ely
Day and night, from approved facts
- Answers guests with the details you approved
- Uses each change in its answers once it goes live
- Upcoming: drafts website changes from your message
- Upcoming: undoes a change when you ask
Explore ely AI website changes
UPCOMING
Coming next: tell ely what changed, and your website follows.
Changing your website by message is upcoming. Today our team builds and maintains your website and makes each change for you. The plan: you send one message, ely drafts the change, a person on our team checks it, and you approve it before it goes live.
- Upcoming: not yet part of the pilot rollout
- Today: our team makes each change for you
- A person checks every change
Your Hotel TagaytayThe plan · an owner, 7:40 am
Viber · Upcoming- Staff:
Breakfast now starts at 6:30, not 7. Please update the website.
- ely:
Drafted: the dining page, the FAQ and my answer to guests now say 6:30 am. Our team checks it next, then you approve.
Planned workflow · upcoming. Today our team makes this change for you.
WHY IT MATTERS
Small changes. Long waits. Wrong answers in between.
A hotel changes something every week: a rate, a promo, a photo, an opening time. Every day the website is behind, guests read the old version.
One-line fixes wait in a queue
You email the agency about new breakfast hours. The change goes live next week, if someone remembers.
The website and the front desk disagree
Guests arrive expecting the old pool hours or last month’s promo, and the front desk explains it again.
Promos go up after the weekend
By the time the banner is live, the long weekend it was meant to fill is over.
The same detail lives in five places
The page, the banner, the FAQ, the Google profile and the chat answer. One gets updated; four do not.
Today our team fixes this for you. The plan is to make it as quick as sending a message.
AFTER A CHANGE
When a detail changes, every answer changes with it.
Today our team updates the page and ely’s answers together once you confirm a change. A guest asking the next morning gets the new detail.
The morning after · 6:05 am
“What time does breakfast start?”
Breakfast is served from 6:30 to 10 am at the Ridge Café, on the ground floor.
ely answersDining details · updated yesterday after you confirmed
Planning a weekend · 9:20 pm
“Is the rainy-season promo still available?”
Yes. Stay two nights in a Deluxe Room and the second night is half price. Book on our website to get it.
ely answersPromo page · added this week
Before arrival · 8:45 pm
“Is the pool open? I read it was being repainted.”
The pool has reopened and is open from 7 am to 8 pm.
ely answersPool details · updated after the works
Before booking · 4:10 pm
“Do you still have the shuttle from the bus terminal?”
Not anymore; the shuttle has stopped. Reception can book a car for you, so I have passed your arrival time to them.
Passed to your teamReception books the car
Event enquiry · 1:30 pm
“Can we see photos of the new function room?”
Yes, the new Ridge Hall photos are on the events page. I have passed your date and guest count to our events team.
Passed to your teamEvents team prepares the quote
TODAY, AND THE PLAN
How a website change works today, and how it will work.
Today you tell our team and we make the change. Next, you will tell ely, ely will draft the change, and a person will still check it.
01 / Today: our team
Tell our team. We change the page and the answers.
Send the change to our team. We update the website and ely’s answers together, and you check before it goes live. This is part of the website service in the pilot rollout.
WHAT OUR TEAM DOES
- Changes made after you confirm them
- Every page and chat answer with the old detail updated
- Promos taken down when they end
Guests read the new detail the next time they ask.
Website: in the pilot rollout. Our team makes each change today.
Your Hotel TagaytayWebsite chat
A guest · Saturday, 6:05 am
- Guest:
Good morning! What time does breakfast start?
- elyely:
Good morning! Breakfast is served from 6:30 to 10 am at the Ridge Café, on the ground floor.
- Guest:
Can we eat on the terrace?
- elyely:
Yes. Terrace seats are first come, first served, and the view of the lake is best before 8.
Dining details · updated after you confirmed · scripted example
Scripted conversation. The new hours were updated on the website and in ely’s answers together.
02 / Next: message ely
The plan: one message, and ely drafts the change.
In the plan, you send ely a message in the app you already use, and ely drafts the change across the page, the banner and its own answers. A person on our team checks it, and you approve it before it goes live.
WHAT OUR TEAM DOES
- Every draft checked by a person
- Changes use your approved details
- You approve before anything is published
The aim: a promo ready the same morning you think of it.
Upcoming: changing the website by message is not yet part of the pilot rollout.
Your Hotel TagaytayViber · Upcoming
The plan · an owner, Tuesday, 9:41 am
- Your teamStaff:
Rainy-season promo: second night half price on Deluxe Rooms, weekends only.
- elyely:
Drafted: a promo page, a banner on the home page and my answer for guests. Our team checks it next.
- Your teamStaff:
Use the lake photo for the banner.
- elyely:
Changed. It is with our team to check, then it comes back to you to approve.
Planned workflow · upcoming
Planned workflow, not yet available. Messaging apps are upcoming.
Your Hotel TagaytayViber · Upcoming
The plan · an owner, Friday, 7:40 am
- Your teamStaff:
Breakfast now starts at 6:30, not 7.
- elyely:
Drafted: the dining page, the FAQ and my answer to guests now say 6:30 am. Our team checks it next.
Planned workflow · upcoming
Planned workflow, not yet available.
03 / You stay in control
Nothing goes live without a check. Anything can be undone.
In the plan, every change runs on your approved details, a person on our team checks it, and you approve it. If something is wrong, one message pulls it back to the version you approved before.
WHAT OUR TEAM DOES
- A person checks every draft
- The previous version kept for every change
- Undo handled by message, then checked
Hands-free, not hands-off.
Upcoming: not yet part of the pilot rollout.
Your Hotel TagaytayViber · Upcoming
The plan · an owner, Sunday, 4:20 pm
- Your teamStaff:
The promo is full. Please take the banner down.
- elyely:
Drafted: the home page goes back to the version you approved last week, and I stop offering the promo to guests.
- Your teamStaff:
Thanks.
- elyely:
Our team checks it now. I will tell you when it is live.
Planned workflow · upcoming
Planned workflow, not yet available.
Scripted examples. The hotel, promo and messages are illustrative. Changing the website by message, and Messenger, Viber and WhatsApp, are upcoming.
WHO DOES WHAT
Who does what, today and next.
Today our team does the work. Next, ely drafts it. A person checks it either way.
Our team
Sets it up and keeps it working
- Builds and maintains your website today
- Makes each change you ask for
- Updates ely’s answers at the same time
- Will check every change ely drafts
You
A small, clear part
- Tell us what changed
- Check and approve before it goes live
- Send new photos and promo ideas
- Say when a promo should end
Start with the website. The message workflow comes next.
Rolling out to 100+ businesses this Q4. We confirm your scope, price and start date on a call.
Your hotel website
Designed, built and maintained by our team. Changes made for you.
See howWebsite chat
Approved answers that change when your details change.
See howBooking engine
Promos and rates linked to your own booking page. Included in every package.
See howBrand
Promo banners, posts and materials in your style.
See how
LOKAL’S RECORD · THE TEAM BEHIND ely
ely is new. The team behind it is not.
ely is made by LOKAL, a marketing company working with hospitality businesses since 2017, in the Philippines, Australia, the United States and New Zealand. The results below are LOKAL’s, not the ely pilot’s.
Since 2017LOKAL marketing in PH, AU, US & NZ
Case study · six months · Hospitality Innovators, Inc.
Hotel group · 16+ properties · Philippines
- less wasted ad spend
- 41%
- lower cost per visitor
- 61%
- more clicks
- 46%
“Attentive, professional, and dedicated. LOKAL's guidance and effective marketing strategies made a real difference to our business performance.”
Paolo Luis Francisco · Managing Partner, 3 AM Hospitality Consultancy · Verified Google review
BEFORE YOU START
What hotels ask about changing the website by message.
Can I change my website by messaging ely today?
Not yet. It is upcoming. Today, tell our team and we make the change for you.
Will changes go live without a person checking?
No. In the plan, a person on our team checks every change ely drafts, and you approve it before it is published.
What kinds of changes will it handle?
Rates and promos, photos and galleries, pages and copy, and the answers ely gives guests. We will confirm the exact scope when it is ready.
When will it be ready?
We do not give dates. Hotels in the rollout will hear first when it is ready for them.
What happens to my website in the meantime?
Our team builds and maintains it, makes the changes you ask for and updates ely’s answers at the same time.
JOIN THE PILOT ROLLOUT
Tell us what changed. We keep the website current.
Submit your interest now and we’ll schedule a call to see if ely is a good fit for your hotel.
Start with your work email and add four details. We’ll schedule a call to see if ely fits.
No payment to join the waitlist · we confirm fit and timing with you.
Submit your interest
What happens next
We’ll be in touch to talk through your property’s scope, trial terms, website options and timing — by email, or the mobile you gave us, whichever reaches you faster. There’s nothing else to do.
While you wait, here’s the kind of question ely answers.