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Who are iLoveWebsites?

iLoveWebsites is a full service digital marketing company and division of American Historic Inns. (AHI) AHI was founded in 1981 and started out publishing a travel guide book for the historic inns in the bed & breakfast industry. Over the years and with the introduction of the internet, AHI spun off its online presence in the form of iLoveInns.com a nationwide directory of bed and breakfasts, small inns, boutique hotels and privately owned properties. At first, that was a great tool for small business owners. But as we know now, nothing stays the same for long. The introduction of smartphones, ipads, social media and more, changed the platform by which lodging facilities would be found online.

In 2005, we quietly began building websites for clients who asked. At the time, it wasn’t our primary business line but it was one that had our phone ringing. Our clients needed, wanted and demanded more. How could they increase bookings, improve their online presence, create a brand and make more money? Slowly but surely over the next several years, clients asked for help with email marketing, social media, blogging, updating their current websites and more. They needed help understanding all the changes happening in the industry:

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What was happening at Google? Algorithm changes? SEO changes?

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What does mobile friendly mean? How do I make my site responsive?

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What is HTTPS and how do I make my site secure?

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The OTAs are taking over the industry. How do I compete?

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Airbnb has to go….they are taking away my business.

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How come I don’t show up on Google Searches?

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What’s blogging? Why do I have to do it?

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How do I get email addresses? How do I send newsletters?

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I hate social media…why do I have to do it? Which social media channels do I need to be on? What do I post?

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My site has to be ADA Compliant. What’s that? How do I do it?

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My website doesn’t work, can you help?

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COVID 19 has stopped me in my tracks – what do I do?

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By 2010 we were deeply invested in the digital marketing needs of our clients.

iLoveWebsites was born. We actively began offering our website design services, digital marketing services and our 39 years of technology, marketing and industry knowledge to our existing client base.

Our company has not stopped evolving. By 2018, many of our clients who are entrepreneurs and own multiple businesses, were contacting us to help with their other businesses. We have now branched out and offer our services to all types of industries and today serve not only small inns and B&Bs, but also hotels, motels, RV Parks, restaurants, wedding venues, retail stores, services providers, authors and even a shipping company. We apply the same solid technology and marketing principles and skills to all our work, provide that outstanding customer service & keep you informed through our ongoing Newsletter debriefings. We are looking forward to the next 20 years and the changes those years will bring.

American Historic Inns, Inc. (AHI)

– An Industry Leader in the hospitality industry was founded in 1981 and is the leader in publishing country inn and bed & breakfast guide books, with more than 2.5 million books sold.

AHI also owns and operates iLoveInns.com, an online B&B, Inn and privately owned lodging directory. iLoveInns lists over 19,000 bed and breakfasts, inns and small boutique hotels in the United States. The website also features unique stories on exceptional properties and has handed out the prestigious “Top 10 Most Romantic Inns” award for 25 years.

Our Products

In 2009, our company began offering online digital marketing services to our clients. These services included Web Design and Newsletter marketing. We created our Digital Marketing Division now known as ILOVEWEBSITES and over the next 9 years, we continued to grow our product line to include website maintenance, on site SEO services, content based SEO services, social media management and ADA Website Compliance services to our growing client base.

By 2015, we had expanded our reach to include industries outside of the B&B industry which included Hotels, Motels, RV Parks, Campgrounds, Cabins/Cottages, restaurants, event venues and Vacation Rentals. We continue to offer our services to a wide range of businesses and expect to see substantial growth in new industries in the coming years.

Corporate Affiliations

Over the years, AHI has worked with national advertisers on major promotional programs for companies which have included: Amtrak, The Coca-Cola Co., Land O’ Lakes, Sara Lee, Glen Ellen Winery, Hallmark, Lipton, MasterCard, Minute Maid, Nabisco, MCI, Nestle, Rand McNally, Taster’s Choice, Tom’s of Maine, Tylenol PM and many others. These programs have helped develop awareness of bed and breakfast travel for millions of travelers, while providing consumer goods companies a deep connection to their consumers in a home-like, high-touch vacation environment.

Awards

In February 2009 Apple iTunes chose iLoveinns’ – InnTouch application as a staff favorite. A gold award was received in 2008 from Innkeeping.org., the highest award for directories. In 2002, Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine named iLoveInns.com “Best B&B Site.” Our bed and breakfast guide books have received numerous honors for content, quality and marketing. In 1993, American Historic Inns, Inc. won the Gold MOTI Award for Outstanding Promotion. The company is the two-time winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Travel Guide & Best Directory and is the winner of the Travel Publishing News Best Travel Reference. In 1996, the company was honored with the “Book of the Year” Award, top honors given by the Publishers Marketing Association to only one of several thousand independent publishers.

Featured in…

American Historic Inns, Inc. guidebooks, web site and iPhone application have been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Boston Globe, Chicago Sun Times, Orange County Register, Baltimore Sun, San Diego Union-Tribune, Atlanta Journal & Constitution, The Oregonian, Rocky Mountain News, Sacramento Bee, Sunset, Forbes, Consumer Reports, Good Housekeeping, Country Living, McCalls, Woman’s Day, Woman’s World, Travel Holiday, Cosmopolitan, Country Home and many more.