Ela Excellence Resorts
Overview
At Clockwork, we brought Ela Excellence Resort Belek's website back to life with a brand-new design and infrastructure. We carried the brand's premium positioning and personalized approach to holidays into the digital world through powerful visual storytelling and user experience. In 2025, the website won Gold at the Horizon Interactive Awards and Silver at the Davey Awards, and was a finalist at Altın Örümcek (Golden Spider).
Client | Ela Excellence Resort Belek |
Sector | Tourism / Premium hospitality |
Project type | Resort website (redesign and new infrastructure) |
Services | UI/UX Design, Visual Storytelling, Web Development |
Location | Belek, Antalya, Türkiye |
Year | 2024 |
Platform | Umbraco |
Languages | Turkish, English, German, Russian |
Awards | Horizon Interactive Awards 2025, Travel & Tourism, Gold · Davey Awards 2025, Tourism, Silver · Altın Örümcek (Golden Spider) 2025, Tourism & Travel, Finalist |
Live site | https://www.elahotels.com/en/our-hotels/ela-excellence-resort-belek/ |
How do you bring the promise of a personalized holiday to the screen?
Ela Excellence Resort Belek promises its guests “a personalized holiday story where everyone finds their own perfection.” This promise recognizes that every guest expects something different from their holiday. With the same mindset, the website needed to give every visitor, whatever their expectations, exactly what they were looking for.
The experience the brand offers is broad: a variety of accommodation options, gastronomy, activities, services and exclusive guest privileges. The core question of the project was how to present all of this together, in a way worthy of the brand's premium positioning and without overwhelming the user.
Awards & news
- Horizon 2025: 8 Gold Winner Projects5 Mar 2026
- Golden Spider 2025: 3 Finalist Projects3 Nov 2025
- Davey Awards: NG Hotels and Ela Excellence Silver23 Oct 2025
Thinking about design and infrastructure together
We approached design and technical infrastructure together rather than as separate phases. We backed the power of visual storytelling with the flexibility and speed of the infrastructure, making the website both impressive and easy to use.
We put the guest at the center of the concept: visitors should be able to easily reach whatever information they need and feel the holiday experience online as they browse.
A premium platform that tells every guest their own holiday story
We designed the new website as a premium digital platform that tells the story of the Ela Excellence Resort Belek experience as a cohesive whole.
Visual storytelling worthy of a premium brand
We created a strong visual language that reflects the brand's prestigious character. With expansive, striking imagery, restrained typography and a calm page layout, we aimed to let visitors feel the holiday atmosphere from the very first screen.
The entire experience as one cohesive whole
Rather than disconnected pages, we structured the accommodation options, gastronomy experiences, activities, services and exclusive guest privileges as one story where each part complements the others. Guests can explore all the pieces that make up their own holiday in a single flow.
Guests who easily find what they are looking for
We built the information architecture so that visitors reach the information they need by the shortest route. We kept the menu structure simple and designed the interface to adapt to every screen, delivering the same comfortable experience on desktop and mobile.
A brand-new infrastructure
We developed the website on Umbraco with a brand-new infrastructure. From the very start, we made it part of the development process to let the content team update pages easily and to keep the site fast and search engine friendly.
A personalized approach to holidays, on an award-winning digital platform
Ela Excellence Resort Belek's website has become a premium platform that brings the brand's personalized approach to holidays to life online, recognized across three award programs.
Horizon Interactive Awards 2025: Gold in the Travel & Tourism category
Davey Awards 2025: Silver in the Tourism category
Altın Örümcek (Golden Spider) 2025: Finalist in the Tourism & Travel category
A cohesive experience: Accommodation, gastronomy, activities, services and privileges on a single platform.
Easy access: Guests quickly reach the information they need through simple navigation.
New design, new infrastructure: The brand's look and its technical foundation were renewed together.
Frequently Asked Questions
We built the Ela Excellence Resort Belek website at Clockwork, with an all-new design and infrastructure. We handled design, user experience and web development together.