Inn At Windmere

Legacy Migration & Brand Restoration

Inn At Windmere· Auburn, Indiana
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Tech Stack

Vue.jsFirebaseEviivo APIEmailJS APITechnical SEO

Services

Full-Stack DevelopmentPlatform MigrationUI/UX Redesign
Inn At Windmere
The Challenge

The Inn was reliant on a costly legacy platform whose escalating fees were unnecessarily cutting into the business's bottom line. Visually, the brand was constrained by pixelated assets that failed to communicate the property's true quality. Crucially, the underlying system forced an off-site booking flow, redirecting guests away to a third-party domain and causing a significant drop-off in conversion rates at the most important step of the user journey.

The Engineering

1. Modern, Cost-Effective Architecture: We engineered a high-performance Vue.js Single Page Application (SPA) that eliminated page-load latency while officially freeing the client from their expensive legacy platform fees.

2. Frictionless On-Site Booking: We integrated the Eviivo booking engine directly within the application shell. By keeping the reservation flow entirely on-site, we eliminated the jarring third-party redirect and protected the booking conversion funnel.

3. Brand & Asset Overhaul: We executed a complete visual modernization, compressing heavy image assets for speed and reconstructing their pixelated logo using crisp HTML-rendered typography for perfect sharpness across all devices.

4. Immersive Media Integration: We embedded an interactive Virtual Walkthrough directly on the homepage to drive immediate engagement and showcase the property's true value without sacrificing site speed.

The Results

  • Reduced Platform Overhead: Successfully migrated the client off an expensive legacy system, instantly reducing their monthly operational costs.

  • Increased Conversion Focus: Eliminated off-site booking redirects to keep users securely in the reservation funnel.

  • Premium Brand Perception: Restored visual trust with crisp HTML typography and highly optimized media.

  • Zero Latency Browsing: Achieved instant page transitions through modern SPA architecture.

"Andrew did an excellent job developing our new website. He had good suggestions that were very helpful but made sure we got exactly what we wanted. The website does what we need in promoting our business with appropriate links. We've received several compliments on it from our clients. I appreciate that Andrew will check on it monthly to make sure everything continues to work properly. I highly recommend him."

— Paul & Susie Rexroth

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