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Independent product study

Harbour & Field

A calm booking journey designed to turn local discovery into more direct reservations.

Study type
Self-initiated concept, not client work
Category
Hospitality website concept
Scope
Website strategy / UI/UX design / Responsive development

Independent concept

This self-initiated study is not presented as a commissioned or launched client project. It demonstrates how Cordanya would frame the problem, make product decisions, and define what success should mean before development begins.

01

The problem

Guests could find the property, but the experience of comparing rooms, understanding the stay, and booking directly felt fragmented.

02

The design response

A focused hospitality website brings rooms, local context, availability, and booking actions into one clear mobile-first journey.

03

Success criteria

A successful direction would reduce uncertainty between discovery and booking while giving the property a stronger, more useful direct channel.

Context and constraints

What shaped the direction.

Intended audience

Independent accommodation teams and prospective guests comparing a stay on mobile, often while moving between maps, social recommendations, and booking platforms.

Design considerations

  • Make room differences, occupancy, amenities, and policies easy to compare on a small screen.
  • Preserve the property's character without allowing atmosphere to obscure practical booking information.
  • Keep direct-booking actions present without turning every section into a sales prompt.

Key decisions

01

Standardize the room decision

Each room uses the same information order so guests can compare essentials without relearning the page.

02

Use place as decision support

Local context sits close to room and stay details, where it can answer why this property fits the trip.

03

Create one direct path

Availability and booking actions stay consistent across the journey instead of competing with several calls to action.

Success signals

What the real version would measure.

These are validation targets for a future launch, not reported results from this independent concept.

  • Signal 01

    Room-detail to availability click-through

  • Signal 02

    Time needed to compare room options

  • Signal 03

    Started-to-completed direct booking rate

  • Signal 04

    Frequency of repeat pre-booking questions

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