Case study — Resort Collection

Beachbound: the build that paid for itself.

Beachbound came to us as resort collection operators in Sunshine Coast, AU with a problem that was costing them weekly. The program below is what moved their headline number: +67% direct vs OTA mix.

Beachbound — hero visual

Fig. 01 — Direct-Booking PushSunshine Coast, AU

Client
Beachbound
Year
2026
Industry
Resort Collection
Location
Sunshine Coast, AU
01

The challenge

Ad spend had scaled faster than measurement: budgets tripled, attribution stayed a shrug, and every channel took credit for the same customers in their own dashboards.

Creative was one video and a hope. Fatigue set in quarterly, CPAs crept upward, and the monthly report was a masterclass in confident vagueness.

02

The approach

We rebuilt measurement first: server-side tracking, a single source of truth per metric, and channel reports in cost-per-acquired-customer units the CFO could compare honestly.

Creative became a system: testing sprints with hypotheses, hooks from customer language, and a fatigue-based rotation cadence — volume with a method, not a factory.

Lifecycle flows shipped in revenue order: abandonment, post-purchase, replenishment, winback — with suppressions so customers hear a person, not a trigger.

  • Measurement rebuild: server-side tracking, one dashboard of record
  • Lifecycle email flows in revenue order with suppressions
  • Channel diversification plan with budget-shift milestones
  • Segment infrastructure: RFM, engagement, and suppression lists
03

The results

R—01 4.1x Blended return on ad spend
R—02 -43% Cost per acquisition
R—03 31% Revenue from email/lifecycle
R—04 +129% Qualified lead volume
Season four of campaigns and for the first time we're not starting from zero — we have an engine.Priya Raghavan — Managing Director, Beachbound
04

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