FBD Hotels & Resorts

Partnership

FBD Hotels is one of Ireland’s leading hotel groups, known for delivering exceptional guest experiences across a diverse portfolio of properties.

As the group continued to grow, the opportunity was to ensure its digital experience matched the quality, consistency and ambition of its in-person offering.

Journey partnered with FBD Hotels to implement its performance platform across the group, creating a connected Ecommerce ecosystem designed to capture demand, improve conversion and unlock new revenue opportunities across rooms, spa, packages and extras.

Challenge

Guest expectations were evolving rapidly.

Booking behaviour was no longer linear or tied to traditional channels. Guests were increasingly booking outside standard working hours, browsing and converting on mobile, and expecting seamless, experience-led journeys rather than simple room-booking transactions.

For FBD Hotels, the challenge was not just to improve individual digital touchpoints. It was to create a connected, scalable Ecommerce ecosystem that could unify performance across the group, reflect real guest behaviour and support growth across multiple properties.

Approach

Journey introduced its performance platform across FBD Hotels, transforming Ecommerce into a connected, always-on revenue driver.

The journey was aligned with how guests engage today, particularly during evening peak times and on mobile. Friction was reduced across the path to purchase, enabling guests to move more easily from discovery to booking across rooms, spa and packages.

Journey also helped FBD Hotels better surface and merchandise its experiences, from spa treatments and packages to add-ons and extras, shifting Ecommerce from a purely transactional function to a richer part of the guest journey.

The platform was rolled out across multiple properties, creating a consistent, high-performing ecosystem while retaining the flexibility each hotel needed.

Stats

Ecommerce revenue generated outside 6pm - 8am
44 %
Mobile bookings
55 %
Potential additional value per treatment
30

Digital experience

Designed around real guest behaviour

FBD Hotels’ digital experience was shaped around how guests actually browse and book.

With peak booking activity taking place between 8pm and 9pm, the platform enables the group to capture demand well beyond traditional front desk and reservations hours. Guests can explore and book on their own terms, whenever it suits them.

Mobile is now the dominant booking channel, accounting for 55% of bookings. By creating a seamless, intuitive mobile experience, FBD Hotels is better positioned to convert today’s on-the-go guest across rooms, spa and packages.

Technology

One connected platform across the group

Journey’s performance platform brings FBD Hotels’ ecommerce activity together within one connected ecosystem.

By reducing friction across the journey and making experiences easier to discover, the platform supports conversion across multiple revenue streams while creating new opportunities to increase value through relevant extras and upsells.

Journey is now live across multiple FBD Hotels properties, with rollouts completed between July 2024 and December 2025. This has created greater consistency across the group while preserving the flexibility each property needs to reflect its own offer.

The result is a scalable ecommerce foundation designed to support continued optimisation, new revenue opportunities and long-term growth across the portfolio.

Don’t take our word for it

““Journey has helped us elevate our digital experience to better reflect the quality we deliver across our hotels. Guests can now book seamlessly on their terms, particularly on mobile and outside traditional hours, while we’re also better showcasing the full range of experiences we offer. The platform has brought greater consistency and performance across the group, giving us a strong foundation for continued growth.””
Review by Amr Mustafa Group Head of IT and Innovation
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