Pallete Suites – Timeless Luxury Hotel Website & Booking Engine

Pallete Suites – A Digital Extension of Quiet Luxury Pallete Suites is the online home of a legacy hotel that has welcomed discerning travelers for nearly a century. The brief was simple yet unforgiving: create a digital presence that feels as exclusive and timeless as the property itself.

For the Guest – An Experience That Feels Personal

Every pixel is designed to evoke calm anticipation rather than noise.

• Immersive discovery – Full-screen galleries, deliberate spacing, and subtle micro-interactions invite visitors to explore suites at their own pace.

home page

• Seamless booking – Persistent date picker, sticky mobile booking bar, and real-time pricing make reserving a suite effortless. → Insert Screenshot 3: Booking flow – date selection to final confirmation
• Instant reassurance – The moment a booking is confirmed, the guest receives a beautifully branded email while staff are notified instantly. → Insert Screenshot 4: Side-by-side guest confirmation email + internal staff alert

For the Owners & Team – Complete Control, Zero Friction

Behind the serene front-end sits a powerful, owner-first system built on Payload CMS and Next.js 14.

• True editorial freedom – Drafts, scheduled publishing, and live preview let the team launch new suites or seasonal offers without touching code. → Insert Screenshot 5: Payload admin panel editing a room with live preview active
• Always-updated SEO – Dynamic sitemap + afterChange hooks ensure every new room is indexed by Google within minutes.
• Automated operations – Each booking automatically creates: • Branded guest confirmation email • Staff notification email • Dashboard entry • Cache revalidation across the site → Insert Screenshot 6: Payload “Bookings” collection in admin
• Bulletproof performance – ISR with revalidateTag, Vercel Edge Network, and PostgreSQL deliver sub-second load times worldwide.

Design & Technical DNA

• Palette: Deep charcoal + warm gold
• Typography: Elegant serif headings paired with crisp sans-serif body
• Stack: Next.js 14 App Router, Payload CMS 2+, Tailwind, PostgreSQL, Vercel + Cloudflare R2
• Custom booking engine (no third-party widgets)
• Branded transactional emails via Nodemailer

→ Insert Screenshot 7: Mobile experience – sticky booking bar and responsive room grid → Insert Screenshot 8: Google Search Console showing 100 % of room pages indexed

Pallete Suites is more than a website; it’s a living digital concierge that turns quiet curiosity into confirmed reservations while giving its owners the power to manage a world-class brand with effortless precision.