Clicks to check-ins

More direct bookings. Higher rates. Fuller rooms.

Room Rankers is the growth team independent hotels never had. We run your OTA listings, marketing, website and pricing as one system, then build the software and AI agents that keep it running around the clock.

OTA optimizationDigital marketingWebsites & SEORevenue managementAI agents
Romora Bay Resort & MarinaHarbour Island, Bahamas
+99%
revenue, year over year
#7 to #1Expedia comp set
$192Kbest month ever
100Offer Strength
+99%Revenue growth at Romora Bay, Nov to Jul YoY
+112%Direct bookings at Soka Suites
17×Return on Expedia TravelAds spend
#1In the STAR report and the Expedia comp set

Every channel your guests book on, managed by one team

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Why independent hotels lose online

It's rarely a demand problem. It's an alignment problem.

Chains have whole departments for this. Independents rarely get any of it. That's the gap we fill.

OTAs take the margin and set the rules

18 to 30% commission on every booking, with contracts, promotions and filters written in the OTA's interest. Left unmanaged, your visibility, parity and promotions drift out of your control.

Marketing that rents demand instead of owning it

Traffic without tracking is wasted spend. If your ads, reviews and email aren't built to capture the guest and bring them back direct, you pay for the same guest twice.

Pricing that ignores pace

Rates set by habit leave money on the table on peak dates and rooms empty on soft ones. Without one strategy, occupancy and ADR fight each other instead of rising together.

Results

Real properties. Real numbers.

Every figure comes from the property's own OTA extranet, PMS ledger or analytics. We report the same way to every client, weekly.

Aerial view of the Romora Bay marina on Harbour Island, Bahamas +99% revenue
Romora Bay Resort & Marina, Bahamas

Last in its comp set in November. Best month in its history by March.

A boutique resort and marina with a legacy booking engine and no conversion tracking. Alongside a renovated product and a strong on-property team, we rebuilt pricing, OTA distribution and direct demand at once.

  • #7 to #1Expedia comp-set ranking
  • $192KMarch 2026, best month ever
  • 76 to 100Expedia Offer Strength
A guest room with two beds and a blue accent wall +37% revenue
Soka Suites, Irving, Texas

From 75% OTA-dependent to #1 in its market.

A hotel near DFW Airport that was out of rate parity with no marketing or review system. In six months, direct bookings went from a quarter of reservations to 40%, and OTA revenue grew too.

  • +112%Direct bookings
  • 17×Return on Expedia ads
  • +16.2%RevPAR
Expedia sort orderHarbour Island comp set
  1. 1Romora Bay Resort & Marina100
  2. 2Oceanfront resort94
  3. 3Harbour boutique hotel91
  4. 4Beach club & villas88
  5. 5Island inn85
  6. 6Marina guesthouse82
  7. 7Cottages by the bay79
Offer Strength 76 to 100, ranked #7 to #1Nov 2025 to Jul 2026

OTA optimization

Watch a hotel climb its comp set.

OTA rankings aren't luck. Rate plans, cancellation flexibility, content, promotions, reviews and ad participation all feed the algorithm. We work every one of those markers, and we manage the relationship with each OTA's market manager so you're treated as a partner, not a listing.

  • Rank higher and convert better on every OTA
  • Rate parity across channels, so direct stays competitive
  • Promotions and travel ads that grow occupancy without giving margin away
A hotel lobby with arched doorways and a red sofa
25% to 40%direct share in six months, Soka Suites

Marketing, websites & SEO

Turn OTA guests into your guests.

Direct is the highest-ROI channel a hotel has. We put your ad spend where it converts, build websites that turn lookers into bookers, capture every guest into your own database, and make sure ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity recommend you by name.

  • Google Hotel Ads, metasearch, Meta and retargeting
  • Fast, mobile-first websites wired into your booking engine
  • Email, reviews and AI-search presence, reported with ROI

Software & AI agents

Your 24/7 growth engine.

We build and run a private AI agent for your property and direct it like a member of your team. It watches your performance data continuously and executes across every channel, so nothing waits for business hours. Your team sets the strategy, reviews and approves.

  • OTA agentTunes parity, rankings and promotions across every OTA.
  • Revenue agentScans market rates and proposes moves you approve.
  • Marketing agentRuns Google and Meta ads and email campaigns.
  • Reputation agentTracks reviews, drafts replies, asks happy guests for more.
  • Hospitality agentFlags incoming VIPs and why they matter.
  • PM agentMorning briefing: arrivals, pace, tasks and alerts.

Syncs with your channel manager, PMS and the messaging app your team already uses. One rule, enforced in code: our systems never message your guests.

Also built and running for our hotels

Guest CRMLive PMS syncIn-room QR conciergeAI concierge chatRevenue & pace dashboardComp-set rate scraperOTA parity modelBooking attributionPMS pricing automationRewards & loyaltyAnalytics dashboards
PM agent · 6:40 AMto the GM and front desk
  • 14 arrivals today, 2 VIP repeat guests: both stayed in March, one left a 10/10 review. Rooms upgraded and flagged at the desk.
  • Pace for the next 30 days is 9% ahead of last year. The 21st to 23rd is soft: the revenue agent proposes a 3-night package on Expedia.
  • Booking.com rate for the King Suite is $12 under direct. Parity fix ready.
  • 3 new reviews overnight, average 9.4. Replies drafted.
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How we work

Audit first. Then we earn our keep.

We start with a free audit of your channels, rates and website. Engagements are a monthly retainer plus a share of the revenue we grow, so our upside is tied to yours.

  1. 1

    Audit

    We map your OTA listings, parity, ranking markers, website conversion, tracking and rate strategy, and show you where the money is leaking.

  2. 2

    Plan

    One strategy across distribution, marketing, web and pricing, with a clear order of what to fix first.

  3. 3

    Execute

    We do the work: listings, promotions, ads, email, website, rates. Twice-weekly price optimization from day one.

  4. 4

    Report

    Weekly performance reports for hotels, monthly for rentals, with strategy calls. Transparent numbers, every time.

Who's behind it

Hospitality, e-commerce and AI insiders.

Pablo Castillo

Pablo Castillo

Founder

Ten years driving growth online: SEO, digital marketing, websites and marketplaces. Came to hotels from e-commerce, saw how OTAs dominated the booking landscape, and started Room Rankers to give independent hotels the team chains take for granted. Builds the software and AI agents the company runs on.

Luis Consuegra

Luis Consuegra

Partner

Eight years of account management in hospitality and service. Staff training and service-excellence enablement, refined guest experiences and bespoke activations. Keeps the guest at the center of everything the numbers are trying to move.

Find out where your hotel is leaking revenue.

A free audit of your OTA listings, rate parity, website conversion and tracking. No deck, no pitch. Just what we found and what we'd do about it.