Contiki Holidays

Improving Contiki’s product page UX/UI to improve mobile CTR to booking engine

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Headline results

  • We observed a shift towards mobile conversions, so we recognised the need to have a mobile-optimised product page

  • From internal and external feedback, we knew that our trip pages weren’t reflecting the magic of the Contiki experience

  • Product page to booking engine completion rate up 54.8% YoY

  • Engagement rate up 16.8% YoY

Why?

Old vs new style comparison

A few of the key differences between the old and new style. Not an exhaustive list as it would be a very long page!

Old style

Removal of tabs format and cleaner first view of product, with more key info above the fold (guided by split-testing)

New style

Instagram or TikTok style of UGC component, keeping users on the page for longer

More choice for trip itinerary - skim or dive into the detail as you want

  • Optimizely experimentation - ran two experiments to determine whether the old tab design was outdated, and to move key info up the page. Both variants won, so we combined the two.

  • GA4 data - researched and benchmarked key product metrics like engagement rate, clicks on key components and completion rate

  • Qualitative feedback - user research with external participants and internal stakeholders to understand problems and opportunities

  • Hotjar recordings - checked recordings and heatmaps to get an idea of real usage of the template

How did we do it?

Quantitative & Qualitative Research

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Quantitative & Qualitative Research 〰️

Design

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Design 〰️

  • Features definition - the Product Manager defined and wrote out each features, ensuring no room for misinterpretation

  • Epic creation and tickets refinement - working as a cross-functional team with Product Owners, Developers, Designers and Product Manager, the tickets were refined and agreed upon

  • Agile development - components were released to the CMS as they were ready and accepted by QA and the business, before the entire product layout was rolled out

Development

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Development 〰️

  • Design Sprint - borrowed from the Google Ventures Design Sprint framework to get a cross-functional team together to produce lo-fi wireframes

  • Async design - Web and UX Designers took wireframes and produced high fidelity prototypes based on rounds of feedback from me

  • Business signoff - at each step, wider business stakeholders kept informed and approving of the designs

Release & Reporting

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Release & Reporting 〰️

  • Split-testing a gradual rollout - initially released to lower sales volume selling regions, with A/B testing in place to ensure scientific reporting and high degree of confidence

  • Released to ROW during less commercially important period - despite hugely positive initial results, we waited until a gap in commercial events to release to the rest of world

  • Reporting on success - key metrics consistently tracked and reported to the business

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