Re-design a Hotel Website

Status: Closed
Prize: $710
Entries Received: 25
Winner: rashinp

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Contest Brief

Our current website http://www.adventurehotelsofcostarica.com (AHCR) is extremely outdated. The layout is something I did myself in a few hours many many years ago, but I'm not a designer (and I'm sure it shows). We are looking to upgrade it to something more modern-looking. The site does not use any CMS; everything is hand-coded.

First, a little bit about AHCR and what we do:

AHCR was founded back in 2005 by my dad and I as a non-profit hotel association to get a good group of hotel owners to help each other out. Quite often in Costa Rica, hotels will have guests who stay with them that also need accommodation elsewhere in the country. Therefore any hotel who wants to be a member needs to agree that they will recommend other member hotels to their guests when they are looking for a hotel in that area as well as giving a 10% discount off their room rate to any guest who mentions the association when they book. This way, it is incentive for guests to stay at that hotel by giving them a little 10% off bonus and instead of the hotel having to pay a 20-40% commission to a travel agent, the savings stay both with the hotel and with the guest. Therefore, guests need to be able to use the website to find their perfect hotel in Costa Rica and at the same time know that they will be getting a cheaper rate than anywhere else.

This is what we need:

- Create a new layout for the website.
- The bulk of the website is made up of the home page, the hotel pages, the contact page, and we will later be adding an "articles" page where hotels can submit articles for the website, sort of like Wordpress. There is also an administration panel, but it is not necessary to provide a layout that. I am sure I will be able to work it into the rest of the layout(s) somehow. I don't know how many different page styles we will need, but it needs to accommodate at least these mentioned (except admin panel).
- Integrate a Google map into the layout of the main page instead of the map that is there now. Feel free to style it as well if that will make it fit better into the layout and make it look less "generic" (e.g. https://snazzymaps.com/). Note, all of the hotel coordinates and descriptions are stored in a database, so they do not need to be added manually. Feel free to add an example marker using the Google Maps API if you like.
- The site should be designed to actually be useful. We want potential guests who are looking for a hotel to be able to find the perfect hotel that they are looking for in Costa Rica and we want potential hotel owners to also see the usefulness of the site. The fact that all guests who mention AHCR when they make their booking through the hotels' sites save 10% off their room rate is a good incentive use the site and this should be somehow quickly made apparent to them in a non-obtrusive way. Eventually we will also be adding tags/categories and rate ranges to each listing to help potential clients narrow down their search.
- Layout should be responsive.
- Feel free to use a CSS framework (e.g. Bootstrap, which I am already familiar with), and jQuery.
- HTML, styles and scripts should be separated.
- Use of sprites, or even better, scalable vector icons (e.g. Bootstrap's glyphicons or Font awesome, etc) to lower the number of requests to the server should be considered.
- Must be cross-browser compatible with at least IE 8+, Chrome and Firefox.

Edit:
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I suppose I didn't make myself clear about the logo since several people have commented about it. I only attached the logo to show what we are currently using, but feel free to change it. Some people have used the same font as a web font, which I think is a great idea. I could easily use that with all the header (e.g. <h1>, <h2>, etc) elements on the page. However if you have a different idea for the logo, go nuts. It's definitely not something set in stone.

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“For our project we received 90 entries from about 30 different designers and this was the winner so I am very satisfied with it. Rashinp (and the entire www.7thpillar.com crew) are great to work with.”

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Public Clarification Board

codeunderground
- 9 years ago
Hello . How are you?
- 9 years ago
GrupoDeltasoft
- 9 years ago
Saludos. Aún hay posibilidad de participar?
- 9 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 9 years ago
  Si gusta puede participar. Tengo unos muy buenos diseños ya, pero voy a dejar que los miembros de la asociación voten por el diseño que más les gusten entre los top 8 diseños.
  - 9 years ago
Contest Holder
- 9 years ago
Hello, the contest previously ended and I created a poll so that our members can vote on the designs that they like the best, however there was a problem with the poll and when I contacted freelancer.com about it, they extended my listing for 5 days while they work on fixing the problem. I have a very good set of top 8 results for people to vote on, but if you want to submit a new design, that is fine.. Actually there were about 12 that I really liked, but I had to cut a few of them because the polls only allow 8 entries.
- 9 years ago
ATOM Systems Pvt. Ltd.
- 9 years ago
Sir, Have you selected any winner or still waiting for new entries!! Should I work on new concepts for you?
- 9 years ago
codeunderground
- 9 years ago
Plz check full layout also search icon i designed . Give me your comments . Plz . Thanks again !
- 9 years ago
1. codeunderground
  - 9 years ago
  #70 , #73 , #75 . Plz
  - 9 years ago
codeunderground
- 9 years ago
Plz check #70 and #73 . Thanks
- 9 years ago
cayman85
- 9 years ago
Hi check entry #72
- 9 years ago
cbastian19
- 9 years ago
working on it wait for me :)
- 9 years ago
codeunderground
- 9 years ago
#61 and #62 . Plz check my work updated . Thanks
- 9 years ago
haikalaminh
- 9 years ago
plz rate entry #56 thank you.
- 9 years ago
codeunderground
- 9 years ago
plz rate #49 . Thanks so much! :)
- 9 years ago
1. codeunderground
  - 9 years ago
  wait for me. I'll send you update work tomorrow . Thanks for your feedback :)!
  - 9 years ago
2. codeunderground
  - 9 years ago
  Check in my private messages . Plz . . Thanks
  - 9 years ago
lopesoft5
- 9 years ago
Please check #46
- 9 years ago
BuilderWeb
- 9 years ago
Robinson will you pls check out OUR project on #42
- 9 years ago
rammiprg
- 9 years ago
#40 please see and provide your valuable feedback.
- 9 years ago
codeunderground
- 9 years ago
#49 plz. thanks
- 9 years ago
ElephantArts
- 9 years ago
check #47 & give feedback.
- 9 years ago
inderar88
- 9 years ago
please check #43
- 9 years ago
rashinp
- 9 years ago
Hi Mike check entry #41
- 9 years ago
codeunderground
- 9 years ago
i'll update and send you update work very soon.Thanks for your feedback.Wait for me. Thanks
- 9 years ago
DesignNdev
- 9 years ago
Please consider my design #38, #39 and let me know your thoughts. Your valuable suggestions are most welcome.If any change required please feel free to contact with me.I will revise it until your full satisfaction.
- 9 years ago
cayman85
- 9 years ago
Do you have FB, twitter account?
- 9 years ago
1. cayman85
  - 9 years ago
  Please wait for my design.
  - 9 years ago
VictorSitnic
- 9 years ago
Hello, Please check and rate #30
- 9 years ago
rashinp
- 9 years ago
Hi Mike, any feedback on #26
- 9 years ago
kenqdesign
- 9 years ago
Do you accept more proporsal?
- 9 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 9 years ago
  Yes. I will accept proposals until the time is up.
  - 9 years ago
BuilderWeb
- 9 years ago
It will be much easier sir,, if you show an example, an idea that you have in your mind about hotel association website ... we can start according to it.. to reach much more than your expectation.. thanq
- 9 years ago
neuworx
- 9 years ago
You are going to wait till the end to award the contest right?
- 9 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 9 years ago
  I would assume so.
  - 9 years ago
2. oceanganatra
  - 9 years ago
  #18 please rate
  - 9 years ago
LetsWinWin
- 9 years ago
Please provide feedback on #27 , thanks!
- 9 years ago
oceanganatra
- 9 years ago
#18 sir its not blind like others never fear from copycat because made unique and as per your requirement now sir your turn to approve ready 24 hours any time for change or revision and hard work.thanks sir
- 9 years ago
Doomshell Softwares
- 9 years ago
Kindly rate my entry #21
- 9 years ago
codeunderground
- 9 years ago
#23 . #20 and #22 . Plz . Thanks
- 9 years ago
1. codeunderground
  - 9 years ago
  View full size and give me " What do you think about this ? " Thanks !
  - 9 years ago
Doomshell Softwares
- 9 years ago
Kindly rate my entry #21
- 9 years ago
sharmavn889
- 9 years ago
Do you want this in wordpress or HTML CSS?
- 9 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 9 years ago
  HTML/CSS. As I mentioned in the description, the site does not use any CMS. Everything is hand-coded.
  - 9 years ago
2. oceanganatra
  - 9 years ago
  Done please check out my #18
  - 9 years ago
oceanganatra
- 9 years ago
please sir check #18 and guide me for more i am ready to revision or anywhere change live.
- 9 years ago
keeganolson
- 9 years ago
Do you need someone to code the site as well or is this just a design project?
- 9 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 9 years ago
  I am not exactly sure. This project is mainly just for the design, but I would assume it needs to be done in HTML/CSS anyway, correct me if I'm wrong. However I will very likely be posting another project in the future because I do need to do an overhaul of a lot of the PHP of the site. I coded it many years ago using all deprecated mysql_* functions, and a few other things in the back-end need to be improved or redone. But first I need the basic "shell" of the website and then I can concentrate on everything else. I hope this makes sense.
  - 9 years ago
sweetys1
- 9 years ago
Hi, I've gone thru your existing site and planed a UI theme for it, please let me know do you wish use the same logo as of now on www.adventurehotelsofcostarica.com/ or you have some new logo design ready, can you please upload the logo file if available, Please advise. Also if you wish to use any specific images / pictures please upload it will be helpful. Thank you & Regards, Sweety
- 9 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 9 years ago
  Hi. The logo can be changed to anything. It is not necessary to keep the same logo. I just uploaded the current logo in case people wanted to keep that one (or something like it), but feel free to experiment. As for images or pictures, there is nothing specific. Besides, I would assume that that is something that can easily be changed anyway.
  - 9 years ago
Ramhasigal
- 9 years ago
mail me for more details to my gmail account , ramcs47
- 9 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 9 years ago
  If you need details, ask here please.
  - 9 years ago