homepage

Welcome

Warm tones and rich textures give visitors a feel of the hotel's contemporary style.
Weather forecast

Umbrella optional

Weather conditions help guests plan their trip.
Weather forecast data is pulled live from Yahoo.
Hotel reservation form

Reservation

A third-party booking engine with availability check was integrated.
A simple and clear static booking form was developed as a fallback in case of inavailability of the booking platform.
Googlemap showing attractions around the hotel

Local attractions

A googlemap highlights the hotel's great location, right in the middle of the shopping and the entertainment district of Sukhumvit on Soi 19.
Like a virtual concierge, it presents attractions and provides links with additional information (Wikipedia, official website, ...)
SilQ Bangkok CMS

CMS

A simple and intuitive CMS allows easy updates of promotions, rates, room descriptions, ...
High resolution pictures and brochure are offered to the members of the press

Press

It's in SilQ's best interest that only good pictures of the rooms and amenities are used in the press, magazines, travel brochures, booking platforms, etc.
High resolution images are offered on the Press page.
It saves a lot of time and hassle as sending large files by email isn't possible, and neither the hotel nor journalists want to deal with FTP or expired YouSendIt links.
SilQ's twitter profile

Twitter

SilQ's twitter profile page was styled to be consistent with the website.
Background

SilQ Bangkok is a new boutique hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 19, bringing together design, modern facilities and superior hospitality.

Responsibilities

Information architecture, graphic design, user interface design, CSS/XHTML template development, JavaScript development, Ajax integration.

The result

An attractive website with local information (time, weather, attractions on map), booking with availability check, standards-compliant code, fast and easy updates via a simple CMS.

Special thanks (in no particular order)

jQuery Validate, Google AJAX Libraries API, jmaps, Cufòn, jQuery Cycle, perch, Google Maps, Google Analytics, thickbox, jQuery Metadata, basecamp, jQuery, jQueryUI, jQuery Select, Yahoo UI Library, php, transmit, (mt), Safari Web Inspector, Web Developer Extension.