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Zanzibar Luxury Resort Collection PPC Campaign

How Strategic PPC Generated 33,290 Booking Inquiries in 11 Months

PPC Campaign Performance Case Study
📍 Zanzibar, Tanzania 📅 April 2024 – March 2025 💰 $25,755 Total Spend

📊 Overall Campaign Performance

MetricResult
Total Ad Spend$25,755
Total Clicks312,812
Booking Inquiries33,290
Average CTR4.89%
Average CPC$0.08
Conversion Rate10.64%
Cost Per Inquiry$0.77
Best Week CPA$0.47 (Sep 9, 2024)

Key Achievement: 10.64% conversion rate is 2–3× typical hospitality PPC (2–5%). Achieved via optimized landing pages, precise targeting, and continuous refinement over 11 months.

Cost Efficiency: $0.77 per inquiry is ~70% below industry averages ($2.50–$3.50). The best-performing week delivered $0.47 CPA.

🎯 Campaign Type Breakdown

Campaign TypeSpendClicksCTRConversionsCPA
Search Campaigns$16,14794,1917.50%16,058$1.01
Performance Max$9,608218,6214.25%16,669$0.58
Total$25,755312,8124.89%32,727$0.79

Strategic Insight: Performance Max delivered ~40% lower CPA by tapping Google inventory (Search, Display, YouTube, Discovery), while Search captured high-intent users with 7.50% CTR.

💰 Estimated Return on Investment

Based on monthly reconciliation of “Book Now” clicks to completed bookings, with a conservative 25% completion rate.

MetricCalculationResult
Total Booking InquiriesCampaign data33,290
Booking Completion RateMonthly audit average25%
Estimated Actual Bookings33,290 × 25%8,322
Average Booking ValueResort historical data$1,100
Total Revenue Generated8,322 × $1,100$9,154,750
Total Ad SpendCampaign total$25,755
Return on Ad Spend (ROAS)Revenue ÷ Spend355:1 (35,500%)

Conservative Scenarios:

• 20% completion → 6,658 bookings → ~$7.3M revenue → 284:1 ROAS

• 15% completion → 4,993 bookings → ~$5.5M revenue → 213:1 ROAS

📌 The Bottom Line

Campaign Results:

  • 33,290 booking inquiries
  • $0.77 cost per inquiry (~70% below typical)
  • 8,000+ estimated bookings
  • $9M+ attributed revenue
  • 355:1 ROAS

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