Case study · SEO · Hospitality

The Legacy Villa: page-one rankings built for direct bookings

A full SEO strategy for a luxury hospitality brand, focused on guests who book direct instead of through travel agencies.

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Results

What changed.

Page oneRankings for high-value hospitality keywords

DirectBooking-intent keywords targeted

RebuiltTechnical SEO foundation

LocalSearch visibility improved

The challenge

The problem we set out to solve.

Luxury properties compete with large booking platforms for the same searches. Winning direct bookings means ranking for intent-led queries, fixing the technical basics and showing up in local search.

What we did

How we approached it.

Technical audit

A complete technical SEO audit, then a rebuilt technical foundation so every page could be crawled, indexed and understood.

Direct-booking keyword research

Keyword research aimed at searches with booking intent, not just traffic.

On-page optimisation

Titles, headings, content and internal links optimised across every page.

Local search targeting

Improved local visibility so travellers searching for the destination find the property.

Services used

The disciplines behind this project.

SEO, GEO & AEO

Also: SEO · Local SEO · Hospitality

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