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New look for an established Travel booking site

10 year old design needs a new clean look and better usability

Contest Holder whetstone ?

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Concepts Submitted

29

Prize Money
350
Winner(s)

1

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Project: New look for an established Trave ...
Industry: Travel Logo
Contest Launched: Nov 16, 2010
Selected: 1 winning design from 29 concepts
Winning Design by: fertigo
Close Date: Nov 23, 2010


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Creative Brief


New look for an established Travel booking site

10 year old design needs a new clean look and better usability

Travel

accommodationbritain.co.uk

We are a uk based web development company with over 10 years of experience. We often use external designers and have run several competitions on another design site, choosing a winner on each occasion.

Like: simple search box high on left hand side, eg http://www.laterooms.com/ navigation layout on http://www.tripadvisor.com/ (as in 'plan the perfect trip') blue colours in header of http://www.smoothhound.co.uk/ clear layout in http://herefordshire.staysoon.co.uk/ Dislikes: clutter too flashy

Clean/Simple

Professional

Content Driven

Conservative

Modern

Elegant

Service Oriented

#006633 or similar #4D7F3B etc for page background maybe

left side

http://www.tripadvisor.com/

http://herefordshire.staysoon.co.uk/

http://laterooms.com

We are certainly NOT looking for a cut and paste job on the above websites! They are listed to give you an idea of the features we want to see on the page, we need to finish up with a page that is clean, attractive, and not confusing to the visitor. There need to be room for the current ads, and the home page will carry a uk map, but about 30% of the size of the current one. Green and blue for basic page colours.. There will be a photo on the homepage... probably an example of a hotel on site - eg http://www.accommodationbritain.co.uk/places/307.html Existing site: accommodationbritain.co.uk

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Discussion


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  • November 25, 2010 9:32 AM
    whetstone whetstone
      Project Holder
    We found it really difficult to choose a winner because there was some really outstanding work put forward. Thanks to everyone who contributed, maybe next time enter a bit earlier, it was a big rush at the end! And to those who were worried about guaranteeing the prize, we will always pick a winner if we get a design we can use - as you can see!

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  • November 24, 2010 9:53 AM
    Manvir Manvir
     
    Hi sir, I am not able to submit my template design here So i have send it to you at freelancer. Check it in your pmb. Thanks, Manvir

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  • November 23, 2010 8:11 AM
    fertigo fertigo
     
    I have problem with my internet connection. but now ok. Regards, Fertigo

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  • November 23, 2010 8:02 AM
    whetstone whetstone
      Project Holder
    #25, is it correctly uploaded?

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  • November 23, 2010 7:39 AM
    whetstone whetstone
      Project Holder
    We're still liking #18, I wonder if the header background could be graduated like the booking search? And the drab green overall background is a bit, well, drab..

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  • November 23, 2010 7:27 AM
    Xtilez Xtilez
     
    HI Sir I Hope You Like My Design Because My Design Color is Best You See I Think

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  • November 23, 2010 7:25 AM
    whetstone whetstone
      Project Holder
    We love #9 and #18 #9 for its style and #18 for its practicality and content....

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  • November 23, 2010 4:47 AM
    markb markb
     
    e.g. draft #11.. this booking box is only sample it could be in blue like header color with green button. In header is small flash which you can't see on that print screen. I will prepare one template with this color combination of booking box... And this is CMS and all positions can be changed in sec. :) Anyway thnx for commenting... :)

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  • November 23, 2010 4:27 AM
    whetstone whetstone
      Project Holder
    Design #11 looks like a wordpress site and it has a blatant laterooms booking box on it! Design #10, a bit plain and uninspiring and too much left to the imagination really...

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  • November 23, 2010 2:37 AM
    whetstone whetstone
      Project Holder
    We have some great designs to look at now, - we love draft #9 for its simple direct approach, its perfect for a homepage but it will need work to suit the inner pages. #5 is very close to our brief but just needs something to make it special. #7 is good too but also needs the WOW factor to make it stand out. #8 is an attractive design and retains most of the ads, this makes it diffucult to get a clean focussed look...

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  • November 22, 2010 11:37 AM
    whetstone whetstone
      Project Holder
    hgap, design #4, can you revise please - we should merge 16 and 17 on the map and list as orkney and the shetlands. also can we remove region 13 isles of scilly (as we will incorporate that into Cornwall)... many thanks!

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  • November 22, 2010 11:24 AM
    whetstone whetstone
      Project Holder
    I think we can safely say we are definitely going to award the prize in this competition. After a slow start its looking good! Just a few hours to get your final submissions in...

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  • November 22, 2010 11:23 AM
    whetstone whetstone
      Project Holder
    design #4 took a moment to get used to, but WOW! Its clear, simple and uncluttered. We like it a lot. Of course it means we bin all the current ads, but if it delivered more booking sales this could be worth it.

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  • November 22, 2010 11:20 AM
    whetstone whetstone
      Project Holder
    Design #3 is a great improvement on design #2, I wonder if it could be further streamlined by reducing the width of the search box and moving it into the left hand nav area. Perhaps we could also change the sky on the right hand side for a leaderboard...

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  • November 22, 2010 6:38 AM
    whetstone whetstone
      Project Holder
    Design #2 is getting close to what we are looking for. We like the clarity, the colours, the search box... Maybe its a little too 'boxy'- or perhaps it would look better with the overall background being exchanged with the green thats behind the hotel detail boxes. (More like the search box)

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  • November 22, 2010 3:11 AM
    whetstone whetstone
      Project Holder
    Nice to see some response! We dont want the overall background to be dark green. The idea is to have the main page a centered panel perhaps 1000px wide with a normal white background. Any further space to the sides in a browser sized larger than this would show the background colour. So no dark oclours averall on the whole page! Design #1

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  • November 22, 2010 3:08 AM
    whetstone whetstone
      Project Holder
    This is a webpage design.

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  • November 21, 2010 4:02 PM
    osiruscirce osiruscirce
     
    Is this a logo or a web design site project?

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  • November 21, 2010 9:37 AM
    whetstone whetstone
      Project Holder
    Im surprised you cant see those sites smith 1979, they do both exist and are actively online, Ive been looking for a way of posting screenshots for you or something but this site doesnt seem to have this facility?

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  • November 20, 2010 1:34 PM
    smith1979 smith1979
     
    hey the site URL : www.smoothhound.co.uk and http://herefordshire.staysoon.co.uk/ is not exist, maybe you can give another web sample for references thanks :)

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  • November 19, 2010 5:59 AM
    Deck86 Deck86
     
    Can you please make it guaranteed!!!

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  • November 18, 2010 2:30 AM
    whetstone whetstone
      Project Holder
    We have run several succesful design competitions in the past and have always awarded the prize. When we get a design we can use we will most definitely award the prize and go forward with the design. Rest assured, we are here to do business!

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  • November 18, 2010 2:20 AM
    suketoejoeh suketoejoeh
     
    CH, please guaranteed the prize..

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