Win a weekend away in Kilkenny - and an iPad as well!

I am doing some work with the Pembroke Hotel in Kilkenny at the moment and managed to get them to let us run a competition with an iPad as the main prize. You don't have to be in Dublin for this one :-).

How it will work:

1. Have a look at their website - http://www.kilkennypembrokehotel.com

2. Come up with 2 ways in which it can be improved - anything from how it looks to the navigation to functionality (what you can do with it).

3. Put those 2 things on your blog, your facebook page or on their page (even easier) or twitter - they don't care!

4. Finally if you need to, leave a comment on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/pembrokehotel) or ping us on twitter (@pembrokehotel) and link to your 2 suggestions - just to make sure we pick up on all the entries.

It closes off on Monday 12th July at 1pm, all of the entries willl be put into the proverbial hat and John Ryan the owner will make the draw. Winner to be notified that afternoon.

Winner will get a Saturday night stay in the hotel with a room with a Castle View and dinner for 2 on the hotel as well. And John will present you with the iPad while you are there.

I will I could enter.

keith

Comments

[Paul Savage]

For ease of use I will put my suggestions here. They are from the perspective of conversion optimisation.
1) Check Availability top side box on the main page : Here I try to reinforce the whole booking process, by replacing the rather casual "Check Now" which "Book Now", and to use a colour that focuses urgency like Red or Orange. People have already taken time to visit your page, and they probably are pretty close already to do a booking. Just the sense of urgency is missing.
2) On your main page your slideshow, has 6 or so rotating images. These highlight different aspects of your site, but alas the images don't take you anywhere when clicked. Here you have the opportunity to catch a users eye, explain via ALT / TITLE text what the image is, and to take them deep into your site either to an offer page, details of location, etc. To insure good usability I would suggest that one a user hovers over an image, you would pause the slide show until mouse focus is lost from the slideshow.

Thanks,
Paul

[keith bohanna]

Thanks Paul, you are in!

keith

[Michael W]

I've no blog. Posting here.

1) Great they have free broadband access. Wish they would say whether it's wired ethernet in the room or wifi right across the hotel/bar

2) Chrome 5.0 on Windows; the scrolling div on /rooms/ has the last line of text clipped. Probably can be fixed with a few trailing brs or fix the styling.