HeBS is pleased to announce the launch of the new Loden Hotel website: http://theloden.com/index.php. HeBS applied industry’s best practices to develop a modern and functional website to position the Loden as the ultimate Vancouver hotel for leisure and business travel.

Loden Hotel website by HeBS

The Loden is a downtown boutique hotel in Vancouver that offers luxurious accommodations, dining, spa services and event space.

HeBS’ award-winning team designed the original and visually appealing Loden Hotel website to be user-friendly and search-engine friendly. With a fresh and innovative look, the new website features stunning visual content, including a high-resolution photo gallery that highlights new photography, easy-to-use tiered navigation, an online reservations functionality, exclusive special offers, and an RFP for meeting planners, groups and events.

The Loden will quickly benefit from its new website in the form of increased conversion rates, new business and improved meeting and event bookings.

Some of the various features of this new website are:

• Breathtaking  design with fresh look and feel
• Stunning visual content with high-resolution photo gallery
• Easy-to-use and consistent tiered navigation addressing the hotel’s services and amenities
• Website optimized for premier placement in the search engines
• Interactive mapping and hotel directions using Google Maps API
• Exclusive special offers
• RFP for meetings and events

Currently, HeBS is working on ongoing marketing plans with the Loden hotel including email campaigns and search engine marketing.

Please click here to visit the Loden Hotel website!

HeBS is pleased to announce the launch of the new Loews Hotels brand website: http://www.loewshotels.com/.

Loews Hotels brand website by HeBS

HeBs applied best practices in design, navigation and search engine optimization to produce a modern, industry-leading, revenue-generating website for the renowned luxury hotels brand.

This groundbreaking Loews Hotels brand website can be updated in real-time via a customized, state-of-the-start content management system (CMS). The most advanced CMS in the industry today, the system allows the brand to add and edit both textual and visual content on a 24/7 basis; publish and un-publish pages and hotel mini-sites; control the Featured Special and promo tiles; determine the photo selection on individual pages and in photo galleries; manage SEO and Omniture Analytics on every page; and more.

Here are a few of the innovative features of this new brand website and its corresponding CMS:

• Contemporary and user-friendly brand website design as per industry’s best practices with a modern wide-screen layout
• Easy-to-use and consistent tiered navigation addressing the brand’s key customer segments as well as individual properties’ markets
• Rich visual content including Flash animations, video and visual galleries
• Search engine optimized copy for premier placement across all search engines
• 24/7 real-time Search/Availability box for all Loews Hotels
• World-class website analytics and campaign tracking by Omniture Analytics
• Advanced hotel search functionality which incorporates geographic and interest-based (beach, golf) travel requirements
• Blog functionality for brand- and property-related news
• Property-level interactive Calendars of Events
• Interactive mapping and hotel directions
• Customized LoewsHotels.com content management system based on a multi-level authorization module featuring the ability to add, remove or update all content on the brand website including:
  • Special Offers and Featured Tiles
  • Custom background designs
  • eRFPs, Calendars of Events, Blog, Maps
  • Basic website text and meta data
  • Main images, thumbnails, visual galleries
  • Analytics and tracking

Currently, HeBS and the Loews Hotels brand are working together on further strategic marketing projects including restaurant and spa websites, Loews Hotels email marketing, interactive sales tools and more.

Please click here to visit the new Loews Hotels brand website!

HeBS is pleased to announce the launch of the Best Western Bay Harbor 30-Day Free Room Giveaway: http://bestwesternhoteltampa.com/sweepstakes/index.php.

Best Western Bay Harbor sweepstakes by HeBS

This interactive sweepstakes, designed and marketed by HeBS, allows participants to enter once a day for 30 days to win a free room at the property from August 16^th to September 14^th 2010.

One lucky grand prize winner will be awarded a free five-night stay plus two complimentary round trip flights on Southwest Airlines! To win, entrants must first be registered.

The contest also features a forward-to-a-friend functionality which awards a $250 cash card prize to the person who refers the most friends to enter the sweepstakes via the website.

Best Western Bay Harbor’s sweepstakes will encourage daily visits to the site, grow its opt-in email list, and promote the hotel as a premier Tampa hotel. Multi-channel marketing efforts to promote the sweepstakes include email marketing, Facebook & Twitter, strategic linking, online newswires, and the forward-to-a-friend functionality.

At Best Western Bay Harbor, guests will experience an escape from the ordinary with a comfortable atmosphere surrounded by lush tropical landscaping. Onsite amenities include oversized Tampa Bay hotel accommodations, dining at Crabby Bills, a poolside bar, a private dock with water sports equipment, an onsite fitness center overlooking the Bay and much more.

Click here to enter the Best Western Bay Harbor 30-Day Free Room Giveaway!

HeBS is pleased to announce the launch of the new Valencia Group website: http://valenciagroup.com/. HeBS applied industry’s best practices to develop a modern and functional website to position Valencia Group as the ultimate partner for premier full-service, independent hotel management and operations services.

Valencia Group website by HeBS

HeBS strategically designed the Valencia Group website to be user friendly, search-engine friendly and customer-interactive friendly. Combined with its edgy design and sleek layout, these capabilities will ensure the website will act as a robust brand-building, lead-generating tool for the group.

Valencia Group will quickly benefit from its new website in the form of increased leads, brand awareness and new business from targeted full-service, independent hotels seeking to provide guests with the finest of travel experiences and services.

Some of the various innovative features of this new website are:

• Modern and progressive website design to reflect Valencia Group’s industry-leading business model
• Easy-to-use and consistent tiered navigation addressing the group’s property holdings and key customer segments
• Optimized website description text, navigation and design for top search-engine placement
• Rich visual content including Flash animations and Visual Gallery
• Live Chat customer support functionality
• 24/7 real-time Search/Availability box for all Valencia Group hotels on all pages

Currently, HeBS and Valencia Group are working together on a strategic marketing plan to leverage the launch of the new site to generate new interest in the company’s services. HeBS also has ongoing marketing plans with each individual hotel property.

Please click here to visit the Valencia Group website!

HeBS is proud to announce the launch of the new Viand website: http://viandchicago.com/.

Viand website by HeBS

Viand’s website was designed and developed according to industry’s best practices and will serve to brand the restaurant as a laid-back, versatile and accommodating dining choice in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood.

The award-winning team at HeBS strategically designed and developed Viand’s website to be user friendly, booker friendly, customer interactive friendly, and search engine friendly. Combined with its provocative design and modern layout, these capabilities will ensure the website will serve as a strong revenue-generating and brand-building tool.

Viand combines traditional comfort food with a thoughtful and carefully-crafted menu to deliver a contemporary American dining experience that celebrates the restaurant’s love of the grill. The restaurant is equipped to host intimate dinners or larger banquets in a rich dining space accented with warm details. Wine connoisseurs will delight in an extensive wine list, while brew masters will appreciate the variety of beers on tap, including microbrews from the Great Lakes region.

Viand will benefit tremendously from its new website through increased revenues, online event booking and new business. Other marketing services HeBS will provide for the website include paid search, email marketing, and social media profiles on Facebook, Twitter and Yelp.

Click here to visit the Viand website!

HeBS is proud to announce the launch of the new Sceptre Hospitality Resources website: http://www.esceptre.com/.

The second website from HeBS’ strategic partnership with Richfield Hospitality and Sceptre Hospitality Resources, eSceptre,com was designed according to best practices for design, navigation and search engine optimization in hotel Internet marketing.

By offering flexible and cost-effective hotel distribution services, reservations, and eCommerce services and support, Sceptre Hospitality Resources provides global solutions for both branded and independent hotels to implement connectivity, generate booking conversions, and maximize revenues and ROI. Its new website will continue to brand the firm as the authority in reservations distribution and technology, hotel revenue management services, interactive hotel marketing services, property-level sales and marketing expertise, and online-based operations.

Click here to visit the Sceptre Hospitality Resources website!

HeBS is proud to announce the launch of the Carson Valley Inn website: http://carsonvalleyinn.com/.

Carson Valley Inn website by HeBS

Carson Valley Inn’s new website was designed and developed according to industry’s best practices and will serve to brand the property as a charming, high-quality casino hotel at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range.

The award-winning team at HeBS strategically designed and developed Carson Valley Inn’s website to be user friendly, booker friendly, customer interactive friendly, and search engine friendly. Combined with its engaging design and sleek layout, these capabilities will ensure the website will serve as a robust revenue-generating and brand-building tool.

Carson Valley Inn boasts 152 rooms and suites, a Motor Lodge Resort, and an RV Resort. In addition to its excellent accommodations, the property also offers a casino, three onsite restaurants, entertainment in the Cabaret Lounge, a pool, spa and fitness facilities, nearby golf courses, and breathtaking mountain views.

Carson Valley Inn will thoroughly benefit from its new website through increased online bookings and meeting and group RFPs, incremental revenues, and new business from specifically targeted consumer markets including leisure travelers and casino and gaming enthusiasts.

Click here to visit the Carson Valley Inn website!

HeBS is proud to announce the launch of the new Reno Conventions website: http://renoconventions.com/.

Reno Conventions website by HeBS

HeBS applied industry’s best practices toward the development of a modern, high functioning website to position these select Reno convention centers as the ideal, sophisticated event venues in Reno, NV.

Reno Conventions is a group of downtown meeting and event venues, some within Reno’s major full-service hotels and some independent spaces. Combined, they offer over 100,000 square feet of flexible event space. From conferences and group functions to banquets and celebrations, the Reno Conventions spaces offer exceptional value, unique services and amenities, and fine backdrops for unforgettable meetings and events.

The Reno Conventions website features descriptions of the spaces at Circus Circus Reno, Eldorado Hotel Casino, Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno Ballroom, and Reno Events Center; an interactive Calendar of Events; a Blog; an extensive RFP; Virtual Tours and more.

HeBS is currently in the process of launching comprehensive Internet marketing campaigns to support the new website including search engine marketing, email marketing and strategic linking. All campaigns will focus on targeting the website’s key market segments of meeting and event planners and driving qualified leads.

Reno Conventions will thoroughly benefit from its new website and Internet marketing campaigns through increased online RFPs and new business from specifically targeted meeting and event planners.

Click here to visit the Reno Conventions website!

HeBS proudly announces the launch of the new One Bal Harbour Resort & Spa website: http://www.oneluxuryhotels.com/index.php. HeBS applied industry’s best practices in order to develop a modern, high-performing website to position One Bal Harbour as a world-class Miami Beach resort.

HeBS strategically designed the One Bal Harbour Resort & Spa website to be user-friendly, booker-friendly, customer-interactive friendly, and search-engine friendly. Combined with its Miami Beach inspired design and sleek, elegant layout, these capabilities will ensure the website will act as a robust revenue-generating tool for the resort.

One Bal Harbour will quickly benefit from its new website in the form of increased online bookings and RFPs, incremental revenues, and new business from targeted consumer markets such as elite business travelers, vacationing couples and families, and event planners seeking to host distinct and luxurious weddings and events.

Some of the various innovative features of this new website are:

• Modern and chic website design meant to reflect the atmosphere of the luxury Miami Beach resort
• Easy-to-use and consistent tiered navigation addressing the hotel’s key customer segments
• Rich, optimized description and destination content on the website
• Optimized website text, navigation, and design for top search engine placement
• Interactive Calendar of Events functionality
• Rich visual content including Flash animations and Photo Gallery
• Extensive online RFP for meeting and event planners
• 24/7 real-time Search/Availability box on the Home page
• “Share This Site” functionality allowing users to share the site with friends on social media

The One Bal Harbour Resort & Spa website targets all important and potential key customer segments including corporate and business travelers, vacationing families and couples, spa and salon enthusiasts, and event planners interested in unique Miami Beach weddings and events.

Currently, HeBS and One Bal Harbour are working together on an aggressive strategic marketing plan to leverage the launch of the new site to produce higher revenues.

Please click here to visit the One Bal Harbour Resort & Spa website!

HeBS is proud to announce the launch of the new Richfield Hospitality website: http://www.richfield.com/.

Richfield Hospitality website by HeBS

HeBS applied industry’s best practices in design, navigation and search engine optimization in order to produce a modern brand-building website for Richfield Hospitality.

This is the first website from HeBS’ strategic partnership with Richfield Hospitality and Sceptre Hospitality Resources. Sceptre Hospitality Resources’ new website launch is forthcoming this summer 2010.

With 40 years of hospitality management experience and financial stability, Richfield Hospitality expertly maximizes asset health, RevPAR and market share for clients including the ability to provide up to 25% sponsorship equity. A proven leader in local market hospitality, the firm constantly seeks to connect global distribution with organic guest experiences and established revenue-generating service operations. The new custom website will continue to brand Richfield Hospitality as the premier hospitality management and hotel operations company today.

Click here to visit the Richfield Hospitality website!