ACADEMY OF RUM · SKYLORKANTIGUA FUN
Growth Proposal
Fueling GrowthEmpowering Tour & Experience Operators
Academy of Rum • Skylork Scooter Snorkeling • Antigua Fun
Building a stronger direct-booking engine across three connected digital properties.
Presented by Tour Marketing Suite
1. Cover
01 — The Opportunity
Academy of Rum and Skylork already have strong products, established demand, excellent guest experiences, and meaningful existing sales. The opportunity is not simply to generate more bookings — it is to build a stronger direct-to-consumer sales engine that reduces reliance on high-commission distribution while expanding the overall market.
Grow direct online bookings for Academy of Rum and Skylork.
Build stronger digital assets that convert more visitors and create long-term organic visibility.
Develop Antigua Fun into a destination-level marketing and distribution platform.
Direct Booking Growth
Destination Authority + Distribution
Shared Growth Engine
2. The Opportunity
02 — Paid Acquisition
Tour Marketing Suite will manage Google and Meta advertising for all three brands.
We begin immediately with Academy of Rum and Skylork using the existing websites, so we can influence upcoming travel decisions while the new sites are being completed. Antigua Fun advertising begins once the new platform is ready.
Key Message
The objective is not simply a high ROAS. We measure whether direct customers can be acquired at a lower overall cost than relying on OTA commissions.
3. Paid Media: Google + Meta
03 — Conversion Optimization
All three digital properties will be rebuilt or completed as part of this engagement.
Property 01
Launch and optimize the new Academy of Rum website — booking integration, conversion tracking, SEO foundations, mobile performance, and CRO.
Property 02
A new conversion-focused website built to increase the share of guests booking directly online.
Property 03
A destination discovery and commerce platform — not another tour-company website. It launches featuring Academy of Rum and Skylork, with infrastructure to add more tourism partners.
Target — all three new websites live within 45 days of project launch. Paid media for Academy of Rum and Skylork begins immediately and does not wait for the rebuilds.
4. Website Development
04 — Organic Growth
Organic search will be an ongoing component of the program.
Ongoing SEO designed to strengthen visibility for high-intent searches tied directly to their experiences.
A more aggressive destination-authority strategy focused on broader Antigua travel searches and AI discovery.
Local Antigua input will help ensure content feels authentic, while Tour Marketing Suite handles strategy, research, and initial content development.
5. SEO + AI Search
05 — Channel Mix
Direct sales are the priority — but this does not mean abandoning OTAs.
We will strengthen the overall distribution mix so every channel earns its place, while direct booking becomes the most profitable path to the same traveler. Initial audit will be done at launch, and the second audit will be done after six months.
OTA sales should continue contributing revenue while direct online sales grow faster and become an increasingly important part of the mix.
6. OTA & Distribution
06 — Revenue Per Guest
One of the strongest opportunities is connecting the individual products more effectively. We will evaluate and help implement:
Make more experiences easy to purchase online without requiring a phone call.
7. Packages & Cross-Selling
07 — Technology
Lifecycle Marketing
Automation where it earns its keep — pre-arrival communication, post-booking messaging, cross-selling, follow-up campaigns, repeat-visitor opportunities, lead capture, email marketing, and guest segmentation.
Reputation Optimization
Automated review-generation tools that compound across every channel travelers use to decide.
Booking Friction
Each applicable website includes an AI-powered chatbot that answers common traveler questions and reduces booking friction — even when staff are unavailable.
8. TourMagic, Reviews & Chatbot
08 — Measurement
Reporting focuses on the metrics that actually matter.
Behavioral and conversion data will be used to continually improve the websites and booking funnels.
This is not a set-it-and-forget-it marketing program.
9. Tracking & Reporting
09 — Partnership
We stay actively involved in account strategy — not simply delivering reports.
Paid media, organic search, websites, distribution, automation, and conversion optimization are managed as one connected growth strategy.
10. Account Management
10 — Investment
Both options include the same services and the same level of execution. The only difference is how the financial risk and upside are shared.
Option 1
Advertising spend paid separately by the client.
Predictable monthly marketing cost regardless of how rapidly online sales grow.
Option 2
+ Performance Incentive
Identical scope to the Fixed Growth Partnership.
Tour Marketing Suite reduces the guaranteed monthly retainer by $2,250 in exchange for participating in meaningful growth in direct online sales.
Lower fixed cost, with our compensation tied to the direct-booking growth we are engaged to create.
11. Pricing Options
11 — Performance Model
Academy of Rum and Skylork are established businesses and may experience natural year-over-year growth. Tour Marketing Suite therefore earns no incentive on the first 12% of year-over-year online sales growth.
Monthly Protected Baseline
Same Month Prior-Year Online Sales × 1.12
Each month receives its own protected baseline. Only online revenue generated above that amount is eligible for a performance incentive.
Performance Incentive
On the first $20,000 of incremental monthly online growth above the protected baseline.
On incremental monthly online growth above $20,000 — applied only to the amount above $20,000.
12. Performance Model
12 — Transparency
For clarity and transparency, performance will be determined directly from reservation-system reporting.
Included
Booking Created Date — not travel date
Source = Online
Excluded
The incentive is centered only on the channel Tour Marketing Suite is specifically being engaged to grow.
13. How Sales Are Measured
13 — Execution
14. Implementation Plan
14 — Terms
Because the engagement includes three website projects at no additional upfront development charge, the initial partnership term is 12 months.
After the initial term, the relationship can move to month-to-month with appropriate notice.
Advertising budgets and OTA commissions are separate from the Tour Marketing Suite management fee.
15. Term & Investment
15 — What Success Looks Like
Build the assets. Connect the channels. Grow direct bookings.
16. What Success Looks Like
Tour Marketing Suite