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Hospitality agencies.

Hospitality marketing is the creative and media work that drives demand for hotels, restaurants, pubs, bars, events venues, and members clubs. It is distinct because catchment and footfall sit at the centre, OTAs and Google Business Profile dominate discovery, peak-trading cycles compress the calendar, and FSA rating rules plus the Portman Group code constrain the work.

At a glance
  • 181 UK agencies with hospitality experience
  • Across 36 UK locations
  • Reviewed 18 May 2026
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Sharkfold Ltd
Independent·London·11-50 Employees·Verified

Marketing Agency in London To help your business grow, Sharkfold digital marketing company makes bold decisions. We provide tailored tactics to reach your target audience and achieve your business goals. Increase brand visibility, leads, and sales with our services. We strive to serve our clients well. We'll learn about your business and goals and utilize our knowledge to help you succeed. SEO, PP

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Smoking Gun PR
Independent·Manchester·51-200 Employees·Verified

Smoking Gun is the home of ingenious comms. We are ambitious for our clients; bold on their behalf. We discover and communicate their stories to the right audiences, enhancing their reputations, driving organisational change and building their brands. Our progressive approach to PR, ruthlessly focused on business impact, drives an irresistible momentum. Momentum powered by ingenious ideas. Ideas u

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Spotty Media
Independent·Durham·2-10 Employees·Verified

Spotty Media is a specialist hospitality digital marketing agency helping restaurants, bars, hotels, venues and food and drink brands grow through social media, PR, content, websites, paid social, email marketing and consultancy.

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Tom Wilson Digital
Specialist·London·2-10 Employees·Verified

AI automation consultancy building custom tools, workflow automations, and AI agents for businesses across the UK, US, and Europe.

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YellowInk Digital
Independent·London·2-10 Employees·Verified

YellowInk is an SEO and digital marketing agency based in the United Kingdom (UK), dedicated to helping startups and small businesses grow online. We offer tailored services including SEO, content marketing, PPC, email marketing, social media management, social media advertising, website design & development, and LinkedIn marketing. Our focus is on delivering affordable, effective strategies that

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Sound In Theory
Independent·Exeter·11-50 Employees

For a decade and a half, Sound In Theory, a distinguished company rooted in Exeter, has been flourishing. The organisation has meticulously put together a squad of specialists who are enthusiastic about undertaking the challenging endeavours that our clientele requires. By consciously cherry-picking projects, Sound In Theory guarantees the provision of top-tier services that it holds in high regar

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D&M Creative
Independent·Manchester·11-50 Employees

D&M Creative Limited, a leading creative agency nestled in Barrowford, Lancashire, distinguishes itself by blending academic and scientific expertise with artistic flair and inquisitiveness. This innovative brand provides cutting-edge, intelligence-driven targeting strategies that set the benchmark in the industry. Our dynamic team, comprising inventive lateral thinkers and skilled technical speci

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New Media Ghost
Independent·Cardiff·2-10 Employees

New Media Ghost, a customised digital marketing agency based in Cardiff, excels in curating robust online presence for both businesses and individuals. As specialists in crafting and engaging with digital audiences, we distinguish ourselves through our unwavering commitment to discretion and tailoring unique strategies. We guarantee your content and social media resonate with your brand's voice, s

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HeyYou! Digital
Independent·Nottingham·2-10 Employees

HeyYou! Digital, a Nottingham-based digital marketing agency, prides itself on its distinctive approach to providing accessible, customisable, and personalised digital marketing solutions for small businesses. Committed to fostering organic inbound marketing, our agency ensures a uniform brand voice across all digital platforms. Our focus on transparent operations, ethical methodologies, and tailo

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Digital Media Ads
Independent·London·11-50 Employees

Digital Media Ads, a premier Digital Marketing Agency, is strategically located in the heart of London. Our unique selling proposition is our dedication to levelling the digital playing field by offering top-tier digital marketing solutions, usually exclusive to large tech firms, to small and medium-sized enterprises. We have a proven history of boosting sales and return on investment (ROI) for ou

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Tweetiepie Media
Independent·Glasgow·2-10 Employees

Based in Greenock, Scotland, Tweetiepie Media is a renowned creative agency, known for its commitment to crafting captivating stories. Specialising in creating narratives that resonate with viewers, our work fosters significant connections via striking visuals and engaging content. Our talented team provides an array of services, including brand development, web design, social media management, an

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Online Buzz
Independent·London·2-10 Employees

Online Buzz, a London-based inventive agency, excels in providing a holistic approach to digital marketing. Our expertise lies in creative production, web development, and digital media, ensuring innovative campaigns that engage audiences uniquely. We pride ourselves on our deep comprehension of each client's business, target audience, and objectives, enabling us to tailor campaigns that not only

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Studio Coact
Independent·Liverpool·2-10 Employees

Studio Coact, a Liverpool-based creative agency, specialises in fostering collaborative relationships with trusted associates to enhance brand development, construct a robust digital presence, and execute strategic marketing schemes. As a proficient entity in branding and web design and development, Studio Coact offers its support to businesses at every level. The agency's work is consistently dri

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Drool Design Studio
Independent·London·2-10 Employees

Drool Design Studio, a London-based design agency, epitomises the fusion of Caribbean and British influences. Our specialisms include website design, app development, branding, and cross-platform coding, particularly in Webflow, WordPress, and Shopify. What truly sets our studio apart is our culturally diverse team and bespoke approach to crafting immersive digital experiences. Our ethos centres a

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Keeble Creative
Independent·Edinburgh·2-10 Employees

Keeble Creative is a leading creative design firm hailing from Edinburgh, Scotland, specialising in a wide array of services such as graphic design, logo creation, web development, video editing, drone filming, photography, and 3D design. Our reputation as an innovative visual solution provider spans across various mediums. Our compact, yet dynamic, team at Keeble Creative takes immense pride in c

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THREE2
Independent·London·2-10 Employees

THREE2 is a Hertfordshire-based, social-centric strategic content agency in the UK, renowned for its dual emphasis on content creation and innovative consultancy. Our suite of services spans from capturing event moments and crafting brand films to developing brand strategies and orchestrating product launches. At THREE2, we take immense pride in our exceptional network of creative talents and cust

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East River Studio
Independent·Exeter·2-10 Employees

East River Studio, a cutting-edge web design and digital marketing firm situated in Exeter, Devon, distinguishes itself through its specialisation in custom website designs underpinned by robust SEO principles. This expertise empowers businesses to achieve superior Google rankings, driving lead generation. Furthermore, their broad spectrum of offerings, encompassing WordPress and WooCommerce websi

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Blacktide Marketing
Independent·Glasgow·2-10 Employees

Blacktide Marketing, an esteemed Glasgow-originated creative marketing agency, is globally recognised for its multitude of accolades. This agency distinctively stands out due to its fervent dedication towards crafting influential, customised marketing experiences. By harmoniously merging pioneering design with data-led strategies, Blacktide Marketing provides solutions on an enterprise scale. They

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Sonat Co.
Independent·London·2-10 Employees

Sonat Co., a London-based digital marketing agency, is renowned for its customised digital strategies and data-driven proficiency, purposefully crafted to amplify brands' online visibility and deliver extraordinary outcomes. Concentrating on digital media marketing, along with web design and development, Sonat Co. provides innovative solutions to uplift brands and propel businesses towards success

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Foster & Scott
Independent·Sheffield·2-10 Employees

Foster & Scott, the innovative design and marketing firm in Sheffield, excels with its audacious creativity. They specialise in conjuring unparalleled experiences that enthrall and interact with audiences. Their expertise spans digital marketing, SEO, website design, and branding, regularly yielding impressive outcomes, validated by a consistent track record. This bold approach sets them apart in

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Think Little Big Marketing
Independent·Kent·2-10 Employees

As a premier B2B marketing agency, TLBM excels in crafting engaging, visually stunning websites. Known for its unique approach in the UK market, TLBM seamlessly unifies diverse services under one comprehensive brand. They offer innovative solutions like cost-benefit analysis tools and tailored bin-lifting capacity calculators, designed to meet the specific needs of their clients. With an unwaverin

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Rewind Creative
Independent·Birmingham·2-10 Employees

Rewind Creative, a UK-based strategic marketing agency, prides itself on bridging the gap between brands and their target audiences through astute marketing strategies and performance-driven results. Notable achievements of the agency include propelling clients into leading retailers such as Sainsbury's, and garnering coveted press coverage in prominent media outlets like The Independent and Glamo

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New Vision Digital Marketing
Independent·Essex·2-10 Employees

Specialising in enhancing business sales, New Vision Digital Marketing utilises the latest online, social media, and marketing strategies. Our cutting-edge consultancy services are designed to amplify brand visibility and stimulate revenue growth. Trust New Vision with your digital presence to save time and reduce stress. Our core competencies include website design, social media expansion, photo

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Holler Marketing
Independent·Leeds·11-50 Employees

Holler, a dynamic marketing agency nestled in Beverley, UK, distinguishes itself with a comprehensive approach. Offering everything from strategic marketing plans and digital solutions to web design and photography, it's a one-stop-shop for all your needs. The devoted team at Holler excels in crafting inventive, effectual marketing strategies, custom-made to propel clients towards their business o

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Editor's note
Hospitality is one of the more clearly-shaped industry verticals in the UK agency market, with 168 agencies in this index positioning here. The category splits into five working shapes: hotel specialists working independents and small groups on direct-booking and OTA-mix programmes; restaurant marketing shops covering chains and indies on local SEO, social, and GBP; pub-trade and on-trade activation agencies serving brewers and managed-pub operators; brand and PR shops working members clubs, private dining, and events venues; and F&B-attached integrated agencies that take hospitality clients alongside drinks and grocery work. Toast, Fenti, Clockwork Marketing, SideDish, Snack London, HoReCa, MeMo, and Propeller sit at the named-specialist end; The Social Shepherd and the larger integrated agencies hold the chain hotel and managed-pub group work. What makes the category distinct is the geography of demand. Hospitality is hyper-local: a venue lives or dies by a 1 to 5 mile catchment, weekday footfall, and the position it holds on the Google Map Pack. Distribution is OTA-heavy on the hotel side, with Booking.com and Expedia taking 15-30% commission on every reservation, and 63% of independent-hotel bookings flowing through OTAs in 2025 per Cloudbeds' State of Independent Hotels. Regulation is layered: the FSA's Food Hygiene Rating Scheme governs the rating sticker (mandatory display in Wales since 2013 and Northern Ireland since 2016, voluntary in England with around 69% display compliance), the Portman Group's sixth-edition code on naming, packaging, and promotion of alcoholic drinks covers all alcohol marketing, and the ASA's CAP code polices price transparency on rooms, covers, and packages. The shifts in 2025 and 2026 are stark. AI Overviews and Apple Maps have rerouted the "best restaurant in [town]" and "hotels near [station]" queries that hospitality used to win on traditional SEO, and 72% of AI citations come from pages outside the top three organic results. The ASA upheld bans on Accor, Travelodge, Hilton, and Booking.com hotel ads on 19 November 2025 for misleading "from" pricing, with parallel CMA enforcement under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 raising the stakes again. The BBPA projects 378 pub closures in 2025 (one every day), and UKHospitality reports around 89,000 to 100,000 jobs lost across the sector since the October 2024 Autumn Budget. On the upside, low-and-no beer hit 200 million pints in 2025 (around 3% of the UK beer market, up 20% year-on-year), Christmas 2024 trading was the strongest the CGA RSM tracker had recorded since May 2023, and UK hotel ADR rose 1.35% to £191.55 in 2025 on SiteMinder data.
Common briefs
Hotel direct-booking growth and OTA-mix rebalancingRestaurant local SEO, Google Business Profile, and Map Pack visibilityPub-trade activation across managed estate and free tradeChristmas, Valentine's, and summer peak-trading campaignsMembers club, private dining, and events-venue brand buildReview management, reputation, and crisis-response programmesAI Overviews and answer-engine citation for hospitality search
Regulatory landscape
FSA · ASA · Portman · ICO
rating display, price transparency, and alcohol promotion gate the work

Four regulators set the boundary. The Food Standards Agency runs the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme: display of the 0-to-5 rating sticker is mandatory in Wales (since November 2013) and Northern Ireland (since October 2016) and voluntary in England, where around 69% of businesses display versus 92% in Wales and 91% in Northern Ireland. The Advertising Standards Authority enforces the CAP code on price transparency: on 19 November 2025 it upheld rulings against Accor (ibis budget Birmingham), Travelodge, Hilton, and Booking.com for misleading "from" pricing where only a small proportion of rooms were available at the headline rate. Compulsory taxes, service charges, and fees that all guests must pay must be included in any advertised price. The Portman Group's sixth-edition Code of Practice on the Naming, Packaging and Promotion of Alcoholic Drinks (in force since 1 March 2019, amended 2023) sits across all alcohol marketing in the UK with 12 rules covering naming, packaging, point-of-sale, branded merchandise, and promotional activity; particular appeal to under-18s and encouragement of immoderate consumption are the rules most often breached. UK GDPR and PECR sit underneath all guest-data work, with the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 lifting maximum PECR fines to £17.5 million or 4% of global turnover.

Specialist signals
5 signals
of real hospitality experience
  • · GBP and Apple Maps fluency: knows how to win the Map Pack, manage review velocity, and brief photography that ranks alongside menu-level structured data
  • · OTA-versus-direct revenue-management literacy: can talk through commission tiers, BAR parity, metasearch bidding (Google Hotel Ads, Trivago, Kayak), and the actual maths of shifting share to direct
  • · Portman-code experience on alcohol clients: knows the under-18-appeal rule, the immoderate-consumption rule, and how to brief POS, packaging, and promo copy that will clear
  • · Peak-trading planning discipline: Christmas, Mother's Day, Valentine's, summer wedding season, and August city slumps all show up in their planning calendar, not as afterthoughts
  • · Local SEO and review-platform reputation playbook: TripAdvisor, OpenTable, Google reviews, and the on-trade press (Morning Advertiser, Big Hospitality, The Caterer) are named with case-study evidence
Sector watch-outs
5 to watch
in any hospitality pitch
  • · Hotel pitch with no view on the November 2025 ASA "from-pricing" rulings, no plan for how rate display will satisfy CAP, and no acknowledgement of CMA enforcement under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
  • · Restaurant brief answered entirely with Meta and TikTok plans, no GBP audit, no Map Pack strategy, no review-management workflow, and no mention of AI Overviews citation strategy
  • · Alcohol or pub work shown with no Portman code awareness, copy that flirts with under-18 appeal or immoderate-consumption tropes, and no view on how the campaign would clear the Portman Independent Complaints Panel
  • · Channel mix ignores OTA-versus-direct economics: no commission analysis, no metasearch view, no plan for the loyalty hook or rate-fence that justifies a direct-booking premium
  • · Crisis playbook absent: no view on how to respond to a TripAdvisor pile-on, a viral video, a 1-star hygiene rating, or a food-safety incident, despite this being a near-monthly reality in the trade
Frequently asked

What brands ask about agencies for hospitality.

5 questions our editors get most often, answered honestly. No agency-marketing speak.

Curated by humans

Specialist hospitality retainers cluster in three bands. A single independent restaurant or pub on a focused brief (GBP, local SEO, social, light paid) typically sits at £1,500 to £4,000 a month with an agency, with freelancers undercutting that on smaller scopes. A multi-site restaurant group, boutique hotel, or pub operator running integrated paid, social, PR, content, and CRM lands at £4,000 to £12,000 a month. Chain hotel, managed-pub estate, and members club work runs £12,000 to £40,000 a month for integrated programmes, plus separate spend on photography, video, paid media, and metasearch bidding. A direct-booking website build with booking-engine integration is typically scoped separately at £15,000 to £80,000. Christmas campaigns and venue-launch projects are usually fixed-fee at £5,000 to £50,000 depending on scale and media.