Advice Required For A Hotelier

Well, advertising wise I think that you are on one of the big sites. A couple of others that come to mind for the English speaking public are www.cyclingnews.com, www.pezcyclingnews.com and of course www.bicycling.com (the latter very focussed on the US crowd). I assume you intend to target the English speakers...

When I have vacationed with my bicycle, I have always been partial to hotels that allow for safe bicycle parking (remember most of the people on these types of sites think nothing of spending upwards of 3 to 5K Euro on one of their several bikes). That meant SECURE parking in a locked away garage of some sort, or even better having you the hotelier suggesting that I keep my pride and joy in my room with me. 🙂

A specific room set up as a mechanic's shop (bike stand, a set of tools and the possibility to wash and clean my bicycle) are a close second.

Excellent and ample food, distractions in the general area (beaches, amusement parks, etc) for the wife and kids for when I ride also help.

Of course, the sine qua non are the roads close to your hotel. If there aren't spectacularly scenic roads, with little traffic good road conditions and a variety of 100km loops, then I will not even come to your neck of the woods. Might as well stay home and not spend the money. Then again, I live in Rome... 😎
Hope this helps. Best luck for the business.

I planned and took a trip to Spain (Andalucia and it was wonderful!) last year and stayed in many hotels similar to your own. I picked most of my hotels over the internet, most from hotel search engines, some from the Lonely Planet guide book, but it was very important to me that I be able to make reservations either over the internet or by email.
As the last person said, good secure storage was important. Either inside or in a locked garage was fine with us.
We also packed very light, as we had to carry all of our belongings so being able to wash our clothing out and having a place to put it out to dry overnight was important.
Because we only had the bikes for transportation we would wash up and walk to get our dinner. Having a list and directions to good places to eat nearby would have been very nice.
Those are the things I can think of. For the most part we were pretty tired when we got to our destination, so a shower, dinner and sleeping were what we had in mind for our evenings. On the days we didn't cycle, we had plenty of sightseeing to do, so we did not spend too much time in our room.
Hope this is helpful

[quote="Powerful Pete"]even better having you the hotelier suggesting that I keep my pride and joy in my room with me. 🙂

A specific room set up as a mechanic's shop (bike stand, a set of tools and the possibility to wash and clean my bicycle) are a close second.

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I've kind of had an idea of bringing my bike with me on a road trip and putting it in my hotel room in various towns. I wonder how receptive hotels are to this idea. My thoughts are to visit the local bike shops in each town and to find out where the best local riding is, and then to do those rides before I head down the road again in my vehicle, bicycle inside, to the next hotel on my itinerary. I wouldn't want to leave my Trek Madone in the car at night. I don't think I'd get much sleep worrying about my car's windows getting bashed in for the bike.