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SEO & AI-search for hospitality that fills tables and rooms.

Get your restaurant, hotel, or venue found on Google Maps and named by AI when hungry diners and travellers decide where to go tonight — not just whenever they happen to scroll past.

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Hospitality runs on a single high-intent moment: someone deciding where to eat, drink, or stay in the next few hours. That decision now happens on Google Maps, review apps, and increasingly inside an AI answer that names two or three places. SEO Miss makes yours the venue that surfaces — ranked locally and recommended by AI — turning "where should we go" into a booking or a walk-in.

25%of organic traffic is projected to shift to AI chatbots & assistants by 2026Source: Gartner

94%of CMOs plan to increase answer-engine-optimization (AEO) spendSource: Conductor / eMarketer, 2026

800M+people now use ChatGPT — a primary way buyers research before they buySource: Industry reports, 2026

200+countries where Google AI Overviews now appear in search resultsSource: Google, 2025–26

How do diners and travellers actually search for places to go?

Hospitality search is overwhelmingly local, mobile, and urgent — "brunch near me," "best ramen [neighbourhood]," "rooftop bar open now," "hotel near [landmark]." People scan the map pack, photos, reviews, and opening hours before they ever visit a website, then often book on the spot. Travellers research from another city or country entirely, comparing options they can't see in person. Winning means dominating that map-and-reviews layer with an accurate, photo-rich, well-categorised Google Business Profile — because for most venues, that profile is the real homepage.

Why is AI search (AEO) becoming decisive for restaurants and hotels?

When someone asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Google's AI Overviews "where's a good date-night Italian in [city]" or "family-friendly hotel near the beach," the answer names a short list of venues — no ten blue links to scroll. Being one of those named places is the new front-of-queue. AI builds that list from your reviews, menus, structured data, and how consistently your name, cuisine, and location appear across the web. We make your venue legible and quotable enough that AI recommends it by name, not your competitor.

What makes hospitality SEO different from a normal local business?

Hospitality has signals no other local sector leans on as hard: menus, dishes, cuisine type, price band, ambience, dietary options, and a relentless flow of fresh reviews and photos. Diners search by all of them — "vegan tasting menu," "dog-friendly pub," "gluten-free pizza." Structuring your menu and venue details so Google and AI can extract them turns those granular intents into traffic. Reviews and photos aren't vanity here; they directly drive both map rankings and whether an AI engine trusts you enough to suggest you.

What I do for hospitality & restaurants

A focused plan for your industry

Local and map-pack visibility for "near me," cuisine, and neighbourhood searches
Google Business Profile optimisation — categories, photos, hours, attributes, menu
Menu, dish, and venue content structured for Google and AI extraction
Review and reputation strategy that feeds map rankings and AI recommendations
Getting your venue named by AI search (ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews) for "where to eat/stay"
Reporting tied to bookings, covers, and walk-ins — not vanity rankings

How to work together

Three ways to grow

SEO Audit & Roadmap

A deep look at where you stand and an exact 90-day plan to fix it. Your clarity starting point.

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SEO Strategy & Advisory

I set the direction and keep you on track; your team executes with expert guidance.

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Done-for-You SEO

I run the whole thing — Google rankings, AI visibility, content, and links — while you run your business.

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FAQ

Good to know

Do you work with single restaurants, multi-site groups, and hotels?

All of them — from an independent restaurant or cafe to a multi-location group or hotel needing consistent local visibility across every site and a venue identity AI can trust.

Isn't a great Google Business Profile and good reviews enough?

They're the foundation, but they're not the whole game. We optimise the profile, then add the menu structure, website signals, and entity consistency that win granular searches like "gluten-free brunch" and get you named inside AI answers — where most venues aren't optimising yet.

Can SEO really compete with delivery apps and booking platforms?

Those platforms rent you visibility and charge per cover or commission. SEO and AEO build visibility you own — organic, map, and AI recommendations that keep sending diners and guests directly to you without per-booking fees.

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