Case Study: IHG Hotels

Driving engagement and bookings through strategic email campaign management.

Project Overview

Isurus Ltd was tasked by IHG Hotels to manage their email newsletter campaigns. The project involved developing new mail-handling scripts, designing visually engaging and brand-consistent emails, and executing the campaigns to drive customer engagement and direct bookings.

Challenges

  • Developing robust mail-handling scripts to manage a large subscriber base and ensure high deliverability.
  • Designing responsive and compelling email templates that rendered perfectly across all email clients.
  • Segmenting the audience to deliver personalized and relevant content to increase engagement.
  • Tracking campaign performance and providing detailed analytics to measure ROI.

Our Solution

Our team delivered a full-service email campaign solution. This included:

  • Custom Mail-Handling Scripts: We wrote efficient, scalable scripts for managing subscriptions, bounces, and campaign sending.
  • Bespoke Email Design: We designed and coded a suite of beautiful, on-brand, and mobile-responsive email templates.
  • Campaign Management: We handled the end-to-end process of campaign setup, audience segmentation, sending, and monitoring.
  • Analytics and Reporting: We implemented detailed tracking to measure key metrics like open rates, click-through rates, and conversions.

Results

The email campaigns yielded exceptional results for IHG Hotels:

  • Achieved an average open rate of 25%, well above the industry average.
  • Increased click-through rates by 40% through targeted content and compelling calls-to-action.
  • Drove a significant uplift in direct bookings attributed to the email campaigns.
  • Provided valuable insights into customer behavior through detailed post-campaign analysis.
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