Ad Design & Production  [Examples]
We could fill web pages full of ads that we’ve created over the past 19 years - but we know you don’t have time to look at all of them...and time is money.  So, we’ll just say HMG can produce any type of display or classified ad you or your franchise restrictions may have in mind. Good design, creative, comprehensive and tightly-edited copy that will motivate the business your way.  

“Your ads should make a statement that captures the viewers imagination.”

​HOTEL MARKETING GROUP - Hotel Graphics

What We Do
We Create Marketing Tools for the Hospitality Industry

Such a simple statement for a creative marketing firm.  But this declaration represents our company’s strengths, direction and philosophy...”It is what we do.”  We work exclusively with affiliated hospitality businesses and are experienced with the dynamics and competitive environment that affect its ever-changing marketplace.

Since 1986 we have successfully served hotels, resorts, regional convention facilities and statewide hotel associations, located in all markets of the US and Mexico...So when selecting a marketing partner that knows your industry and can help anticipate market influences, look no further!

Who We Are

Exclusively Hospitality Industry Professionals

Dave Davis is the President of Hotel Marketing Group. An award-winning creative designer, marketing developer and graphic artist, Dave is a graduate of San Diego State University with an advanced degree in marketing communications and fine arts.  

Dave has four decades of professional experience in marketing, public relations and advertising in the hospitality industry, starting his career with Atlas Hotels, Inc. through Crest Advertising in San Diego - spending 17 years with Atlas Hotels as Director of Advertising, developing an expertise focusing on a variety of market segments including, convention, trade show, leisure packaging, group and individual corporate travel, theme restaurants and health facilities.  

Founder of Davis Design & Communications in 1986, Dave has worked with hundreds of hotel properties both domestically and internationally in a marketing and advertising management capacity, creating thousands of ads, collateral pieces and marketing tools.

Over the past 35 years in business Dave Davis has lead Davis Design & Communications through mergers and expansions into Davis McDowell, Inc. in 1994 and in 2000 to (dba) Hotel Marketing Group, a hotel advertising, marketing company now representing hotels, hotel associations, convention bureaus, restaurants, management companies, allied and associated hospitality providers and purveyors.  

Today, Dave works with a digital nomad team of creative writers, artists and production developers in creating marketing tools to help the hospitality industry sell products and services.

HOTEL MARKETING  GROUP

Kings Inn (San Diego, CA)
La Concha Beach Resort (La Paz, Mexico)
Lakeland Village (So. Lake Tahoe, CA)
Las Arenas Resort (Bahia de la Ventana, Mexico)
Las Brisas Resort Hotel (Palm Springs, CA)
Las Rosas Hotel & Spa (Ensenada, Mexico)

Legacy Resort Hotel & Spa (San Diego, CA)
Lexington Inn (Antioch, CA)
Lexington Inn (Modesto, CA)
Lexington Inn (Vallejo, CA)
Lexington Inn (Waco, TX)
Loreto Inn Hotel (Loreto, BC, Mexico)
Marriott (Brookfield, WI)
Maui Oceanfront Inn (Maui, HI)
Mayfair Hotel (Los Angeles, CA)
Meany Tower Hotel (Seattle, WA)
Mesilla Valley Inn (Las Cruces, NM)
Mission Valley Inn (San Diego, CA)
Mission Valley Resort (San Diego, CA)
Milwaukee Marriott (Milwaukee, WI)
North Coast Inn (Arcata, CA)
Padre Trail Inn (San Diego, CA)
Pacific Shore Hotel (Santa Monica, CA)
Pacifica Hotel (Culver City, CA)
Palm Mountain Resort & Spa (Palm Springs, CA)
Plaza International Hotel (San Diego, CA)
Plaza Hotel (Tuscon, AZ)
Portland Inn (Portland, OR)
Posada Royale (Simi Valley, CA)
Quality Suites (San Clemente, CA)
Radisson Suites Hotel (San Diego, CA)
Ramada Hotel (Santa Ana, CA)
Ramada Inn (Bakersfield, CA)
Ramada Inn (Fayetteville, NC)
Ramada Inn (Fresno, CA)
Ramada Inn (Indian Wells, CA)
Ramada Inn (St. Charles, MO)
Ramada Inn (Sacramento, CA)
Ramada Inn (San Diego/MIssion Valley)
Ramada Limited (Newport Beach, CA)
Ramada Westport (St. Louis, MO)
Red Lion Bakersfield (Bakersfield, CA)
Red Lion Hanalei Hotel (San Diego, CA)
Red Mountain Spa (Ivin, UT)
Residence Inn (El Paso, TX)
Residence Inn (Sacramento, CA)
Residence Inn (Salt Lake City, UT)
Residence Inn (Tyson Corner, VA)
Rodeway Inn (San Francisco, CA)
Saga Motor Hotel (Pasadena, CA)
San Diego Mission Valley Hilton (San Diego, CA)
Santa Fe Inn (Escondido, CA)
Shelter Island Marina Inn (San Diego, CA)
Sheraton Inn (New Port Richey, FL)
Sheraton Inn North (Columbus, OH)
Sheraton Inn North (Brown Deer, WI)
Sheraton San Diego Hotel Mission Valley 

(San Diego, CA)
Sierra Inn (Sacramento, CA)
Silver Cloud Hotels (WA & OR)
Sixth Avenue Inn (Seattle, WA)
SunBurst Hotel (Scottsdale, AZ)
Town & Country Resort and Convention Center 

(San Diego, CA)
Travelodge (Duarte, CA)
Travelodge (Las Vegas, NV)
Travelodge (Ontario, CA)
Travelodge (Victorville, CA)
Tyee Hotel (Olympia, WA)
U.S. Grant Hotel (San Diego, CA)
Vagabond Inns (CA & NV)
Vantage Hotel (Smyrna, GA)
Vantage Hotel (Tucker, GA)
Warner Springs Ranch (Warner Springs, CA)
Western Host Motor Hotel (Modesto, CA)
Western Host Motor Hotel (Santa Maria, CA)
Winrock Inn (Albuquerque, NM)
Woodfin Suites (Austin, TX)
Woodfin Suites (Newark, CA)
Woodfin Suites (Sunnyvale, CA)
Zion Park Inn and Conference Center 

(Springdale, UT)

Check-in Collateral, Key Packets & Property Maps  [Examples]
The designers at HMG have been creating front desk “check-in” materials which easily convey the guest’s room location, the benefits of your property and the destination.  We design, write, illustrate and produce the art you’ll need for printing and overnight it to you with color match prints and all the files are archived on the cloud.  If you like, we’ll even have it printed for you and shipped direct – check with us for printing prices that will surely fit your budget.  

“Navigating through your property may be easy for you and the staff...But a lost guest is a very unhappy guest.”

Creative Services - Collateral

Sales & Promo Fliers [Examples]
If you’ve got a special offer to stimulate sales over a sagging time period (like the winter holidays), a food and beverage promotion for your restaurant or simply need a fact sheet that really sells your property’s features and benefits.

Brochures & Rack Cards  [Examples]
We've  been creating powerful marketing materials for hotels since for decades ... And  with the changes in the hospitality industry – were 'online' now  dominates the destination selection process more and more, your brochure  or rack card (if used) needs to make a statement and easily convey the uniqueness and benefits of your property.

Sales Kits [Examples]
A good hotel Sales Kit or Meeting Planners Guide is a necessary tool for the successful marketing of destination oriented and/or primarily meetings market properties. Good design, comprehensive tightly-edited copy and clearly understandable plot plans, diagrams and space capacity charts are a must to effectively convey your message to the event engager.

Design Services - Logos

Logo Design  [Examples]
"You only have one chance to make a good first impression."  A time honored phrase that holds true today as it ever has.

 Your logo says a great deal about you, your hotel and restaurant.  A good logo creates interest in your product and is the first real imagery which captures your guest’s attention and tantalizes their imagination.

We have designed litterly 100’s of unique and contemporary logo packages for the hospitality industry and it’s the type of work we love to do.

Our logo design packages includes 5 conceptual ideas and 3 follow-up change proofs. The final product includes your new logo in high and low resolution jpeg, tiff and eps files.  

“A hot logo is a cool thing to have.”

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Signs & Point of Purchase Graphics  [Examples]
“Pardon  our Dust”   |  “Open for Lunch & Dinner”  |  “Super Bowl Party Next Sunday”   

“Private Party”   |   “Welcome Preferred Guest - Check-In Here”

You’ve seen them all, but do all the signs throughout your property have the same look and convey the image that your operation is professional and is more than worth every dollar in room rate or beverage cost that you charge?

Do all your signs look like they come from the same mother?  They should.

We can provide a great design package for all your signage needs - from lobby display to elevator sign and room numbers to meeting room signs that have “group function slots.”  We’ll work with you on the concept and produce the art for you to give to your fabricator or we can handle the production and ship it direct.    
“Remember...Signs are for Tourists.”

Menu & Table Tent Design  [Examples]
As it is for logos, the first impression when presenting food and beverage offerings to your guest is equally important.  

So impress your restaurant customers or banquet engagers with clear, easy to read, and colorful ‘fare de cuisine’ you are proud of.  

We will work with you and your team to plan, design and produce a stimulating menu concept...and then make it happen.  We’ll send you the production art for your printer, or we can get it printed and ship it to you quickly. 

“Remember, people eat with their eyes FIRST before they ever taste the food...So make your menus appetizing!”

Who We've Served

Hotels, Resorts, Golf Courses, Management Companies
Hotel Groups, Management Companies & Associations:
Advantage Hospitality
Atlas Hotels, Inc.
California Hotel & Lodging Association
Hotel Investors Corporation
Hotel Managers Group
Mid-America Corporation
Mission Valley Tourism Council
Premiere Management, Inc.
Pacific Hospitality Group
Packard Management
Ramada Management Assn. of California
Santa Fe Management Group
Silver Cloud Hotels
Trigild Corporation
Vagabond Hotels, Inc.
Westland Hills Management Group

Hotels, Motels & Resorts:
All Seasons Inn (Antioch, CA)
All Seasons Inn (Chula Vista, CA)
All Seasons Inn (Modesto, CA)
All Seasons Inn (Vallejo, CA)
Bay Club Hotel and Marina (San Diego, CA)
Bay Valley Hotel & Resort (Bay City, MI)
Bermuda Resort (Lancaster, CA)
Best Western Airport Inn (Albuquerque, NM)
Best Western Airport Inn (El Paso, TX)
Best Western Gateway Hotel  (Santa Monica, CA)
Best Western Hacienda Hotel (San Diego, CA)  
Best Western Riverfront Inn (Savannah, GA)
Best Western South (Austin, TX)
Best Western Stockton (Stockton, CA)
Beverly Carlton Hotel (Beverly Hills, CA)
Budget Motel (San Diego Airport, CA)
Buena Vista Beach Resort  (Los Cabos, Mexico)
Buena Vista Suites (Lake Buena Vista, FL)
Caribe Royale All Suites Resort & Convention Center

(Lake Buena Vista, FL)
Carriage Inn (Ridgecrest, CA)
Carriage Inn (Van Nuys, CA)
Casa Munras Hotel (Monterey, CA)
Castle Creek Inn (Escondido, CA)
Comfort Suites (Cathedral City, CA)
Comfort Suites ( Richmond, VA)
Comfort Suites (Santa Ana, CA)
Courtyard Inn (San Diego, CA)
Crowne Plaza Commerce Casino  (Commerce, CA)
Days Inn (Brunswick, GA)
Days Inn (Dallas, TX)
Days Inn (San Diego, CA)
Days Inn Downtown (Seattle, WA)
Days Inn Point Loma (San Diego, CA)
Days Inn (Spartanburg, SC)
Days Inn (Westminster, MD)
Desert Inn (Twentynine Palms, CA)
Embassy Suites Camelhead (Phoenix, AZ)
Estero Beach Hotel (Ensenada, Mexico)
Estrella Park Inn (Palm Springs, CA)
Executive Hotel (San Diego, CA)
Flamingos Nuevo Vallarta Beach Resort  (Puerto Vallarta, MX)
Grand Plaza Hotel (Santa Ana, CA)
Hampton Inn (Palm Springs, CA)
Hampton Inn (Riverside, CA)
Hilton Hotel (Fresno, CA)
Hilton Hotel (St. George, UT)
Hilton Inn (Gainesville, FL)
Hilton Inn (Merrimack, NH)
Hilton San Diego Resort & Spa  (San Diego, CA)
Holiday Inn (Albany, NY)
Holiday Inn (Brunswick, GA)
Holiday Inn (Bullhead City, AZ)
Holiday Inn (Palm Springs, CA)
Holiday Inn (Las Vegas, NV)  
Holiday Inn & Conference Center   (Jacksonville, FL)
Holiday Inn Express (Cypress, CA)
Holiday Inn Hotel Circle (San Diego, CA)
Hotel Palmilla (San Jose del Cabo, Mexico)
Image Inn (Moreno Valley, CA)
Image Inn (San Diego, CA)
Inn at Semiahmoo (Blaine, WA)
Inn by the Sea (La Jolla, CA)