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How can a hotel website increase direct bookings?
Written on by Alexandre Baverel
More desire. More direct bookings
In hospitality, the website sets up the booking before the booking engine even opens. It has to create desire, explain the rooms, reassure visitors about the services, and make the value of booking direct obvious. Gemeos shapes this brand and acquisition layer as an extension of the on-site experience. Depending on the property, it naturally connects with the challenges of tourism, restaurants, camping, or event caterers. Our web agency coordinates branding, user journeys, SEO/GEO, and conversion tracking around this stay decision.
+250 companies trust us
The Gemeos team helped us level up with a site that’s more modern, faster, and better structured for SEO. Their responsiveness, expertise, and understanding of our business goals made all the difference.
Very happy with the work! The brief was well structured, the art direction quickly captured our identity, and the Webflow site is a real success. A professional, responsive team that takes the time to talk things through!
"I teach rhetoric. So yes, I was an unbearable client about every single word on the website. They held their ground, argued their case, and sometimes won. The microcopy is the best I've ever had to review, and I review a lot."
"512 employees trained, 35 solutions deployed, average ROI x3. All of that already existed. What was missing was someone being able to find it. The website became our number-one channel for booking meetings."
"We sell conversion optimization. Our own website converted poorly. It's the kind of irony you'd rather fix quietly. Five weeks later, the problem was gone. And I can show our website in meetings without changing the subject."
"Our market is full of people promising Dubai in three clicks and zero tax. We wanted the least salesy site possible. A thousand entrepreneurs later, it works better than promises."
"Bryan worked directly with our team throughout the project, with no middleman and no pointless status meetings. It's rare to find a developer who understands what you mean instead of making you repeat yourself. At the end, he trained us, and since then we haven't needed them. That's probably a good sign."
We had a complex brand guideline with high expectations, and Gemeos delivered. They understood what the client was looking for and knew how to use the right methods to get us to the result.
"My audience is growth marketers. They've seen every argument, every visual, every promise. With them, one sentence too many and you're disqualified. The website shows proof and stays quiet, which is exactly the right instinct."
"I came in with a terrible name. 'Outbound something.' Sandro said no, we're starting over. We spent a week on three syllables. Looking back, it was the best week of the project, because everything else flowed from it."
"I came in with a terrible name. 'Outbound something.' Sandro said no, we're starting over. We spent a week on three syllables. Looking back, it was the best week of the project, because everything else flowed from it."
"Bryan worked directly with our team throughout the project, with no middleman and no pointless status meetings. It's rare to find a developer who understands what you mean instead of making you repeat yourself. At the end, he trained us, and since then we haven't needed them. That's probably a good sign."
"We sell conversion optimization. Our own website converted poorly. It's the kind of irony you'd rather fix quietly. Five weeks later, the problem was gone. And I can show our website in meetings without changing the subject."
Very happy with the work! The brief was well structured, the art direction quickly captured our identity, and the Webflow site is a real success. A professional, responsive team that takes the time to talk things through!
Marine ThivendCommunication & Marketing Manager @HUB612"My audience is growth marketers. They've seen every argument, every visual, every promise. With them, one sentence too many and you're disqualified. The website shows proof and stays quiet, which is exactly the right instinct."
"Our market is full of people promising Dubai in three clicks and zero tax. We wanted the least salesy site possible. A thousand entrepreneurs later, it works better than promises."
What is your profile?
A high-performing hotel website should move visitors seamlessly from discovering the property to checking rooms, services, rates, and availability. The next steps align brand, content, booking engine, local and international SEO, tracking, and team autonomy.
goal
Build a strong brand identity and increase direct bookings.
Audiences
Leisure travelers, couples, international visitors, regular guests.
Key pages
Rooms & Suites, Experiences, Restaurant, Spa, Offers, Destination, Access.
Conversion
availability search, booking, call, sign-up for offers.
goal
Make a portfolio of venues easy to read without diluting each identity.
Audiences
Leisure and business travelers, agencies, groups, international clients.
Key pages
destinations, venues, cross-functional offers, brand, loyalty, seminars.
Conversion
Venue selection, booking, group request, CRM registration.
goal
convert both individual travelers and event organizers.
Audiences
companies, travel managers, event agencies, seminar organizers.
Key pages
rooms, capacities, equipment, catering, accommodation, access, use cases.
Conversion
quote request, brochure download, sales call, booking.
goal
Sell a complete experience, not just a night’s stay.
Audiences
Couples, families, wellness travelers, premium clientele.
Key pages
Accommodations, spa, dining, activities, experiences, seasonal offers.
Conversion
Stay booking, experience booking, gift card purchase, custom request.
goal
Clarify the offer for short, medium, and long stays.
Audiences
Business travelers, families, expats, companies.
Key pages
Apartment Types, Amenities, Services, Location, Long-Term Rates, FAQ.
Conversion
Booking, long-stay request, business contact.
A hotel website has to solve five problems at once: spark desire, win back direct bookings, make the offer instantly comparable, stay visible across a fragmented search journey, and accurately measure conversions between the site and booking tools.





Details that make all the difference
A site centered on rooms and photos, without structuring the journey around reasons for staying.
We structure journeys by profile, stay, room, service, and decision point.
The booking engine is added as an external button, with no continuity from the sales pages.
The booking engine is integrated into a seamless journey, with the right commercial context.
Services, offers, and experiences are presented separately, without helping to build the stay.
Offers, services, and experiences are connected to increase the value and understanding of the stay.
Multilingual sites duplicate content without real market-by-market governance.
Languages, markets, and local content are structured within a cohesive international architecture.
SEO work starts after the redesign, focusing on the hotel and a few local search queries.
SEO and GEO shape the institution, the destination, and the experience before the wireframes.
Reporting stops at booking clicks, without connecting acquisition, availability, and revenue.
Tracking connects acquisition, booking clicks, and revenue when the engine makes that measurement possible.
Designed to inspire confidence
Our expertise, at the service of hospitality brands
Build a strong, memorable brand identity that reflects your positioning and builds trust at every touchpoint.
Interfaces designed to convert, clear, consistent, and aligned with your users’ expectations.
A fast, scalable site that’s easy to evolve, thanks to a clean, high-performance Website build, whatever the CMS or tech stack.
Boost your visibility on Google and AI search engines to attract qualified, long-term traffic.
Continuous analysis, testing, and optimization to turn more visitors into customers.
A hands-on team by your side, here for the long haul, helping your site evolve with your business goals.
"Professional, responsive, and committed to their clients' success, Gemeos is the first agency I recommend without hesitation.
"Gemeos handled the Webflow integration for our site redesign, giving our Growth team full control over landing pages while optimizing both web performance and SEO."
“Working with them was incredibly efficient; the agency is highly responsive and adapts to any unforeseen challenges. Our site engagement rate increased by 58%!”
“Gemeos delivered a showcase site that met all our requirements while working to quite tight deadlines. Their methodology was efficient, and they remained available, attentive, and highly responsive throughout the project. They are a complementary and very skilled duo. Kudos to them!”
Our work


Our methodology
The Steps to Build a High-Performing Hospitality Website
A high-performing hotel website should move visitors seamlessly from discovering the property to checking rooms, services, rates, and availability. The next steps align brand, content, booking engine, local and international SEO, tracking, and team autonomy.

Analysis of existing assets, competitor benchmarking, and SEO, UX, and conversion gaps. Priority report ranked by business impact.

Sitemap, wireframes, content brief, and design. User journey validation and integration of regulatory requirements.

Figma mockups, validation, and Webflow integration with a structured CMS. Every component is editable without a developer.

On-page optimization, redirects, Search Console, and team training. Launch checklist validated point by point.

Monthly reporting focused on business metrics. Continuous CRO iterations. Site evolution managed independently or with our support.

Analysis of existing assets, competitor benchmarking, and SEO, UX, and conversion gaps. Priority report ranked by business impact.

Sitemap, wireframes, content brief, and design. User journey validation and integration of regulatory requirements.

Figma mockups, validation, and Webflow integration with a structured CMS. Every component is editable without a developer.

On-page optimization, redirects, Search Console, and team training. Launch checklist validated point by point.

Monthly reporting focused on business metrics. Continuous CRO iterations. Site evolution managed independently or with our support.
+250 companies supported
4.9/5· 97 reviews
"Most agencies make a great first impression and sell you the dream in those early conversations, but that illusion fades fast once the contract is signed. With Gemeos, it’s different. Gemeos are professional and genuinely committed to doing things right and fast. I really recommend them. And this is the first time I’ve ever recommended an agency.
Quentin MayetVP Marketing @Paradox“We worked with Gemeos in the summer of 2024 to redesign Modjo’s marketing site and better reflect the brand’s new positioning. The collaboration was incredibly efficient, the agency was highly responsive and adapted to every unexpected challenge. With limited resources on our side, right in the middle of summer, we launched the new site in just six weeks. Site visit engagement increased by 58%!”
Thomas BeylotVP Product @Modjo“Gemeos are the perfect experts to take over your website from A to Z. Beyond being highly skilled, they were proactive and came up with great ideas throughout the project, a real plus! Thanks for this fantastic Openeat website redesign ;)”
Martin CatineauHead of Market @OpeneatReally great working with you, you get up to speed really fast, and the process is frictionless 🔥
Kévin Moënne-LoccozVP of Product & Design @Lemlist“Sandro and his team are incredibly efficient and really attentive. They have a great grasp of their clients’ SEO challenges and always come up with the right solutions. Highly recommend”
Jules RatierCEO @Koncile“Gemeos delivered a showcase site that met all our requirements while working to quite tight deadlines. Their methodology was efficient, and they remained available, attentive, and highly responsive throughout the project. They are a complementary and very skilled duo. Kudos to them!”
Thibaud BertrandHead of Marketing @Side“Great Webflow agency. Available, attentive, and responsive. We brought them in to redesign our Nuant.com website, providing the Figma mockups. We’re very happy with the result, and their Webflow expertise is a real asset.”
Leo CarliProduct Marketing Manager @Nuant"We worked with Gemeos for several months on the redesign of our site and the launch of our new Taalent.ai offering in the U.S. market. The team was able to combine strategic vision, high-quality execution, and great responsiveness throughout the project. An effective collaboration that I’d recommend without hesitation."
Alexandre DuffautCEO @NootaEfficiency, structure, and performance. Gemeos managed to translate Avnear’s identity into a website that exceeded our expectations. Client feedback has been unanimous. The team showed remarkable agility in adapting to our requests and our high standards. A trusted partner we’d recommend without hesitation. Our site is a masterclass in building trust.
Charley ArodFounding Partner. Asset & Risk Management @Avnear"Gemeos worked on the Webflow integration as part of our website redesign, with the goal of giving our Growth team back control over landing page creation and improving web performance and SEO. I highly recommend Sandro for his availability, responsiveness, teaching approach, and, above all, his understanding of our business needs."
Florian CorteelSEO Manager @FinaryThanks to the whole team, always going the extra mile to push the boundaries!
Florent DarraultCMO @CureetyWe entrusted Gemeos with a full website redesign and migration, and everything went incredibly smoothly. What stood out most to us was the quality of the art direction: a truly premium, cohesive visual direction, with a clear visual identity and highly polished choices throughout, typography, colors, iconography, pacing, hierarchy, and more. You can tell they have great taste, and above all, a real eye for detail on every screen. On top of that, the team is incredibly responsive and very experienced: they know both design and the technical side inside out. I’d recommend them without hesitation.
David BERNARDCEO & Founder @AssessFirst"Sacha & Sandro worked on the redesign and migration of our website with a few clear goals: create a unique, differentiated visual identity, clarify our message and value proposition, smooth out the customer journey, and ultimately generate more business opportunities. We’re very happy with the result, and the numbers speak for themselves. Sacha & Sandro are skilled, committed, conscientious, passionate, and they see things through to the end. I highly recommend them!”
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Tips7 min read
Written on by Alexandre Baverel

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Written on by Alexandre Baverel
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A web agency specializing in hospitality designs the site around bookings, the guest experience, hotel tools, and destination-related searches. It has to bring together brand, UX/UI, the booking engine, SEO/GEO, tracking, and practical content without confusing the marketing site with the PMS or the booking engine.
Because a hotel needs to spark desire, make room comparisons easy, protect its direct booking channel, and measure a journey that often runs through multiple tools. An agency used to these constraints can handle booking, destination content, mobile performance, and cross-domain tracking from the very first brief.
A hotel website should help visitors quickly understand the property, its location, rooms, services, amenities, and booking terms. The essential pages usually include the homepage, rooms or suites, offers, experiences, dining or spa when available, the destination, practical information, contact, and access to the booking engine. Hotels focused on seminars should also detail meeting rooms, capacities, equipment, and quote request options.
Direct bookings grow when the site gives people fewer reasons to go back to an OTA: a clear value proposition, real direct-booking benefits, complete room pages, trust signals, mobile speed, and a smooth handoff to the booking engine. Since the DMA took effect for Booking.com, hotels in the European Union can also offer different rates and terms on their own site, including better ones, than on Booking.com.
Yes, the engine needs to be integrated into the journey, but it doesn’t necessarily need to be built inside the site’s CMS. In many projects, a specialized booking engine is still the right solution. The agency’s job is then to create a seamless transition between the site and the engine: design, settings, languages, tracking, source preservation, and the return path back to the site.
Webflow is a great fit for a hotel marketing site when the main need is content, design, SEO, offers, room pages, and editorial autonomy. The PMS, channel manager, or booking engine usually remain specialized tools connected to the site. For a highly complex group or a proprietary transactional platform, the stack should be evaluated case by case.
Hospitality SEO combines brand, destination, local SEO, and stay intent. An effective site architecture connects the property to its rooms, services, experiences, neighborhood, or destination, plus practical information. Content should answer real traveler questions instead of churning out generic city pages. Technical performance, internal linking, relevant structured data, and consistent local information complete the picture.
SEO aims for visibility in traditional search results. GEO also works to make the property and its information clear and citable in AI-generated answers. For a hotel, both approaches come down to the same fundamentals: accurate factual information, clearly identified entities, well-structured pages, useful content, proof points, and consistency across every digital presence.
The most useful KPIs are click-through rate to the booking engine, availability searches, direct booking rate, direct revenue attributed to the website, drop-off rate between the site and the booking engine, mobile conversion, MICE inquiries, and cost per booking by channel. Traffic alone doesn’t tell you how well the site is performing commercially.
Multilingual support makes sense when a property serves a significant share of international guests or targets multiple markets. At that point, each language needs to feel like a real experience: navigation, key content, metadata, booking engine, and practical information. Partial or inconsistent translation can create more friction than it solves.
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