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Journey - Digital Marketing
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Journey - Digital Marketing
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More than technology. A performance partner for hospitality.
100% recommended by 4 hotels
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What is Journey?
Founded in 2012 | Headquarters in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire | 153 employees
Journey is a digital marketing platform tailored for hotels and spas, focused on enhancing direct revenue growth. By leveraging performance-led digital marketing and conversion-focused websites, Journey optimizes marketing strategies to enhance brand presence and increase bookings. The platform uses data insights and a deep understanding of guest behavior to craft clear optimization strategies, delivering measurable improvements in customer experience. Journey is a valuable asset for businesses aiming to boost direct bookings and maximize their online performance efficiently.
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"We help hotels and spas grow direct revenue through performance-led digital marketing, conversion-focused websites, and clear optimisation strategies. Using data, industry insight, and a deep understanding of guest behaviour, we strengthen brand presence, increase bookings, and deliver measurable return on experience."
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Content
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#4
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Sojern is a top Digital Marketing Agencies pick among mid-sized hotels on HotelTechReport, with reviewers pointing to data-driven targeting that puts ads in front of travelers at the right time and “drives direct bookings.” It also pairs that with clear monthly reconciliations.
Small
98%
(32)
#3
of 13
Sojern is a top Digital Marketing Agencies pick among small hotels on HotelTechReport because hoteliers point to commission-based targeting that reaches travelers at the right time and turns campaigns into confirmed direct bookings.
Large
95%
(31)
#1
of 9
Sojern is a top Digital Marketing Agencies pick among Large on HotelTechReport, with hoteliers pointing to “9 times ROAS” and one-to-one booking tracking on dashboards that make campaign results easy to reconcile.
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#4
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Luxury Hotels
94%
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96%
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Boutique Hotels
94%
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#4
of 20
Sojern is a top Digital Marketing Agencies pick among boutique properties on HotelTechReport because hoteliers point to targeted display, SEM, social, and metasearch campaigns that bring bookings to their website.
Luxury Hotels
94%
(74)
#4
of 18
Sojern is a top Digital Marketing Agencies pick among Luxury on HotelTechReport, because hoteliers point to commission-based campaigns that put ads in front of browsers and drive direct bookings without upfront spend.
Bed & Breakfast & Inns
96%
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#4
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Sojern is a top Digital Marketing Agencies pick among Bed-N-Breakfast on HotelTechReport, and hoteliers single out its CPM campaigns and retargeting for putting banners in front of travelers at the right time, helping nudge more direct bookings.
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Journey Reviews Summary
Ease of Use
5.0/5
Customer Support
5.0/5
ROI
5.0/5
Implementation
5.0/5
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This vendor's trending score is rising, Journey - Digital Marketing is the #11 most trending product in the Digital Marketing Agencies category (out of 125) and the #224 most trending product overall in the global hotel tech ecosystem. HTR assesses vendor's real time activity in the market to give buyers a sense of whether a product is gaining momentum
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Journey have been a valued digital marketing partner for Hartwell House, supporting us across performance marketing, reporting, and strategic insight. Their team have taken the time to truly understand our business, our brand positioning, and the nuances of marketing a luxury historic house hotel.
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Question:
What does this product or service do well?
Answer:
Digital marketing and website design and development services are best-in-class with superior ROAS and conversion into the booking engine vs. competing agencies. The booking engine is an all-in-one basket enabling guests to book not only their room but, dining, spa and any other form of experience that the hotel has turned into bookable inventory. The spa software is the leading player in the UK market with 100s of spas on the platform, which is in the process of being upgraded to manage all the experiences a hotel offers.
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Digital marketing and website design and development services are best-in-class with superior ROAS and conversion into the booking engine vs. competing agencies.
The booking engine is an all-in-one basket enabling guests to book not only their room but, dining, spa and any other form of experience that the hotel has turned into bookable inventory.
The spa software is the leading player in the UK market with 100s of spas on the platform, which is in the process of being upgraded to manage all the experiences a hotel offers.
Question:
What differentiates this product or service from the competition?
Answer:
See the differentiating comments made in the box above. There are no other booking engine or spa management systems that offer the functionality of the Journey offering and when combined with highly effective digital marketing services, the return on experience is unbeatable.
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See the differentiating comments made in the box above.
There are no other booking engine or spa management systems that offer the functionality of the Journey offering and when combined with highly effective digital marketing services, the return on experience is unbeatable.
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Based on your experience with this product or service, if you could give one piece of advice to a hotelier considering this product or service, what would it be?
Answer:
Book a demo, meet the team and look forward to growing your total revenue per available room. I would also be inclined to understand the power of the full suite, as the compounding effects of integrating the digital marketing, a conversion-led website, the booking engine and the experience management system are exceptional.
Showing all answers to: "Based on your experience with this product or service, if you could give one piece of advice to a hotelier considering this product or service, what would it be?"
Book a demo, meet the team and look forward to growing your total revenue per available room. I would also be inclined to understand the power of the full suite, as the compounding effects of integrating the digital marketing, a conversion-led website, the booking engine and the experience management system are exceptional.
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