FOURTH KEYCREATIVE · COMMERCIAL

THE CREATIVE & COMMERCIAL SUITE

A sharper brand.
A stronger business.

Everything your hotel needs to express its character, reach the right guests and perform commercially.

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01

Positioning, identity and creative direction that make your hotel unmistakably yours.

  • Brand positioning and guest audience definition
  • Brand strategy, story and tone of voice
  • Visual identity and logo systems

02

Direct booking specialists: traffic acquisition at the top of the funnel, conversion at the bottom.

  • Traffic acquisition: paid search, metasearch, organic visibility and campaigns
  • Conversion: website, booking engine, mobile journeys and enquiry optimisation
  • Content direction and campaign creative

03

Guest Experience

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Guest journeys and communications that carry your brand through every stay.

  • Guest journey mapping and touchpoint review
  • Pre-arrival, in-stay and post-stay communication
  • Experience concepts and service communication

04

Pricing, distribution and commercial optimisation built around your property.

  • Revenue strategy and channel mix
  • Rate, inventory and length-of-stay logic
  • Forecasting and reporting priorities

05

Review strategy and guest feedback insights that strengthen trust.

  • Review and reputation assessment
  • Response guidelines and tone of voice
  • Guest feedback analysis and recurring themes

06

RFPs, vendor selection, implementation and integrations that make the stack work.

  • Technology stack audits and requirements mapping
  • RFP design, vendor shortlists and demo evaluation
  • Commercial negotiation support
  • AI and data transformation: workflow reviews, reporting improvements, connected information and team adoption.
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ENGAGEMENTS

Pick the right depth.

Our six agency services sit alongside the existing commercial diagnostic and ongoing Advisor offering.

01 · START WITH A READ

The Free Audit

A focused 45-minute call on the commercial question you want help with, followed by a deck or PDF.

Complimentary · No commitment

Start with a free audit

02 · GO DEEPER

The Fourth Key Audit™

A full commercial diagnostic, scored across four pillars, with an executive summary and a 90-day action plan.

Starting from USD 2,000 · Two-week delivery

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03 · MAKE IT HAPPEN

Projects & partnerships

Bring us in for defined creative, commercial or technology work, or ongoing senior support alongside your team.

Scoped projects · Retainer rates on request

Find your engagement

DIRECT BOOKINGS & CONVERSION

Bring them in.
Make it easy to book.

We specialise in direct booking growth, connecting the top and bottom of the funnel instead of treating them as separate projects.

TOP OF FUNNEL · TRAFFIC ACQUISITION

The right guests.
At your door.

Search, metasearch, campaigns, content and brand: give the right people a reason to visit your website.

BOTTOM OF FUNNEL · CONVERSION

Less friction.
More direct bookings.

Mobile experience, booking engine, offers, trust and clear calls to action: turn interest into a booking or enquiry.

Measure the whole journey: qualified traffic, booking engine engagement, conversion and direct booking revenue.

A TRUSTED ADVISOR ON YOUR SIDE

More platforms.
More pitches.
Someone in your corner.

New vendors. New AI tools. Another demo promising to change everything. Hotels have a business to run; keeping up should not become another full-time job.

We do the running for you so you stay at the front. We evaluate products, run RFPs, challenge the pitches and help put the right solution to work.

Vendor-neutral. No vendor commissions. We work for your hotel, with the best outcome as the brief.

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ON YOUR SIDE

A few hours.
A few days.
Whatever moves it forward.

A quick fix, extra senior hands or a steady partner. We agree the work and keep it focused on your outcome.

01 · BILLABLE HOURS

Get the small stuff done.

Quick implementation, a booking journey fix, a system setup or a task that keeps slipping down the list. Scoped hours, agreed before we start.

Tell us what needs doing

02 · FRACTIONAL COMMERCIAL

Senior thinking.
Extra hands.

Commercial leadership alongside your team, connecting marketing, direct demand, revenue and technology without a full-time hire.

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03 · THE CLASSIC RETAINER

A couple of days.
Every week.

A trusted partner with time set aside for your hotel. A couple of days a week, or a cadence that fits, to keep decisions and delivery moving.

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YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

An endless to-do list?

The project you never get around to. The fix that keeps waiting. Need something done? Let us know. We can get it done for you.

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