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Hotel website design for hotels, venues and restaurants

Guests who book through your own site cost you no commission and stay your guests. The site should make booking direct the obvious choice.

Websites for hospitality

Hotel website design has one commercial job above the rest: turning lookers into direct bookings. Many guests discover you on Booking.com or Expedia, then search your name to see the place properly before deciding where to book. If your own site is slow, vague on rates or hides the booking button, they go back to the OTA and you pay commission on a guest who was already yours.

The same logic runs through the rest of hospitality. A restaurant needs menus people can read on a phone and a table booking that takes seconds. A wedding venue needs enquiries answered straight away, because couples contact several venues at once. A holiday cottage or boutique hotel needs photography that sells the stay without slowing the page. We design for the way your guests actually decide, then connect the site to the systems that take the booking.

Hotel bedroom with warm lighting, representing hotel website design

What goes wrong

  1. Commission creepGuests find you on booking platforms and never visit your own site.
  2. Slow galleriesHeavy photos make mobile pages crawl.
  3. Enquiries left waitingWedding and event enquiries answered days later are usually lost.

What we build instead

  • Direct bookingYour booking engine, front and centre.
  • Fast imageryBeautiful photography that loads instantly.
  • Event enquiriesInstant replies with brochures and availability.

Hotel web design that wins direct bookings from OTAs

Direct bookings come from making the direct route easier and better. A check availability bar stays in view with dates and guests, and hands over to your booking engine with those details already filled in. The site gives clear reasons to book direct, such as breakfast included, flexible cancellation or a room upgrade, set within the rate terms in your OTA contracts. We integrate the engine you already use, such as SiteMinder, Mews or Guestline, and set up tracking across the handover so you can see which pages produce bookings.

  • Persistent availability search with dates passed to your engine
  • Book direct benefits shown beside every room
  • Room pages with sizes, beds, views and accessibility details
  • Booking tracking across your site and booking engine

Restaurant website design for reservations and menus

Menus belong on the page as text, not in a PDF. Text menus load quickly on mobile, are quick to update, and are read by search engines and AI assistants answering questions like where serves Sunday lunch nearby. Allergen information for the fourteen major allergens is clearly signposted, and dietary labels are consistent. Table reservations connect to your system, whether that is ResDiary, OpenTable or SevenRooms, with private dining, gift vouchers and opening hours kept in step with your Google Business Profile.

Web design for wedding venues and events

Wedding and event enquiries are won by the venue that replies first with something useful. The enquiry form asks for the date, guest numbers and whether the ceremony will be on site, then sends the brochure and sample packages straight away and offers a show-round booking. If you hold a licence for civil ceremonies, say so clearly. A follow-up sequence keeps the conversation going until the couple books or tells you otherwise. Corporate events get their own path, with meeting room capacities, day delegate packages and a request for proposal form.

What your website needs

  • Booking engine integration with dates carried through
  • Room and suite pages with clear book direct benefits
  • Image pipeline that keeps photography sharp and pages fast
  • Text menus with allergen and dietary information
  • Table reservations linked to your restaurant booking system
  • Wedding enquiry flow with instant brochure and show-round booking
  • Event and meeting pages with capacities and enquiry forms
  • Hotel and restaurant structured data for search

Concept

Cinematic room tours, a direct-booking prompt and a wedding enquiry assistant that sends the brochure straight away.

Country house hotel and wedding venue · redesign concept

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Questions

How much does hotel website design cost in the UK?

It depends on scope: the number of rooms and outlets, booking engine and reservation integrations, wedding and events content, and any automation. A single restaurant differs from a hotel with spa and events. The free audit gives you a written quote for your property.

Which hotel booking engines can you integrate with?

We work with the engine you already use, including SiteMinder, Mews and Guestline, and with restaurant systems such as ResDiary, OpenTable and SevenRooms. We confirm how each one hands over dates and tracking during the audit.

How can a hotel get more direct bookings instead of OTA bookings?

Make the direct route faster and more rewarding: a visible availability search, clear book direct benefits, quick mobile pages and accurate rates. Search pages for your location and occasions such as weddings or spa breaks help guests find you before they reach an OTA.

Should a restaurant menu be a PDF or a web page?

A web page. Text menus load quickly on mobile, are easier to update, work with screen readers and can be read by search engines. Keep a printable version if guests ask for one, but make the page the main menu.

What should a wedding venue website include?

Real photography of ceremonies and receptions, capacities for each space, whether ceremonies can be held on site, sample packages, accommodation for guests, and an enquiry form that sends the brochure straight away and offers a show-round.

Can a photo-heavy hotel website still load fast on mobile?

Yes. Images are served in modern formats at the size each screen needs, with lazy loading below the fold and a properly sized hero image. You keep the photography that sells the stay without asking guests to wait for it.

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A free audit for hospitality

Tell us about your website, the app you have in mind or the work you want off your plate. We’ll review it and send you a clear, practical audit made for your business. Free, no obligation, and yours to keep.

  • What’s costing you enquiries on your current site
  • Where a custom web app or AI could save your team hours
  • The fixes and features that would pay back first
  • A clear written quote, only if you want one

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