotel and things-to-do listings, reviews and local partnerships that drive prominence.
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Track direct revenue
Booking engine and inquiry tracking tied to revenue, with seasonality built into the content calendar.
Included
What your program includes
- Destination and local SEO
- Offer, room and event pages
- Booking engine tracking
- Google Business Profile management
- Review and reputation program
- Seasonal content calendar
- AI search visibility tracking
- Monthly lead and revenue report
Reporting
What we measure
- Direct booking revenue
- Direct vs. OTA booking share
- Rankings for stay searches
- Group and event inquiries
Engagement
How an engagement runs
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01 Weeks 1–3
SEO & revenue audit
We crawl your site, map the searches your buyers make, size the gap to your competitors and check whether your tracking can tie search to revenue.
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02 Week 4
Roadmap
A prioritized plan for the next 90 days and the year ahead, ranked by revenue impact and effort, with the targets we will report against.
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03 Months 2–4
Build
Technical fixes, new and improved money pages, local profiles, content and links. You see the work as it ships, not in a report at the end of the month.
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04 Ongoing
Compound
Monthly sprints on what is working, a report in leads and revenue every month and a strategy review every quarter. SEO gets cheaper per lead the longer it runs.
FAQs
Hotel SEO questions
Can SEO really reduce OTA dependence?
Yes. Every booking that comes through your site instead of an OTA saves the commission, and SEO compounds over time.
Do you track bookings in our booking engine?
Yes. We set up cross-domain tracking with most major booking engines so you can see revenue from organic search.
Can SEO reduce our OTA commissions?
Yes, over time. More guests find and book you directly when you rank for destination and brand searches and your site makes booking easy.
Do you work with booking engines?
We set up tracking with most major booking engines and inquiry tools so you can see bookings and revenue from organic search.
We are seasonal. When should we start?
Three to six months before peak season. Content and rankings take time to build, so starting early means you are visible when planners and travelers search.
Work with Vemlo
Talk to us about Hotel SEO.
Tell us about your business. If you are doing $250K or more a year, we will review your site and market before we speak and show you where organic growth will come from.