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Glossary overview

Marketing for tourism industry

Armin Gögele, last updated on 22.12.2022

 

Marketing methods in tourism

Tourism marketing includes all marketing activities in tourism to inspire guests to travel. Online marketing is an umbrella term for advertising opportunities on the Internet. This includes, for example, SEA, SEO, social media marketing (organic and paid). The ultimate goal is usually to increase room occupancy and revenue of the hotel.

 

Online marketing agency for hotels

In tourism, online marketing is often not yet too widely represented and accordingly offers a great advantage over the competition. Especially a creative hotel concept can be marketed ideally. A tourism marketing agency supports hoteliers not only in placing advertisements and online presence, but also in analyzing target groups and conceptualizing the hotel's marketing measures.

 

Advantages of tourism marketing

First and foremost is the general increase of attention for the hotel, in connection with more reach and a better awareness of the hotel. Among other things, tourism marketing is also profitable due to higher room occupancy in the off-season of the vacation region. The effects are strengthened in view of the marketing strategy by positive feedback and the social proof by existing reviews. This creates a higher authenticity and closeness with potential guests through a direct interaction (for example on social media). 

Basically, tourism is definitely a very emotional industry, people remember the last vacation and want to make new beautiful memories. This can be nicely highlighted and specifically triggered via online marketing for hotels.

 

The most important questions about tourism marketing

What is tourism marketing?

Tourism marketing is basically a method of attracting guests to stay overnight or travel in general. This can be done through promotional activities on the Internet such as paid advertising, email marketing or even SEO. Hotels can use targeted tourism marketing to significantly increase their traffic, even in the off-season.

What are the chances of success of tourism marketing in your own hotel?

Good tourism marketing, especially in social media or even in major search engines like Google, has a good chance of success if it is implemented correctly. On the one hand, it is important to understand how your target group works online, and on the other hand, you need to understand the algorithms behind each platform in order to use them effectively for your own advertising.