Travel And Hospitality Brand Drives 5.57x ROAS With Integrated Google And Meta Campaigns

Overview

A luxury travel and hospitality brand with 18 resorts across South India wanted to grow direct bookings and reduce OTA dependence.
Over six months, third i helped them drive a 5.57x ROAS using a tightly planned Google and Meta strategy.

Client

• Category: Travel and hospitality,  luxury resorts
• Locations: Multiple beach, backwater, heritage, and wildlife properties in South India
• Objective: Increase direct bookings and revenue, while keeping strong ROAS and clearer attribution

Challenge

• Many unique properties, one brand
  18 properties with distinct positioning but a need for consistent storytelling.
• High competition and OTA pressure
  Fighting for demand against global hotel brands and commission-heavy OTAs.
• Complex journeys and attribution
  Mix of online bookings, enquiry forms, phone calls, and group requests made performance measurement hard.

Goals

• Lift direct booking engine revenue for key properties
• Achieve strong ROAS on combined Google and Meta spend
• Track both online and offline revenue from digital campaigns
• Build a sustainable multi-property playbook that can repeat each season

Approach

1. Multi-channel campaign architecture

• 27 Google Ads campaigns across search, display, Performance Max, and location-specific setups.
• 23 Meta campaigns for leads, video storytelling, carousels, and awareness.

2. Intent-driven targeting

• High-intent search terms focused on resort stays, experiences, and specific destinations.
• Meta audiences built around travel intent, interests, and remarketing pools.

3. Property-first stories

• Creative and landing pages that showed real experiences: beach sunsets, backwaters, heritage architecture, forest stays.
• Property-level budgets for top performers, guided by revenue data.

4. Direct booking measurement

• Booking engine revenue tracked per campaign and property.
• Offline revenue from enquiry forms and phone calls logged and tied back to digital campaigns where possible.

5. AI-assisted monitoring with third i

• Thirdi’s agents monitored keyword performance, creative fatigue, and reporting across platforms.
• Performance marketers got a clear action list instead of raw dashboards.

Results

Top-level impact (6 months):

• ROAS: 5.57x
• ROI: 456 percent

Channel performance:

• Google Ads:
• • CTR: 6.15 percent
  • Conversion rate: 0.90 percent
• Meta:
• • Cost per lead: ₹668

How third i Helped

third i provided the AI layer and reporting system that kept 50+ campaigns under control:

• Agents highlighted wasteful keywords and high-ROAS segments.
• Creative patterns were tracked across Google and Meta in one place.
• Reports combined media and revenue, making it easier to argue for more budget and less OTA reliance.

CTA

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