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The 7 Metrics Your Hotel Ad Report Must Show

A scannable report checklist for hotel advertising: spend, clicks, bookings, revenue, ROAS, assisted demand, and budget pacing.

6 min read Advertising Systems Team, Analytics

Less text, more decision support

A report should not make a GM hunt through platform exports. It should make the few important numbers obvious, then show the drill-in when the team needs detail.

Report essentials

The seven metrics

A hotel report should make the next decision easier. These are the numbers that belong above the fold or one click away.

1

Spend

What went out

2

Clicks

Traveler interest

3

Bookings

Reservations created

4

Revenue

Booked value

5

ROAS

Return on spend

6

Assists

Influence before last click

7

Pacing

Budget speed

Bad report vs useful report

A useful report shows context

Surface read
Better owner read

Spend

Total spend only

Spend by channel, campaign, date range, and property

Bookings

Booking count without revenue

Bookings paired with room revenue and channel cost

ROAS

One blended number

ROAS by channel plus a drill-in for the why

Assists

Ignored because they are messy

Shown as directional influence for retargeting and discovery channels

Reading order

How to read a hotel report in five minutes

01 Return

Look at ROAS

Is revenue keeping up with spend?

02 Bookings

Check bookings

Did paid traffic create reservations or only visits?

03 Mix

Inspect channel mix

Which platform is overfunded or underfunded?

04 Why

Open the drill-in

Find the campaign or property causing the change.

05 Action

Choose one action

Scale, pause, fix landing page, or continue observing.

See it

Open the sample report

The fastest way to understand the reporting standard is to see the report itself.

Owners

Best for

High-level scan

Demo

Best next

Map it to your hotel

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