The marketing challenges for the accommodation sector have never been more complex. The markets may have changed for ever, certainly in the short term, and flexibility and speed of adoption of change is going to be critical.
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We have been building websites for independently owned and operated hotels for almost two decades now and have watched as fads and fashions change with the seasons.
Whether the challenge is coming from Booking.com or Airbnb, independent hoteliers need a professional presence that can build a strong online profile and maximise direct conversion through their own channels. We support our hotel partners with our three cogs strategy - Build your site, Develop your relationships; Maximise your conversion - and help with advice on everything from social media, revenue management, SEO, web booking engines, email marketing and of course website design.
Claymore Rooms offers website design options specifically tailored for the mid-sized hotel and most importantly the digital marketing support that is required to build the online presence confidently and drive more DIRECT bookings from desktop, tablet or mobile devices.
The flexibillity of our proprietary Claymore Content Management System allows us to create highly visual, content managed sites quickly and affordably. Have a look at some of our featured work below and keep an eye on Facebook and our business to business blog for latest updates.
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It's always good to win an old client back and we were especially delighted to start working with Enterkine Country House Hotel again having first worked with them when they first opened way back! The new site is complemented by a monthly digital programme that we hope will speed the venue towards recovery over the coming twelve months. Clean design but with a serious amount of content in there too for accommodation, restaurant and the amazing wedding facilities.
Plan B have been working with the Fairfield for as long as we have been building websites and we reckon that the 2020 version is the seventh redesign we have done for this splendid four star hotel near the beach and centre of Ayr. The new site is built using on of our new Site Themes and includes the digital concierge and integration of Res Lynx web booking engine and ConstantContact email marketing
This hotel is well known to many Scottish skiers and owned and operated by the man behind the seminal Alpine tour op Ski Activity. The hotel sits right on the slopes of the wonderfully attractive Les Gets resort in the Portes du Soleil area in France.
We were delighted to welcome The Priory Hotel in Beauly onboard in 2019 following a recommendation from another Highlands client. The site makes use of own of our popular Themes and integrates the Bookassist web booking engine with their Guestline PMS and conversion rates have been very positive since the launch. We also did some work on the hotel branding designing their new logo and brining the fonts into the new site more effectively. The Priory complements a number of hotel and self catering sites that we support along the route of the North Coast 500
We have provided web design and digital marketing for the Simpsinns Group since they opened Gailes Hotel nearly twenty years ago. The facilities have expanded to now include a state of the art driving range, golf course and shop, spa and conference and banqueting facilities. Early 2021 will see the new Resort website go live. Even so the current site remains pretty cool with some stunning photography showcasing the very best of the hotel
This is a sister hotel of Gailes above and is built using the same theme and style set as part of the group branding. The three individual hotels - Old Loans in Troon is the other - are supported by a group site that focusses on core products and services driving traffic back to each of the hotels for more detail. The style of all three is the same integrating SiteMinder booking engine, vouchercart gift vouchers, ResDiary for table bookings and ConstantContact email capture.
The Crinan is quite possibly one of our very favourite hotels because it is such a wonderful drive to go and visit and while you can do Zoom calls for everything sometimes the journey is just as important as the meeting itself! The hotel has remained faithfully in the hands of the Ryans for many a year and we delight in its quirkiness, its location, its seafood off the boat that day and the fact it is living breathing art gallery too! Utilising Bookassist booking engine and one of our new Site Themes the aim is to impart the beauty and isolation of the location to the browser.
The Black Bull Inn is located in the Ayrshire countryside village of Tarbolton and has built up a very fine reputation for its dining. It is a restaurant with rooms operation and the site which was built in 2018 reflects the quality fit out of the public areas and style of service. The site is due for its bi annual refresh late 2020 as part of our monthly payments programme that ensures all client websites are updated every two years
Atypical of one of the smaller hotels that we will create for. The Anchorage is in the seaside town of Troon and is well known to golfers through the generations. It has a lively bar and food operations throughout the year (except this one!) and offers budget accommodation to a wide range of visitors. This value added site offers small operators a strong visual and optimised web presence at an affordable monthly costs and integrates online reservations fully into desktop and mobile sites using Bookassist booking engine too. We believe there is no better value site on offer that is so specifically designed for the smaller hotels
Perhaps the most perfectly located golf hotel in Scotland? The Royal Golf Hotel literally sits above the first tee of the wonderful Dornoch Links on the north west Highland coast. We have looked after this hotel providing not only website designs but digital support and online booking services for more than fifteen years. The Royal Golf now has its own self catering apartments site and joins its sister hotel, The Royal Marine in Brora, and links to Ness Castle and Home Farm Cottages in the group's tourism collection.
This small group of characterful hotels all sit on the North Coast 500 and Plan B have been providing a range of digital services for almost a decade including website, booking engine, email marketing support, branding and other support zservices
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