The Huguenot
144
wines on a menu run from one data file
11
pages, custom-coded
5
menu sections, from sparkling to Nosh & Nibble
2026
launched in San Marco
Marketing for Hospitality
Booked by guests
still planning ahead
In hospitality, you're not selling a service call — you're selling an experience people choose to book, remember, and recommend. Whether it's a venue, an event space, or a destination, Moxi builds the website, search presence, and campaigns that get you found by the people planning their next event or visit and turns interest into bookings.
People Book With Their Eyes
Hospitality is visual — guests choose a venue or experience based on how it looks and feels before they ever inquire. We build an image-forward site that showcases your space at its best, so the person planning an event or a night out books you over a competitor whose site doesn't sell the experience.
You're Competing for a Planned Decision
Events and visits are planned ahead, and people research and compare before they commit. We keep you visible in search and running targeted campaigns throughout that planning window, so you're the name they remember when they're ready to book.
Every Lead Tracked to the Dollar
You'll always know which bookings came from Google Ads, which from search, and what each inquiry cost to acquire. No guessing where your budget goes — every lead is measured and tied back to revenue.
We Speak Service Businesses, Not Generic Marketing
We market service-based businesses that live on bookings and reputation. That means we already understand your booking flow, your seasonality, and what a booked event is worth — so you're not paying us to learn your business.
The short answerHow to market a
How to market a
hospitality business
The best marketing for a hospitality business makes you easy to find the moment someone is choosing where to go, then shows them exactly what they'll get. For most venues, bars and restaurants that means a complete Google Business Profile, a website with your real menu, hours and booking path, and Google Ads and AI search work for private dining and events.
Guests decide fast and on their phones. They check the menu, the photos, the hours and the reviews, then they book or walk in. We build around that check: accurate everywhere, easy to read, one tap to reserve.
Channel by channelWhat works for
What works for
hospitality marketing
Each channel does a different job. Here is how they stack up for a venue, bar or restaurant, in plain terms.
Local Services Ads
Usually not the play
Local Services Ads are built for service-call categories like plumbers and roofers, where someone comes to your house. A venue, bar or restaurant usually isn't the fit. The job LSA does for a contractor is done here by your Google Business Profile, Google Ads and AI search, so that's where we put the effort and the budget.
Google Ads
Strong for events
Search ads work best on the searches with real value behind them: private dining, rehearsal dinners, holiday parties and event space in your part of town. You pick the searches, the area and the page people land on. We send each ad to a page built for that occasion, with a clear way to inquire.
SEO
The long-term base
Many local guests find you in the map results before they see an ad. A complete Google Business Profile, fresh photos, steady reviews and a site Google can read, including your menu, help you show up for "wine bar near me" style searches. It builds over months and keeps working after that.
AI search
Worth starting now
Some people now ask ChatGPT or Google's AI Overviews where to go for a date night or a group dinner. Those tools quote what they can read: your menu, your hours, what makes you different, stated plainly. Clear facts on your site and every listing give them something accurate to say.
The websiteWhat a hospitality
What a hospitality
website needs
Your website has two jobs: show a guest what the night will feel like, and get them to a reservation or an inquiry without hunting. Here's what that takes.
The real menu, as text
Not a PDF. A menu Google and AI tools can read, that you can update in one place. The Huguenot's 144-wine menu runs from a single data file.
Hours and location up top
The questions everyone asks first. Keep them on every page and matching your Google listing.
A clear booking path
One button to reserve, and a separate inquiry form for private events, with the details you need to quote.
A page for each way to visit
Private dining, events, a club or membership. Each gets its own page, so ads and searches land somewhere specific.
Fast on a phone
Plenty of guests look you up on the way or on the couch. A slow, heavy site loses them to the next result.
Tracking on every booking
Calls, reservations and event inquiries, each tied to the channel that sent it.
ResultsWhat this
What this
looks like for
real clients
Moxi's website for The Huguenot, a San Marco wine bar, is a custom-coded 11-page site with a 5-section menu, including 144 wines, run from one data file.
Hospitality marketing
questions, answered
What venue, bar and restaurant owners ask us before they spend on marketing.
Start with your Google Business Profile, since that's where many local guests look first. Keep the hours, photos and menu accurate, and ask happy guests for reviews. Then make sure your website shows the same facts and makes booking easy. Ads come after that foundation is solid.
Usually not. Local Services Ads are built for service-call categories like home repair, not for venues, bars or restaurants. Your Google Business Profile does much of the same job for free, and Google Ads covers the high-value searches like private events.
On the website, as real text. A PDF is often slow on a phone and harder for Google and AI tools to read. A text menu can be updated in one place and stays in step with what you actually serve.
For events and private dining, often yes. Those searches carry real value, and a well-built ad can send them straight to an inquiry form. For everyday walk-in traffic, your map listing and reviews usually do more for less.
Google Ads management starts at $750 a month plus a one-time $1,000 setup, and your ad spend is billed by Google directly. AI search work is part of our Max plan at $1,000 a month plus a one-time $1,000 setup. There are no long-term contracts, only thirty days' notice.
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