In today’s competitive landscape, the goal isn’t just to be busy, it’s to be profitable. As a commercial leader, you’re focused on the big picture: optimizing revenue, driving direct bookings to reduce acquisition costs, and building a brand that commands market share.
Yet, the digital execution side of this strategy is often fragmented. The website is one project, social media is another, and reputation management is a constant fire to be put out. This disjointed approach creates a strategic disconnect. Your teams are active, but is that activity translating into measurable gains in Gross Operating Profit Per Available Room (GOPPAR) and a healthier channel mix?
What if you could align your digital presence into a single, cohesive commercial engine, one designed not just for looks, but for performance, scalability, and deep business intelligence?
That’s the strategic imperative behind our GuestCONNECT℠ suite of services. It’s not just outsourced marketing; it’s a fully managed, data-driven commercial asset built to execute on your strategic goals.
Our GuestCONNECTsm service offers integrated services that are fully managed to create a data-driven commercial asset built to execute on a hotel’s strategic goals,
stated DJ Vallauri, Founder and CEO of Lodging Interactive.
From Cost Center to Commercial Engine: A Strategic Look at Your Digital Assets
1. Your Website: The Engine for Your Most Profitable Revenue
Your website shouldn’t just be a digital brochure; it should be your most powerful tool for shifting share from the OTAs. We build, manage, and optimize your hotel’s website to do exactly that. By integrating cutting-edge technology with conversion-focused design and robust SEO, we turn your site into a high-performance engine for direct, high-margin bookings. This isn’t just a website; it’s a strategic initiative to lower your customer acquisition costs and own the guest relationship from day one.
2. Commingle Social Media Amplified: Building Brand Equity and Owning the Narrative
An idle social media presence is a missed opportunity to build brand value. Our managed social media marketing services go beyond simple posting. We develop content that reinforces your brand’s position in the market, engages the upper-funnel traveler, and builds a community of advocates. This is about more than “likes”, it’s about owning your brand narrative in the spaces where future guests are making decisions, ensuring you are not just a commodity in a sea of options.
3. Commingle Reputation Management: From Damage Control to Proactive Commercial Strategy
Guest reviews are one of the most critical public-facing data sources at your disposal. Our 7-day-a-week Online Reputation Management (ORM) begins by ensuring every guest comment receives a timely, professional, and brand-compliant response across more than 140 review sites.
But our approach goes far beyond simple service recovery. We transform this function into a source of powerful business intelligence. Our in-depth sentiment analysis reporting reveals patterns in guest experience that can directly inform your revenue strategy, guide operational improvements, and justify capital expenditure decisions.
In today’s AI-driven landscape, we take this strategy a critical step further. We now craft review responses to create powerful AI Signals.
When responding to positive guest reviews, we strategically structure the language to highlight the specific amenities, services, and experiences that guests love most. This does more than just thank the guest; it transforms each positive review into a data point that trains the AI models driving the future of search.
This proprietary approach is designed to improve the likelihood that your hotel’s best attributes, as validated by real guests, are surfaced in answers on platforms like ChatGPT, Google’s AI Overviews, and Perplexity. When a potential customer asks AI, Which hotel in the area has the best rooftop pool?”
the goal is for the AI to have learned from your glowing reviews and our reinforced responses that the answer is your property.
This transforms reputation management from a reactive task into a proactive tool for digital positioning. You’re not just managing feedback; you’re actively shaping the AI’s understanding of your brand and influencing the next generation of travel discovery.
A Smarter Financial Model for a Smarter Strategy
True strategic advantage requires agility. The traditional model of large, upfront CapEx for a website, followed by a scramble to find resources for ongoing marketing, is inefficient and risky.
GuestCONNECT℠ flips the script. Our “pay-as-you-go” subscription model converts this critical function into a predictable operational expense (OpEx). This allows you to deploy a world-class digital strategy without the capital investment, giving you the financial flexibility and scalability to adapt as market conditions change.
It’s time to close the gap between your commercial strategy and your digital execution. Let’s build a presence that doesn’t just look good, but actively contributes to your bottom line.
Ready to align your digital presence with your commercial goals?
To discuss how a unified digital strategy can impact your portfolio’s performance, visit our website, call (877) 291-4411 ext. 704, or email us at [email protected].
About Lodging Interactive
Since its founding in 2001, Lodging Interactive has provided digital marketing services to hotels worldwide, including select service, full-service, and luxury properties.
The company’s social media marketing and guest reviews response division, CoMMingle:Engage, serves a range of hospitality businesses, including hotels, restaurants, spas, and management companies.
The company continues to innovate by introducing supportive services that enhance its primary business lines. Recently, it launched Social Media Amplified, custom landing page services designed to drive direct bookings through social media content posts. Building on this commitment, the company has also unveiled GuestCONNECT—an all-inclusive service for modern hotels and resorts. GuestCONNECT includes a mobile-first responsive website with hosting and support, tailored social media strategy and marketing, guest review response services across 140 OTA sites, a real-time reporting and analytics dashboard, and a dedicated Client Success Manager.
Lodging Interactive has received numerous awards, including the HSMAI Adrian Award and accolades from the International Academy of Visual Arts, Interactive Media Awards, Horizon Interactive Awards, Web Marketing Association, Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts, and Travel Weekly’s Magellan Awards.
For more information, email [email protected], call 877-291-4411 ext. 704, or visit the company’s website.
DJ Vallauri
President & Founder
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