Website design & development · hotels, brands, wellness, personal

Websites built to be found and to book

Website design and development from scratch for hotels, brands, wellness, restaurants and personal brands.

No templates, no limits.

Designed screen by screen, built on the platform that suits you, and wired to the booking, payment and marketing tools that turn visitors into direct bookings.

Any platform
WordPress
Wix Studio
Squarespace
Webflow
Shopify
Framer
Custom code

From blank page to live site

Wireframe to mockup in 72 hours · mockup to live in 72 hours · full site in 6 to 7 days
01 · Day 1

Wireframe

Structure and flow agreed on a call.

02 · 72 hours

Mockup

Every page designed on desktop and mobile. You approve before build.

03 · 72 hours

Live

Built, connected and launched on your platform.

Everything from scratch. Nothing you cannot have.

A template decides what your business looks like before anyone has seen your work. I start with a blank page and your photography, then design every screen as a full mockup before a line is built. Wireframe to mockup in 72 hours, mockup to live site in another 72, the whole site in six to seven days no matter the complexity. Built on WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow or in custom code, whichever gives you the least friction to run day to day.

Below is every tool built in.

Integrations, 100+ and counting

If it has an API, it connects

Your booking system, payments, email, socials and analytics all talk to the site and to each other. Nobody copies data by hand again. Below are the ones I have already connected.

Booking & PMS

CloudbedsMewsOperaSiteMinderLittle HotelierGuestyLodgifyBooking.comAirbnbExpediaVrbo

Payments

StripePayPalAdyenSquareApple PayGoogle PayKlarnaWise

Email & CRM

MailchimpKlaviyoBrevoHubSpotActiveCampaignRevinateSalesforce

Social & reviews

InstagramFacebookTikTokYouTubePinterestGoogle BusinessTripadvisorTrustpilot

Comms & ops

WhatsAppMessengerCalendlyZapierMakeSlackNotionAirtable

Analytics & SEO

Google Analytics 4Search ConsoleTag ManagerMeta PixelHotjarSemrush

How a site gets built

From approval to live site in one week, whatever the complexity
01

Brief & audit

Your goals, your customers, your current site’s numbers. Platform chosen together.

02

Wireframe to mockup

Every page designed on desktop and mobile within 72 hours. You approve before build.

03

Mockup to live

Built in 72 hours. Booking, payments, email, PMS and analytics wired in and tested end to end.

04

Launch

Full site live in six to seven days, whatever the complexity. Redirects, SEO handover and a recorded walkthrough.

05

Grow

Optional care plan or the 360 Partnership: SEO, content and photography year on year.

Recent builds

Posada Arigalan, Mexico

A full digital overhaul with all photography and video, a redesigned site and a custom “Dark Room” landing page with booking built in. Rebuilt in eight days. arigalan.com

Maha Rose, a corporate wellness site

Built live, side by side with the client. After launch we reached out to New York CEOs on their behalf and the site won a serious new client within the hour.

Ocean Spray Apartments, Barbados

Full website design and build plus all photography, from rooms and pool to the shoreline, delivered ready for the booking platforms and social. oceansprayapartments.com

Coco Hill Forest, Barbados

53 acres of regenerative agroforestry with hiking tours, events and a rum shop. We built the entire website, shot all the photography and are producing the documentary. Tour booking, event calendar and shop, all in one.

Ian Wilkes, the Embodied King (in progress)

In progress, not yet finished. Personal brand and coaching site for Ian Wilkes: landing page mockups approved in 72 hours, full build, programme booking flow and photography direction. ianwilkes.com.

Trusted by UK institutions

Thirteen years as a corporate lead in education and training, with UK government and educational institutions among our clients. Full verified background check held.

Hundreds of personal-brand sites

The most unusual: Vincent Glanzmann, a drummer and author from Switzerland. We built exactly what he wanted and it sold out his book.

How we work together

Mockup, approve, live. Three steps.

1
Interactive mockup

Within 72 hours of your brief you get a working mockup of your site, not a PDF. Click through it on your phone or laptop and send feedback. It is refined until it is right.

2
You approve, it gets built

Provide a login. In 72 hours the approved mockup is developed on your platform and connected to booking, payments and email.

3
Your site goes live

Redirects, SEO handover, a recorded walkthrough. Remove the access after, or keep it on for care.

Step 1, for real
This is the mockup Coco Hill Forest received. Scroll it, click it.
Pick a recent website:
cocohillforest.com · interactive mockupOpen full screen ↗
Starting is the easy part

Two steps. Seventy-two hours. Only a login is needed.

Most people think starting is the hard part. It isn’t. I don’t want to own anything: not your site, not your domain, not your accounts. I only need a login. Everything stays yours, before, during and after.

1

Give me a login

If you are comfortable, send me your username and password. If not, add me as a user on WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow or Shopify. Either way it takes two minutes.

2

I log in and do the work

Within 72 hours the approved design is built, connected and live. You watch it happen in your own dashboard.

That’s it. Delete me after, or keep me on for care.

Website design & build

Style guide, mockups, build, integrations, launch and training in 6 to 7 days

from £7,500

Photography

200+ edited hotel and brand photos, sized for web, Booking, Airbnb and social, delivered in days

from £3,000

Video production

Cinematic brand film, property tours and social reels, broadcast quality, full rights yours

from £18,000 · £450 per finished minute

Care plan

Hosting checks, updates, edits, monthly analytics report

from £250 / month

360 Partnership

Site plus photography, film and SEO, grown year on year

from £42,000

Where Hold The Throne works, and what was done there

108 countries · in person, on site

London

Adagio, Westminster School

· Website development in London· Brand videography in London· Hotel SEO in London

United Kingdom

UK government and institutions

· Website development in United Kingdom· Corporate training films in United Kingdom

Jamaica

Charela Inn, Le Mirage

· Hotel photography in Jamaica· Hotel videography in Jamaica· Editorial and SEO in Jamaica

St Vincent and the Grenadines

Frangipani, Bekonos, Flo Marine

· Hotel photography in St Vincent and the Grenadines· Property tour videography in St Vincent and the Grenadines

Antigua and Barbuda

LambLion, Frangipani Eco Lodge

· Hotel photography in Antigua and Barbuda· Editorial and SEO in Antigua and Barbuda

Zanzibar

Savera Beach Houses

· Drone photography in Zanzibar· Travel videography in Zanzibar· Booking-site imagery in Zanzibar

Tanzania

Upepo Safari, Dar es Salaam

· Wildlife photography in Tanzania· Hotel photography in Tanzania

Botswana

Tuli Safari Lodge, The Kleynhans Home

· Safari photography in Botswana· Cinematic brand film in Botswana· Property tours in Botswana

Zimbabwe

Gorges Lodge, Hwange Safari

· Conservation film in Zimbabwe· Wedding videography in Zimbabwe· Hotel photography in Zimbabwe

Mexico

Posada Arigalan

· Website development in Mexico· Hotel photography in Mexico· Social content in Mexico

Colombia

Cocco Beach, Tayrona

· Wedding videography in Colombia· Drone videography in Colombia

Dominican Republic

Vogue, Lindt

· Investigative journalism in Dominican Republic· Brand documentary in Dominican Republic

Namibia

Namibia Tourism Board, Wolwedans

· Tourism adverts in Namibia· Destination videography in Namibia

Mozambique

Mozambique Tourism Board

· Tourism adverts in Mozambique

Italy

Bracciano

· Drone videography in Italy

Turkey

Goreme Hotel, Cappadocia

· Hotel videography in Turkey

Indonesia

DoubleTree by Hilton, Bali

· Guest activity films in Indonesia

Barbados

Coco Hill Forest, Ocean Spray

· Website development in Barbados· Brand photography in Barbados· Documentary film in Barbados

Clients & references

Vogue · Lindt · Marriott · 6,000+ more · 108 countries

To get started

A few lines about your place or brand. Replies within one working day.

This is something that can be turned around very fast, and the work gets done at the top quality. So please be serious about your request.

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