Hospitality
Best LinkedIn Agencies for Hospitality in 2026
Hospitality on LinkedIn means corporate bookers, partners and investors rather than guests. Five agencies compared, and what the channel realistically does for a venue or lifestyle brand.
By Niall Ratcliffe, Co-founder, noticed. · 12 min read
Published October 23, 2026
Key takeaways
- The LinkedIn buyer in hospitality is a corporate booker, partner, investor or supplier, never a guest. Posting what works on Instagram reaches none of them.
- Founder-led beats venue-led by a wide margin. Hospitality businesses are built around people with stories the business world finds genuinely interesting, and almost none of them use it.
- Post operating detail, not atmosphere. How you staff at scale, what a bad season taught you, why you turned down a partnership. The commercial reality behind what the public sees polished.
- O Beach produced 50M+ impressions and moved from a venue known in Ibiza to a brand discussed in boardrooms, through a founder programme rather than venue content.
- It reaches revenue, not just reach. Faith Concierge closed £230,000 of new B2B revenue in under four months by targeting luxury decision-makers.
5 LinkedIn agencies at a glance
| # | Agency | Best for | Published pricing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | noticed. | hospitality brands selling B2B, not to consumers | Not published |
| 2 | Linkedist | LinkedIn audits and workshops | Not published |
| 3 | Gripped | B2B SaaS demand generation | £5K-£15K/mo |
| 4 | Cleverly | high-volume outbound at scale | Not published |
| 5 | Stop The Scroll | US B2B paid and organic together | From $2,950/mo |
Hospitality on LinkedIn is a completely different job from hospitality on Instagram, and most agencies that are good at one are not good at the other. noticed. ranks first here on three published hospitality case studies, including 50 million brand impressions for O Beach Ibiza.
The buyer on LinkedIn is not a guest
This is the thing most hospitality marketing gets wrong when it arrives on the platform. The instinct is to post what works on Instagram: the room, the plate, the view, the atmosphere.
Nobody on LinkedIn is choosing where to have dinner. The people there who matter to a hospitality business are:
- Corporate bookers placing events, away days and client entertainment
- Partners looking for venues, collaborations and sponsorships
- Investors and operators assessing whether you are a business worth backing
- Suppliers and talent deciding whether you are worth working with
Each of those is a commercial relationship worth many times a single cover, and none of them is reached by another photograph of the venue at sunset.
Why founder-led works so well here
Hospitality businesses are almost always built around a person, and that person usually has a story the industry finds genuinely interesting. That is an unusual advantage, and most venues never use it.
O Beach is the clearest demonstration. The venue was full, the culture was strong, and the recognition stopped at the island. What changed it was not venue content. It was a founder-led programme around Tony Truman combining personal storytelling, operating lessons from running a venue at that scale, and cultural commentary written to earn attention from business audiences rather than hospitality ones.
The result was more than 50 million brand impressions and 26,000 followers in six months, and a business that moved from a venue people knew in Ibiza to a brand discussed in boardrooms.
What that looks like in practice
Operating detail, not atmosphere. How you staff a venue at that scale. What a bad season teaches you. Why you turned down a partnership. The commercial reality behind something the public only sees the polished version of.
This is interesting to business audiences precisely because hospitality is an industry everyone has an opinion about and almost nobody has run.
The commercial end
Faith Concierge is the proof that this reaches revenue rather than just reach. A premium lifestyle and concierge service trusted by celebrities and high-net-worth individuals, expanding into B2B, which meant winning luxury brands as clients: a completely different buyer, reached in a completely different place, with no existing presence to build on.
Content and direct outreach aimed at luxury decision-makers closed £230,000 of new revenue in under four months.
DeskLodge shows the third shape: a repositioned programme producing 852,600 impressions and increased inbound interest from new members, in a category where the buyer is a business choosing a workspace rather than an individual choosing a desk.
For the wider category see the main shortlist, or the content shortlist if founder-led publishing is the specific thing you need.
How we ranked these agencies
- Published hospitality work
- Named venue, hotel or lifestyle clients with numbers attached. Very few agencies in this category have any.
- B2B, not consumer
- Whether the agency understands that the LinkedIn buyer is a corporate booker or partner, not a guest.
- Founder-led capability
- Hospitality brands are usually built around a person. Whether the agency can run a founder profile properly decides most of the result.
- Named, checkable results
- Client names alongside the numbers.
- Commercial outcomes
- Whether published results reach revenue and bookings, or stop at followers.
- What they refuse to do
- Whether the agency states a boundary, including which channels it will not touch.
Who this list is for
Hospitality, venue, events and lifestyle businesses with a B2B side: corporate bookings, partnerships, investment or supply. If your growth is purely consumer footfall, LinkedIn is the wrong channel and an Instagram agency will serve you better.
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The best LinkedIn agencies: in-depth review
1. noticed., best for hospitality brands selling B2B, not to consumers
Hospitality on LinkedIn is a different job from hospitality on Instagram, and the agencies that are good at one are rarely good at the other. The buyer here is a corporate booker, a partner, an investor or a supplier, not a guest.
O Beach Ibiza is the clearest example. One of the most recognised hospitality brands on the island, and that recognition stopped at the island. A founder-led programme around Tony Truman produced more than 50 million brand impressions and 26,000 followers, moving the business from a venue people knew in Ibiza to a brand discussed in business circles.
Faith Concierge shows the commercial end: expanding from private clients into B2B meant winning luxury brands as customers, and the programme closed £230,000 of new revenue in under four months.
Named results
- O Beach Ibiza: 50M+ brand impressions and 26,000 followers
- Faith Concierge: £230,000 of new B2B revenue in under four months
- DeskLodge: 852,600+ impressions and increased inbound member interest
Best suited for
Hospitality, venue and lifestyle businesses whose growth depends on corporate bookers, partners, investors or suppliers rather than on consumer footfall.
Where it falls short
We refuse to work outside LinkedIn. No Instagram, no TikTok, no Meta ads. For most hospitality businesses those channels matter for the consumer side, and we will tell you to hire someone else for them. No published rate card.
Sources: noticed.co case studies · noticed.co services
2. Linkedist, best for LinkedIn audits and workshops
A LinkedIn specialist offering an unusually broad set of services, including audits and workshops as well as delivery. That makes them a sensible first call for a company still working out what it needs rather than one ready to commit to a retainer.
Their published results are reach-based rather than commercial: Detra Solar at 203,524 impressions over eighteen months, CloudVisor at 225 posts and ten ad campaigns across two years.
Named results
- Detra Solar: 2,426+ followers and 203,524 impressions across 75 posts in 18 months
- CloudVisor: 2,000+ followers, 225 posts and 10 ad campaigns over two years
- WhiteBridge.ai: 1,850+ followers and 34,963 impressions
Best suited for
Companies that want a LinkedIn audit or an internal workshop before committing to a retainer. The breadth of service lines suits a business still deciding what it needs.
Where it falls short
Published results are follower counts, post volumes and impressions rather than pipeline, revenue or meetings. No pricing is published, and the site does not state where the agency is based.
Sources: linkedist.com case studies · linkedist.com services
3. Gripped, best for B2B SaaS demand generation
Gripped works only with SaaS, AI and tech companies past roughly £2m ARR, out of Borough High Street in London. LinkedIn is one line in a demand generation programme that also covers paid search, SEO and website.
They state £5,000 to £15,000 a month openly and note most clients land at £8,000 to £12,000. Published outcomes include a 252% rise in opportunity value from Google Search Ads and £1.3m of quarterly pipeline.
Named results
- £1.3m in new pipeline created in one quarter from paid search and social
- 252% increase in opportunity value from Google Search Ads
- 108% year-on-year increase in sales opportunities
Best suited for
B2B SaaS companies past £2m ARR who want one agency covering search, social and website rather than a LinkedIn specialist.
Where it falls short
LinkedIn is one channel among six. If LinkedIn is where your buyers are and you want it run properly, you are buying a share of attention rather than a specialism. Scope is restricted to SaaS, AI and tech.
Sources: gripped.io homepage · gripped.io pricing
4. Cleverly, best for high-volume outbound at scale
Cleverly runs high-volume outbound from Los Angeles: LinkedIn sequences, cold email, 200 to 300 calls a day per rep, and SDRs you do not have to hire. For companies whose problem is simply not enough conversations, that breadth is the point.
The published proof is aggregate rather than client-specific, covering 224,700 leads and $51.2M of revenue across a stated 1,000 clients.
Named results
- 224,700 leads generated across the client base
- $312M pipeline and $51.2M revenue, cumulative
- 1,000 active clients and 1,000+ five-star reviews claimed
Best suited for
Companies that want outbound volume across several channels at once and are comfortable with an agency operating at scale rather than bespoke.
Where it falls short
Outbound only. Cleverly does not offer LinkedIn content or organic presence, so the profile a prospect lands on after receiving a message is your problem rather than theirs. No pricing is published.
Sources: cleverly.co homepage · cleverly.co services
5. Stop The Scroll, best for US B2B paid and organic together
Stop The Scroll is a US agency combining paid and organic LinkedIn. They publish pricing openly, from $2,950 a month with a $3,950 monthly contract minimum, which puts them among the more transparent operators in the category.
They also publish a ranked list of LinkedIn agencies using seven weighted criteria. It is a thorough methodology, though the agency awards itself a 9.3 out of 10 within its own ranking.
Named results
- Published pricing from $2,950/month, $3,950/month contract minimum
- Seven weighted ranking criteria published openly
Best suited for
US-based B2B companies wanting paid and organic LinkedIn handled together, with a clear published price before the first call.
Where it falls short
US-based, which matters for timezone overlap and market knowledge if your buyers are in the UK or Europe. Published client results are thin relative to the published methodology.
Sources: stopthescroll.io pricing · stopthescroll.io agency ranking
Side-by-side: pricing and engagement model
| Agency | Published pricing | Model |
|---|---|---|
| noticed. | Not published | Retainer |
| Linkedist | Not published | Not published |
| Gripped | £5K-£15K/mo | Rolling contract, 3 months notice |
| Cleverly | Not published | Not published |
| Stop The Scroll | From $2,950/mo | Retainer, $3,950/mo minimum |
Which option fits your situation
| If you are… | What LinkedIn is for | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| A venue with a corporate booking side | Reaching the people who book events and partnerships | noticed. |
| A lifestyle brand moving into B2B | Winning brands as clients rather than consumers | noticed. |
| A hospitality group seeking investment | Being visible to investors and operators | noticed. |
| A hospitality tech business | Multi-channel demand generation | Gripped |
| Needing outbound volume to venues | Cold outreach across channels | Cleverly |
| Unsure where to start | An audit before the spend | Linkedist |
What results actually look like
| Client | Result | What the metric means |
|---|---|---|
| O Beach Ibiza | 50M+ | Brand impressions from a founder-led programme, plus 26,000 followers added. |
| Faith Concierge | £230K | New B2B revenue closed from luxury brand accounts, in under four months. |
| DeskLodge | 852K | Impressions from a repositioned programme, with increased inbound member interest. |
Frequently asked questions
- Does LinkedIn work for hospitality businesses?
- For the B2B side, yes. Corporate bookers, partners, investors and suppliers are all on LinkedIn, and each relationship is worth many times a single cover. For consumer footfall, Instagram remains the better channel.
- What should a hotel or venue post on LinkedIn?
- Operating detail rather than atmosphere. How you staff at scale, what a difficult season taught you, why you made a particular commercial decision. Business audiences find hospitality operations genuinely interesting, which is an advantage most venues never use.
- Should the founder post or the venue account?
- The founder, primarily. Hospitality brands are built around people, those people usually have a story worth hearing, and posts from a named person reach far further than from a venue page. The page is what someone checks afterwards.
- Can LinkedIn bring in corporate bookings?
- That is its main commercial use in this sector. The people placing corporate events, away days and client entertainment are on the platform and reachable directly, which is not true on consumer channels.
- Is LinkedIn useful for hospitality investment or partnerships?
- Yes, and it is often the strongest reason to be there. Investors and operators assess whether you look like a business worth backing, and an absent or thin LinkedIn presence is read as an answer to that question.
- How long does it take to see results?
- Reach moves within weeks. Commercial outcomes follow your sales cycle: Faith Concierge closed £230,000 within four months, while a founder brand like O Beach's built over six.
- Do we need to stop doing Instagram?
- No, they do different jobs. Instagram reaches guests, LinkedIn reaches the people who book, partner with and invest in you. We only do LinkedIn and will tell you to hire someone else for the consumer side.
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About the author
Niall Ratcliffe, Co-founder, noticed.
Niall co-founded noticed. in 2022 and has since run LinkedIn content, outreach and strategy programmes for more than 200 B2B companies, from the NHS to Hutchinson Engineering.
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