Skip to content
GullySales

Hotels · WhatsApp marketing

The banquet enquiry arrives at eleven at night with a date and a headcount.

WhatsApp at a hotel carries the banquet enquiry, the pre-arrival message and the restaurant offer that gets your number blocked when it goes to the wrong list. GullySales sets up the business number, the catalogue of rooms and packages, and the consent taken at check-in.

A 90-minute audit call and a written, scored report. Turnaround, reporting and term are agreed in writing after the audit.

Two tree houses in neighbouring gardens with a picket fence between them and a tin-can telephone strung from one to the other: the can at the near house swung out on the taut string while the can at the far house hangs still on its nail

What WhatsApp marketing means

WhatsApp marketing is sending updates, offers and reminders to customers on the app most Indian buyers already check daily, which gets read faster than email or SMS. GullySales sets up business WhatsApp, writes the message templates and keeps the list consented and current.

For hotels

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The first banquet message has a date and nothing else”

    Guest number, date, budget unspoken. The reply that wins it asks two questions and sends photographs of the hall at that capacity, not a brochure covering everything the hotel does.

  • “Your restaurant list and your rooms list are different people”

    A Sunday brunch offer sent to a guest who lives four hundred kilometres away is the message that gets your number blocked. Local numbers eat here. Out-of-town numbers sleep here.

  • “The pre-arrival message is where the extra revenue sits”

    Location pin, check-in time, and the airport pickup offered before the guest books a cab. Sent late it is a courtesy. Sent early it sells something.

What we do

What we deliver for hotels.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. One business number for the property

    A single WhatsApp Business number on the website, the listings and the signage, with the greeting, the away message and labels for rooms, banquets and dining.

    Result: A banquet enquiry stops landing on a manager's personal phone.

  2. A catalogue of rooms and banquet packages

    Room types with the rates you are willing to publish, hall capacities in each layout and the menu, set up so a guest can browse inside the chat.

    Result: A price question answers itself before anyone types.

  3. Quick replies for the late-night banquet enquiry

    The two questions to ask back, the photographs to send at each capacity, and the visit offered in the same message.

    Result: An enquiry sent at eleven has a proper reply by breakfast.

  4. Pre-arrival messages with the upsell inside them

    The location pin, the check-in time, the airport pickup and the early check-in, timed to reach the guest before they make their own arrangements.

    Result: Arrival extras get sold instead of asked about at the desk.

  5. Separate lists for dining and for rooms

    Local numbers segmented away from travellers, so restaurant offers reach only people who can walk in for lunch.

    Result: Your number stays unblocked by the guests who matter most.

  6. Consent captured at check-in

    A line on the registration card and a question at the desk asking permission to message, recorded against the folio.

    Result: Your list is one you are actually allowed to use.

How the result is measured

  • Messages delivered
  • Reply rate
  • Enquiries from WhatsApp

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Who it is for

This is written for these hotels.

  • Business and transit hotels
  • Boutique and heritage properties
  • Resort and destination hotels
  • Budget and mid-market chains
  • Banquet and wedding-focused properties
  • Serviced apartments and long-stay properties

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
  • You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
  • You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

No open-ended retainer. Each step has a point in time and something you receive.

  1. 01 · Day 1

    Free audit call

    90 minutes with whoever handles your enquiries: how they arrive, how fast they are answered, where they are lost.

  2. 02 · After the call

    Written, scored report

    Six areas scored, fixes ranked by return and cost. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come with it, in writing.

  3. 03 · Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later month has an honest comparison.

  4. 04 · Month 1

    The first fix goes live

    Usually the cheapest one on the report: reply time, a follow-up sequence or the marketing-to-sales handover.

  5. 05 · As agreed

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.

  6. 06 · At the end of the term

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.

How the work runs for hotels

  1. 1

    Assess

    We look at your OTA ranking and reviews, your direct-booking website, your reply time to banquet and corporate enquiries, and where last month's bookings actually came from.

  2. 2

    Fix the OTA presence

    Photographs, descriptions and review replies brought up to date across every OTA listing you use.

  3. 3

    Build the direct channel

    A booking-ready website and a reason for a past guest to book directly next time instead of paying an OTA commission on your behalf.

  4. 4

    Bring bookings in

    Local and destination search, reviews from real guests, and quotes for banquets and corporate stays that go out the same day.

  5. 5

    Keep guests coming back

    A loyalty offer for repeat guests and corporate accounts, and a staycation push for weekends when local demand exists.

Proof

What happened when owners fixed this.

Real clients, the work we did, and the result as it was recorded. Where no number was recorded, none is claimed.

All case studies
  • Hotel Felicity Inn

    Situation
    A traveller compares three hotels on a phone and books one. The website was not built for that.
    What we did
    • The site rebuilt around booking
    • Photography and one look
    • Search work for destination searches
    • Content a traveller reads
    Result
    • Online bookings increased 35%
    • Organic traffic increased 50% within six months
    • Positive reviews on Google and TripAdvisor increased 30%
    Read the case study
  • SB Engineering

    Situation
    Buyers searching for laser cutting and sheet metal work in Bengaluru were finding other suppliers first, because the company did not rank for the terms its own customers type.
    What we did
    • The site redesigned for mobile
    • Search work on the buyer's terms
    • Content that shows the work
    • Social channels managed
    Result
    • Website traffic rose 60% within six months, against a target of 50%.
    • High-quality leads rose 45%, with a rise in conversion rates alongside them.
    • Fifteen target keywords moved up the rankings, five of them into the top three positions.
    Read the case study

Also worked with

Chord Road Hospital · Curtain Label · Difesa Security Services · Hands On CSR · Implevista · Kambar Group · Kalessi · Kerur Pain Clinic · LL Trust · Lucky Deals · Natural Gases · NavaShakthi Souhardha · NewCom Logistics · Proton Technical Services · Shakthi Foundation · Shakthi Group · Urbanest · Insyde Studio · Venkateshwara Laser Tech · Vivara Studios

Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No guarantees we cannot keep

    The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • One office, and we say so

    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

The offer

Start with a free audit of how you sell.

It is useful on its own, whether or not you hire us.

What you receive

  • A 90-minute call with the person who will do the work
  • A written, scored report on the six places orders leak
  • Every fix ranked by what it returns and what it costs
  • The one thing to do first, and why
  • An honest line on whether you need outside help at all
  • If you do, the scope and the fee in writing

No invoice. No obligation. No sales script.

We call and WhatsApp on this number.

We use your details only to reply to this enquiry. See the privacy policy.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

Can we broadcast an offer to every guest who has stayed?
You can, and a good share will block the number, including the corporate guests you want back. Send the brunch offer to local numbers and the season package to travellers, and only to guests who agreed to be messaged.
Do we need the paid WhatsApp platform?
A single property manages with the free Business app for enquiries and the catalogue. The paid platform earns its cost when booking confirmations and pre-arrival messages need to go out automatically from your own system.
How soon would we see more direct bookings?
Fixing the OTA listing and review replies moves first, since the searches are already happening there. Building a direct-booking habit among repeat guests is slower, usually a season or two.
Do we need to advertise?
Most properties benefit first from a stronger OTA listing and reviews, which cost nothing extra in media. Advertising helps fill a known quiet season or push a specific banquet or staycation offer.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped in the free audit and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after the audit, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you meet on the audit call. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
For the audit, last month's enquiries in any format and 90 minutes with whoever handles them. After that, access to the accounts the work touches, such as the website, Google Business Profile or CRM, and time for the review meetings.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

Your next practical step

Get a free audit of how you sell, and a scored report of where the work is.

90 minutes. A written, scored report. No invoice and no obligation.