Marketing that fills rooms, tables and event diaries
A marketing agency for hospitality helps hotels, restaurants, pubs, bars and venues attract more guests, win more direct bookings and fill quieter periods. Flamingo Marketing Strategies is a UK hospitality marketing agency working with hotel and leisure businesses of every size, from independent restaurants to multi-site venues.
From photography and video to social media, email marketing, SEO, website design and branding, our in-house team works as your outsourced marketing department, so you can focus on looking after your guests.
If you’re paying too much in booking commission, relying on a busy season to carry the year, or struggling to stand out from the venue down the road, we can help.
Why hospitality businesses choose Flamingo
In hospitality, guests decide with their eyes and their phones.
Before they book a room, reserve a table or enquire about a wedding, most people scroll through your photos, check your reviews, look at your social media and compare you with two or three alternatives. If your marketing doesn’t capture what makes you special, they book somewhere else.
We help you win that moment. We photograph and film your rooms, food, spaces and people, build a brand guests remember, and create social media and email campaigns that bring new guests in and keep past guests coming back.
Our email marketing gets results. For Johnsons Coaches, we increased delivered emails by 680% while keeping an average open rate of 38%, the kind of reliable reach that drives repeat bookings.
We also never work with your direct competitors in your local area or an agreed radius, so the hotel, restaurant or venue down the road won’t be using the same team.
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Hospitality marketing with Flamingo vs a generic agency
Many hospitality businesses have tried a generic marketing firm and ended up with a nice-looking social feed and very little change in bookings. Others rely on a member of staff posting when they have a spare minute, which in hospitality is rarely.
Hospitality marketing has its own rhythm. Demand rises and falls with seasons, events and local competition, guests book on emotion and convenience, and every booking you win directly instead of through a third party protects your margin. Marketing needs to plan for all of that.
Flamingo gives you one team that sets the strategy and does the work, and joins up:
The result is marketing that works the way guests actually choose where to stay, eat and celebrate.
The challenges of hospitality marketing
Running a hospitality business leaves little time for marketing. You might recognise some of these:
Flamingo fixes this with a structured marketing plan built around your seasons and your guests, so bookings keep coming in while your team gets on with service.
Flamingo Marketing Strategies: your hospitality marketing experts
Flamingo brings marketing strategy, creative production and digital marketing together under one roof. For hotel and leisure businesses, that means turning the experience you offer into marketing that makes people want to visit.
You get marketing that is planned, consistent and measured against the numbers that matter to you: direct bookings, covers and enquiries.
We work with businesses across hospitality and leisure, including:
Ad hoc marketing support
Launching a new menu, opening a new venue or need fresh photography before peak season? Ad hoc marketing support gives your hospitality business our in-house team for one-off projects and busy periods, without an ongoing commitment.
Full-service marketing packages
Our full-service hospitality marketing packages give you an outsourced marketing department on a monthly retainer, with joined-up social, email, web and creative activity, seasonal planning and monthly reporting on bookings and enquiries.
Hospitality marketing services from Flamingo
Explore the marketing services we provide for hotels, restaurants, pubs, bars and venues.
Marketing strategy
Our hospitality strategy work maps your guests, seasons and competitors, then sets out how to grow direct bookings, covers or event enquiries, with a plan reviewed regularly as demand changes through the year.
Lead generation
For venues and hotels chasing corporate and event business, targeted databases, email and outreach put you in front of event planners, PAs and business decision-makers who book meetings, conferences and parties.
Prospect100
Prospect100 aims to connect your venue with around 100 relevant corporate decision-makers and event organisers a month on LinkedIn, supported by brochures and content that show off your spaces.
Digital marketing
Booking-focused websites, hospitality SEO, social media management, paid social and email campaigns for past guests, all planned around your seasons by one team.
Branding and design
From hospitality branding and logos to menus, brochures, signage and printed promotions, our in-house creative team makes sure every guest touchpoint looks and feels like you.
Content marketing
Hospitality content creation that inspires visits: social posts, blog articles, local guides, video and copy that capture the experience you offer and give guests a reason to book.
Why choose a hospitality marketing strategy with Flamingo?
Plenty of wonderful hotels, restaurants and venues stay quieter than they should because their marketing doesn’t match the experience they offer. The welcome is warm and the food is great. They are just less visible, less memorable and harder to book.
Flamingo changes that. We build integrated marketing that shows guests what makes you special and makes booking direct the easy choice, and we were named Best B2B Marketing Agency in the West Midlands in 2025.
Flamingo is built upon a team of strategists, creatives and digital specialists who work side by side, so your photography, website, social media and email all come from people who talk to each other every day.
We would rather help you build loyal guests and steady year-round bookings than chase a short burst of attention.
We’re based in the Warwickshire countryside and work from the office every day, so the people running your marketing are always a phone call, email or visit away.
Arrange your strategy call
Want to find out how our digital marketing agency can strengthen your marketing results?
Book your free, no-obligation 60-minute strategy session with our Managing Director, Emma Sansom.
Ready to fill more rooms, tables and dates?
If you want more direct bookings and a brand guests remember, book a free, no-obligation strategy call with our Managing Director, Emma Sansom. In 60 minutes, we’ll review your current marketing and show you where your next bookings could come from.
FAQs about hospitality marketing
What does a hospitality marketing agency do?
A hospitality marketing agency helps hotels, restaurants, bars and venues attract more guests and bookings. That usually covers branding, photography, websites, SEO, social media, email marketing and promotions, all planned around your seasons and the guests you want to reach.
How much does a hospitality marketing agency cost?
It depends on what you need. Our Prospect100 LinkedIn lead generation service, useful for venues targeting corporate clients, starts from £350 + VAT per month with a six-month minimum term. Other services and full marketing packages are priced around your goals and scope, so the best starting point is a free strategy call.
How do I choose a hospitality marketing agency?
Whether you call it a hospitality marketing firm or agency, look for one that understands seasonality, direct bookings and guest behaviour, and has photography, design and digital skills in-house. Ask for named results, how they report on bookings and enquiries, and whether they work with your competitors.
How can hotels get more direct bookings?
Make booking direct as easy as possible on your own website, show off your rooms with great photography, appear in local and travel searches, and stay in touch with past guests through email. Giving guests a clear reason to book direct, such as a better rate or perk, also helps.
Which social media platforms work best for hospitality?
Visual platforms usually work best for consumer audiences, because guests want to see your rooms, food and atmosphere. LinkedIn is more useful for venues and hotels selling to corporate clients and event planners. The right mix depends on who your guests are.
Do you offer SEO for hotels and restaurants?
Yes. We optimise your website for the searches your guests make, including local searches for restaurants and bars, and support it with content about your venue and area. SEO builds over months, so we usually combine it with social media and email.
Will you work with our competitors?
No. We never work with a client’s direct competitors in their local area or an agreed radius, so the venues you compete with for guests won’t be using the same team.
How long does it take to see results from hospitality marketing?
Email campaigns to past guests and better social content can make a difference within weeks. SEO and brand building take longer, so we plan ahead of your key seasons and track bookings and enquiries along the way.
How do you measure the results of hospitality marketing?
We agree the measures that matter before we start, usually direct bookings, covers, event enquiries and email performance. Regular reporting shows what each channel contributes, so you can see the return on your marketing and decide where to invest next.
