Galadari goes Mobile

• First hotel to launch mobile optimised site

The Galadari Hotel together with Negete, a leading IT solutions provider in the industry, proudly announced the successful launch of its mobile-optimised site, allowing travellers ‘on-the-go’ to search and book hotel rooms through their mobile phones.

The website, www.galadarihotel.mobi features a slick design specifically tailored for the best mobile browsing experience; making the site easy to use and quick to navigate, quick links which provides straightforward easy navigation for room reservations, quick info, tap to call, and location/directions at your fingertip services.

The promotional offers enables you to find special offers on accommodations, dining and other facilities at a glance with scrolling promotions image carousels. The hi-resolution image galleries feature allows viewing property images, which is highly important for travellers deciding where to stay.  

The mobile site provides images of hotel rooms, facilities, meeting spaces, pool, and gymnasium and so on, aiding users in their decision when booking the hotel. Through advanced navigation, expandable and collapsible menus make it easy to navigate the site without loading extra pages making it a fast browsing experience.

With The promise of ‘immediate, anywhere and anytime’ mobile internet access, the site could be easily accessed through practically any mobile phone with GPRS connectivity. The mobile channel has thus become an important travel planning and booking channel worldwide, especially for local and last minute searches.

“It was imperative that the Galadari Hotel design a mobile site that reflects its brand and provides the best user experience for customers with rich-media content. Our partnership with Negete presented a mobile site that caters to the traveller’s needs and understands what their user journey would be when accessing our websites via mobile phones,” Galadari General Manager Sampath Siriwardena said whilst addressing the gathering.

Commenting on the launch Negete MD/CEO Brian Walter said: “In order to succeed in this contemporary market, a business has to incorporate effective ‘mobile media marketing’ strategies in its overall marketing strategy.  

“And one of the very first things that organisations will have to do is to make their websites mobile friendly. Statistics show that when accessed through a mobile phone, if the website is not mobile friendly, 61% of the users will leave your website. We are thrilled to have had the opportunity to guide Galadari Hotel into the next wave of technology by joining the mobile revolution.”