Since the official launch of The Empire Hotel and Country Club's new website, statistics reported from the reliable Deep Metrix LiveStats has shown that the new site is an outstanding success with a lot of traffic in its first month.
The total number of visits for the month of May stood at 12,101 persons with 1,178,175 hits and a total of 76,855 pages were visited. The Empire Hotel and Country Club is immensely pleased with the results and have acknowledged the new website as one of its most important and powerful marketing tools in this new technology age. With detailed information on Brunei as well as the hotel, visitors can also make reservations on-line at special rates through the easy reservations system. The website carries over 1000 web pages and it is definitely the largest website in Brunei, and perhaps the world for an independent hotel, it said. Designed by international web developer, Ann Bouisset, from Worldnetcom Services, the newly redesigned website www.theempirehotel.com, aims to be interesting, interactive and informative at the same time, offering users more features and a simple way to make reservations, sign up for newsletters, download brochures and so forth. There is also a special section for the media and travel trade professionals to use as a resource, which comprises the latest press releases and a photo gallery with high-resolution photographs for downloading. Other interesting features are information on the latest happenings at the hotel, an up-to-date list of movies including a synopsis of each movie, a special section for Country Club Members and slide shows. The website will be an ongoing project with regular updates on events, promotions and highlights while at the same time additional features being added on to keep guests interested.