Hotel, resort and lodge marketing in South Africa
Your rooms.filled all year round.
Fewer empty midweeks, a fuller winter and less commission paid to Booking.com. More direct bookings from guests at home and in Europe, the Middle East and the USA.
We've filled rooms for Atlantis The Royal, Marriott Resorts, Rosewood and Six Senses, to name a few.The same playbook, sized for independent hotels, lodges and guesthouses.
Gulf families, booking direct
Fill rooms from three continents.
Overseas guests book earlier, stay longer and spend more. We put your property in front of the right ones, in their language and at the right time.
Europe
The UK, Germany, the Netherlands and France
- Ads timed to their winter, our summer
- English and German campaigns
- Long-stay and Garden Route touring packages
Middle East
The UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar
- Arabic ads and creator seeding
- Family, halaal-friendly and privacy-first stays
- WhatsApp follow-up in Arabic and English
USA
The East Coast, Texas and California
- Safari, wine and golf interest targeting
- Ads matched to US booking windows
- Travel advisor and tour operator outreach
What are empty rooms costing you?
Most owners have never seen this number. Move the four sliders to see yours.
1Your property
2Add a quick health checkOptional, 30 seconds
Do most of your bookings come direct, not via Booking.com or Airbnb?
Is your Google profile complete, with recent photos and replies to reviews?
Can a guest book or enquire on your website, on a phone, in under a minute?
Are you running ads that you can track to bookings, not just likes?
Do you reply to every enquiry within an hour?
Audit, plan, bookings.
- 1
Free 20-minute audit
We find where bookings are leaking.
- 2
A 30-day plan
Ads, content and fixes for a fixed monthly fee, with an ad budget you set. No long lock-in.
- 3
Weekly booking reports
Enquiries and bookings, not vanity metrics.
What goes into your plan
- 01Go-to-market & positioning
- 02Bespoke destination marketing campaigns
- 03Paid social + AEO/GEO
- 04Arabic creator & influencer seeding
- 05WhatsApp CRM · Arabic & English
- 06AI concierge · 24/7
Free website audit. see what guests see.
We test your website the way a guest does, on a phone, then send you a short report showing what to fix first.
- Speed on a mobile connection
- How easy it is to book or enquire
- Whether booking direct beats the platforms
- How you show up on Google and in search
- Whether your ads and bookings are tracked
website score
- UrgentBooking button
No "Book now" visible on a phone without scrolling
- UrgentTracking
No booking or enquiry tracking installed
- FixMobile speed
Homepage takes over 5 seconds to load on 4G
- FixDirect rate
Same price as Booking.com, so no reason to book direct
- FixSearch
Not showing for "lodge in Knysna"
- GoodGoogle profile
Photos and reviews up to date
Illustrative example. Your report uses your own website.
Free audit.20 minutes.
Rush was the kind of teammate you could always count on: consistently available, dependable, and genuinely invested in adding value.
- 15+years in hospitality and destination marketing
- 3×Loeries winner
- $30M+in client revenue generated
Your audit covers
- Your commission versus direct-booking split
- A website audit: speed, mobile booking, Google and tracking
- Your Google profile, reviews and photos
- Which overseas markets fit your property
- Three quick wins you can do this week
No obligation. Rush is based in Gqeberha and replies within one business day.