- Test online for profitable room bookings and recommend future strategy
- Redevelop the existing website to make it easier to book online
- Take the 6 London Travel Inns and show how online can drive bookings
- Introduced a number of technical solutions to the main website:
- New global and sub-navigation
- Introduced ‘Easy Book’ inc. an availability check
- Improved search functionality
- Re-designed the booking form
- Developed consist action buttons
- Created a London microsite with local content and ‘book now’ buttons feeding into main hotel booking engine
- Analysed search habits to identifying business and leisure traveller strategy
- Purchased and tested over 100 search terms
- Identified partner sites and tested one with banners
- URL added to offline communication/specific web related POS produced
- Booking a room via the main site was reduced from 12 to 4 clicks
- 33% of visitors booking on their first visit – 71% repeat visits
- 2,391 bookings via the microsite over the test period with an estimated booking conversion of 21.3%
- Booking cost halved compared to traditional methods
- Total spend £25,000, revenue generated £200,000, an 800% ROI

