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Chief Outsiders Editor's pick Names Hospitality
6 named clients Founded 2009, 120+ people
Fee on request monthly retainer
Best fractional CMOs for hospitality businesses
5 firms and practitioners offer fractional CMO work and name hospitality businesses among the clients they serve. First on the list are Chief Outsiders, MarketingHQ and HelloCMO. Chief Outsiders is the editor's pick. One publishes a monthly fee: $3,300 a month at MarketingHQ. The rest quote.
A fractional CMO owns positioning, the marketing plan and budget, and the agencies and in-house marketers who execute it.
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MarketingHQ Names Hospitality
4 named clients Serves Australia
$3,300 per month, 6 month minimum
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HelloCMO Names Hospitality
6 named clients Serves Global
Fee on request
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inBeat Names Hospitality
6 named clients Founded 2018, 51 to 200 people
Fee on request
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The Marketing Centre Names Hospitality
6 named clients Founded 2011, 100+ people
Fee on request day or hourly rate, no minimum
How this list is built. Every firm and practitioner here offers fractional CMO work on its own site and names hospitality businesses among its clients. Order is editor's pick, then listings that name the industry, then a published fee, then name. Nobody pays to appear or to move up. Full methodology.