A resort website has to do more than display beautiful photographs. Guests need to compare rooms, explore dining and activities, understand what makes the destination special, and find a clear path to booking. The team behind the resort also needs to keep that information current.
That was the challenge when I designed and developed the website for Sea Pearl Beach Resort & Spa, a five-star resort on Inani Beach in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. I built its content-focused frontend with Astro and created a custom admin panel so the resort team can update the site without technical knowledge.
Starting with the guest journey
Sea Pearl offers much more than accommodation: rooms and suites, dining, wellness, a water park, events, and other experiences. A visitor arriving on the homepage should quickly understand that range without feeling lost.
I organized the site around the questions a prospective guest is likely to ask: What is the resort like? Which room suits my stay? What can I do there? How do I book? The navigation leads from the resort overview into stays and experiences, while room detail pages give guests information they can use before making a decision.
This approach to hospitality web development matters because a resort site serves several audiences at once. A family planning a holiday, a couple comparing suites, and an event organizer looking for a venue all need different information. The design needed to make each path easy to find.
Why I used Astro
The project has many content-rich pages. Astro was a good fit for presenting that content in a lightweight, search-friendly frontend while still allowing the visual detail expected of a luxury resort website.
I used photography to convey the setting, then paired it with clear headings, navigation, and calls to action. The pages were designed for phones as well as larger screens, since guests may first discover the resort while browsing on mobile. The aim was to keep the experience polished without making visitors work to find practical details.
The room pages and experience sections carry more detail than the homepage. That gives guests a way to explore at their own pace, while the homepage stays focused on introducing the destination and guiding the next step.
Giving the resort team control over content
A hospitality website cannot rely on a developer for every routine update. Offers, events, page content, and resort information can change, and the team needs a straightforward way to keep the website useful.
I built a custom admin panel for Sea Pearl so its team can edit site content and site-wide details without writing code or needing technical knowledge. This was part of the project from the start: the public website had to work for guests, and the editing experience had to work for the people maintaining it.
The finished website
The new site launched on 1 September 2026. It brings the resort’s rooms, dining, wellness, activities, and events into one responsive experience, with Astro powering the frontend and the custom admin panel supporting day-to-day content updates.
You can explore the live Sea Pearl website and see the “Developed by Shakib” credit in its footer. For more project visuals and background, read my Sea Pearl website case study.
If you are planning a hotel or resort website, the main lesson from this project is to design for both sides of the experience: a clear path for guests and a simple way for your team to keep the content current.