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Digital PR For Travel Brands

Partner with one of the UK’s first travel digital PR agencies - shaping the industry from day one.

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Putting your brand at the heart of the travel conversation,to support SEO and GEO visibility.

Travel and tourism has changed monumentally over the years. Online holiday search didn’t start with Google. Travel platforms such as Expedia existed before the tech giant launched, and since then the landscape has continually evolved. New search tools, social platforms and - most recently - AI have fundamentally changed how travellers research, discover and book their trips.

ABTA’s Holiday Habits 2025-26 report highlighted that almost a fifth of young adults now use AI to design their holiday, and almost two in five would be confident in letting an AI assistant book for them. This is only predicted to rise. 

The online travel industry is predicted to grow over the next 10 years, however it’s an industry renowned for its competitiveness. To capitalise on this growth, building brand visibility and topical authority through consistently earning quality, relevant links and brand mentions is going to be paramount, to help brands show up in both traditional search and generative AI.

Earning coverage and links on authoritative, travel-specific websites that will drive impact.

The Aira approach brings together experience, specific niche and brand insights to generate earned coverage that lands in the right places online, to help grow your travel business.

The team at Aira is in regular communication with journalists across national, international, lifestyle, travel and industry press. Our travel stories have been featured on the likes of CN Traveller, Travel and Leisure, Travel Nine, Travel Pulse, Daily Mail and many more.

How we set the course with storytelling and a little travel PR sparkle.

Digital PR and storytelling in the travel industry is not only influenced by seasonality, but also your specific travel niche. We’ve got experience across a variety of travel niches from hotels and aggregators, to travel tech and travel accessories.

We take an ‘always on’ approach to to maximise coverage opportunities, dialling up and down tactics throughout the year based on what works best at that point of the calendar.

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PR Campaign

A data or insight-led creative piece of content, telling a new, unique travel story.

These might also be evergreen so we can refresh them each year, saving time and maximising budget.
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Thought Leadership

Using a brand’s internal travel experts to provide commentary on trending topics which are important to the target audience.

We also introduce every travel brand to key press contacts to get them front of mind for any future opportunities too.
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Reactive PR

We don’t just wait for requests to land in our inboxes, we create opportunities through uncovering relevant key calendar dates or reacting to key travel news.

Reactive PR tends to generate more coverage opportunities in peak holiday seasons, so expect this to be dialled up during these periods of time.
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Existing Content

We don’t always need to create something new.

You might already have some great content we can update with new data, insight or thought leadership commentary, to make it newsworthy again.
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Brand News

If there are any upcoming big brand launches, these might provide opportunities for coverage too. If we’re kept up to date, we’ll always discuss potential to outreach brand news to earn coverage.

Most of our team has a traditional PR background, so we love this stuff too!

Great adventures start with a great conversation.

Not ready to talk yet? Check out our credentials deck.

A results-driven approach to Digital PR without grounding creativity.

Every client-aira partnership is slightly different, depending on the needs of the travel brand and key stakeholders. But here is an overview of what working with us looks like…

The travel industry moves so fast that you need your Digital PR partner to have their finger on the pulse too.

Our team regularly carries out a competitor audit, monitoring for up and coming challengers in the space, alongside a media landscape review to determine where you should be targeting and how in order to compete in your own travel niche.

This analysis accompanies insight from our team’s experience in the travel industry, SEO intelligence, brand understanding and knowledge of the target audience and real-world trends to underpin all digital PR strategy decisions - and our storytelling ideas.

Just like traditional PR, we prioritise activity and stories that align closely to the brand and target audience - to drive relevancy and ultimately, business growth.

Think of it as mapping your stories’ journey - reaching the right media, engaging your audience, enhancing site relevance, earning meaningful coverage, and bringing in traffic that counts.

Journalists are more likely to cover (and link) to stories which are relevant to the brand too.

The travel landscape moves fast, and so your digital PR partner needs to too.

We know the travel landscape is dynamic, and reactive opportunities can come in thick and fast in peak season. Therefore we’re agile to make sure we’re working on the right thing at the right time to drive the best results.

This could mean postponing a big campaign to focus on more reactive commentary work, having the conversation with you and updating our roadmaps to showcase this change.

The digital PR team here at Aira manages everything from end-to-end - with as much or as little collaboration as you’d like to have. We know everyone is different!

We start with your objectives, brand and audit insights, to set the strategy. These are then used to inform ideation. 

Once approved, the team manages production including drafting any on-site copy, managing creation of designs, and packaging everything up for approval. Alongside this, the team will run an ‘always on’ press office, outreaching to secure coverage, before reporting on performance.

Whether that’s your internal SEO team, or if you’re using ours, all of our work is rooted in the SEO strategy to ensure we’re leveraging the most impact from our work.

This ensures any content is fully optimised, and we’re driving authority signals from coverage to the right places, to drive impact where it’s needed most.

We’ve also got plenty of experience collaborating with other teams to maximise exposure to stories, where relevant. For example with email marketing or social teams.

We work with you to focus on aligning measurement to what you care about most - which we know will be bookings or sales.

Reporting and measurement has always been a challenge in PR. Whilst we have lead metrics to determine initial success (in the name of coverage and links), we always look to go beyond this, to look at the metrics more closely aligned to business growth, and therefore those that matter to you, your stakeholders and the business.

We work with you to connect the dots between coverage, changes in rankings, AIOs and LLM features, traffic… and the stuff you actually care about: bookings or sales.

Reporting is not a singular event—it's an ongoing, two-way discussion throughout our partnership.

Whether it’s tour operators or travel tech, our tailored PR approachdelivers results that resonate.

Take a look at some of our travel case studies below.
You know you’re curious.

Driving Share of Voice Through Scaled Link-Building
Quick Backstory:
Maintained a dominant position with a strong link-building strategy

Effective collaboration with the in-house Uswitch team

Strong focus on high quality and diverse links
Marketing Mix:
Digital PR
20% increase in share of voice
200+ links built in 6 months
Pssst... seen enough? Get in touch.
Curious about our track record? Check out our credentials deck.
Driving coverage, links and traffic
Quick Backstory:
Launched several content-led digital PR campaigns in the busy job market.

Generated 88 links and 168 pieces of relevant, high-quality coverage.

Drove over 3,000 visitors to the AppJobs website.
Marketing Mix:
Content-led Digital PR & Link Building
88 links
168 pieces of coverage
3,000 visitors
Pssst... seen enough? Get in touch.
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Scalable Link Building and Content Creation
Quick Backstory:
Delivering content-led link building at scale

High focus on consistent, sustainable campaigns

Marketing Mix:
Content-led Digital PR & Link Building
1,100+ pieces of coverage
12+ campaigns per quarter
Pssst... seen enough? Get in touch.
Curious about our track record? Check out our credentials deck.
A six-month project far exceeding the initial goals set.
Quick Backstory:
A technical audit health check to identify any issues on the website.

A competitor SERP review and more technical SEO tasks.

Digital PR campaigns to further increase TravelSim’s organic presence.
Marketing Mix:
Technical SEO, Digital PR
95% increase in organic traffic
354% revenue increase YoY
Pssst... seen enough? Get in touch.
Curious about our track record? Check out our credentials deck.
Here's what only Aira will tell you:

Digital PR might not be right for you.

What’s more important: the results you get from your marketing, or the channels you use?

10/10 sensible people agree: it’s the results.

So if a digital PR agency wasn’t the best investment for your business, wouldn’t you want a partner who’d speak up?

But we can help you find what is.

Aira has experts across every channel collaborating on your account—so we don’t have to force a fit that isn’t there. We start with goals, THEN we choose channels.

You’re gaining a partner willing to say ‘no’— and then show you where the highest returns for _your business_ are based on your situation and goals. We can even discuss flexing budget between our services over the course of our partnership to deliver the best impact for you.

A great process sets the route -
but great people make the journey.

Meet a few of the folks you’ll have in your corner.
Imagine—an agency you’ll actually like working with!

Chloe Osunsami

Head Of Digital PR

Laura Brothers

Senior Content Strategist

Alex Fiske

Digital PR Lead

Q&A for the curious

Aira has been chosen by many travel brands over the years because of our search-first and business results driven focus. Unlike traditional PR agencies, we hone in on landing relevant, quality earned coverage (not just a volume), to drive online performance in the places that matter. 

In today’s search landscape this also means our digital PR is built to support performance in AI search. 

We were one of the first digital PR agencies to specialise in travel, and have years of experience and insight to bring to every brand we partner with. We don’t just say ‘seasonality’, we know what this means and how to navigate it for the different travel niches.

A strategic Digital PR strategy will work as part of your SEO strategy. We take a data-led approach to determine; 

  • the publications we should target (dependent on relevance and where your target audience sits) 
  • the types of stories we should create 
  • if the story should also sit on-site
  • where the authority from any links is directed to

Our unique stories for outreach help to;

  • Get the brand in front of the target audience, to drive awareness.
  • Earn coverage and links on authoritative and relevant websites which help signal to Google and generative AI that you’re a trusted source in that space - influencing visibility in traditional and AI search. 
  • Through both avenues, lead to increased bookings in the longer term

A typical digital PR retainer for a travel brand will include a mix of tactics to ensure we’re maximising as many coverage opportunities as possible throughout the year to be as efficient as possible and increase ROI.

This will likely include some sort of data-led creative stories as well as thought leadership commentary, and reactive monitoring especially in the peak travel months. Tactics will dial up and down through the year depending on what’s determined to be most effective and when.

Our retainers also include account management, reporting and regular communication so we can share any industry insights with you as we go too.

Whilst we onboard, get under the skin of the brand, begin production and build momentum, coverage will likely be slower. This can be mitigated by front loading work, if budgets allow, to reduce this time down as much as possible. 

To see the SEO benefits off the back of our digital PR work, this can take anywhere between 3 and 6 months after coverage starts going live, sometimes longer and sometimes shorter. It really depends but it can take time for the coverage and links to influence rankings, and consequently traffic, and finally sales.

We conduct an analysis, digging into;

  • which quality publications have linked to and mentioned competitors (and not your brand, yet)
  • which publications in your niche are most trusted by generative AI
  • any additional relevant and authoritative publications uncovered using our media database and SEO tools

We assess every target and ensure it’s relevant for both the brand (if it’s determined your target audience would sit there) and for the story.

As well as English-speaking markets, we cover a number of international markets through our vetted network of freelancers who specialise in specific markets. 

This activity would be project managed by us, and all activity would be integrated into our overall strategy to ensure everything aligns and we’re taking a holistic approach to digital PR internationally.

We tend to work best with brands that can invest at least £3,000 a month. Some travel niches are more competitive than others, and the more you have to work with, the faster we can move, and the more activity we can launch for you to drive results. 

We ideally recommend a 12-month retainer, as digital PR is a longer-term play, which takes time to build momentum and drive results. If you only launch one or two activities, you’re unlikely to see a maintained benefit on your SEO performance, especially as travel is so competitive. 

Can’t quite reach that far? We’re excellent at helping clients prioritise the spend they have for maximum impact. Let us know what’s workable for you, and we’ll point you in the right direction.

Absolutely. As long as your website has a solid technical foundation, and you’re working on content (although we can help with these things too!) digital PR can work for your new brand. 

In fact, digital PR can be one of the best marketing tools for unknown brands. It helps get your brand in front of your target audience, and not only does it build brand awareness but it supports online visibility in traditional and AI search - so when your target audience comes to searching for a product/service you specialise in, over time you should start appearing there too.

We don't post many postcards.
But our clients definitely write home about us.

Getting started is as easy as having a conversation.

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