{"id":766,"date":"2016-12-29T14:48:45","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T07:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/achapmanmarketing.com\/?p=766"},"modified":"2023-02-14T17:49:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T10:49:09","slug":"pick-report-los-cabos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/achapmanmarketing.com\/pick-report-los-cabos\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Cabos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two Roads Hospitality had just secured the management contract on a stunning, brand new resort in Cabo San Lucas that opened its doors the prior summer. The Cape <\/a>is a Thompson hotel that sits on the Sea of Cortez overlooking El Arco. Its location is pretty near perfection, and so are its accommodations, service, dining and spa experiences. (Readers are invited to drool over property photos below.)  In fact, the hotel was winning awards left and right not only from all the major travel publications, but from those who read and vote for hotels in these pubs and other travel websites, too. The team at The Cape goes out of their way to make their guests happy\u2026.of course, the complimentary bottle of local tequila on arrival doesn\u2019t hurt, either.<\/p>\n

Despite all of this high praise, the property was sitting $1mil behind forecast for Q4 as of the middle of September. And the TRH team was not only looking to hit the property\u2019s room revenue numbers for the quarter, but also needed to get group base on the books for the year, and they had to put together and promote the best New Year\u2019s Eve party Cabo has ever seen. So two weeks before the start of Q4, we got a call to be part of a corporate task force team to help out.<\/p>\n

Which meant ramp up had to happen at lightning speed. We got crash courses in learning new tools, new people, new resources, and new reporting. We flew down to the property to meet the team we\u2019d be working with, learn the property\u2019s opportunities and challenges, their comp set, their domestic and international feeder markets, and quickly audited the current marketing effort and developed an enhanced marketing plan to hit our goals, which we’ve been executing along with the onsite Marketing Manager and corporate marketing team since September. A few of the initiatives we put into place included:<\/p>\n