Our Analytics reporting was showing that visitors who had already arrived in Hawaii were using their phones to search for things to do on Kauai—so we built this mobile optimized website and launched a mobile ad campaign to make sure Holo Holo’s customers were able to find the information they were looking for in a format that was easy to use. The result? A big jump in the number of mobile reservations.

The PGA Grand Slam is no longer played at Poipu Bay Golf Course, but the course is just as amazing as ever, and the website needed to deliver on that experience. It also leverages third-party tee time reservation software.

We originally built their first website back in 2002 and Kauai Festivals came back to us in 2010 to rebuild and relaunch a new website that would be faster, and take advantage of new technologies, including video streaming and a more robust back-end that allows individual festival organizers to manage their online listing themselves, saving time and money for the County of Kauai. Then in 2016, we were able to do the same thing again for them - building another new website that leveraged even newer technology and plug-ins that allowed us to make the admin area even easier for them to manage and update on a daily basis.

Holo Holo’s previous logo design was of a petroglyph turtle, but once we completed the brand position and discovered that their brand was actually based on being fast, we knew the turtle had to go.

When you’re flying around in an airplane, you feel free as a bird, and the tropic bird included in AirVentures Hawaii’s logomark is part of the local culture.

This ‘logomark’ was developed to go on a souvenir pin which the Kauai Visitors Bureau hands out at various industry trade shows and events. It captures many of the unique natural elements associated with Kauai in a petroglyph illustration style which is indigenous to Hawaii.

Airborne Aviation was looking to expand into scenic air tours so we worked with them to come up with a logo that would work for both sides of their business - government and tourism services.

The Luau at Kilohana needed to set itself apart from all the other ‘me too’ luau experiences in Hawaii and they came to us for help. Along with their management team, we turned what was a ‘typical’ Hawaiian luau into a unique ‘Sugar-Era Experience’ which stood apart and grabbed the visitors’ attention. This logo design was part of an award-winning campaign to re-brand the business.

The photos you’ll see in 99% of Kauai visitor advertising are so similar that it becomes difficult for customers to tell the difference between companies — after all, one beautiful photo of the Napali Coast is much like another. To set AirVentures apart, we created this beautiful new ad using illustration instead of photography. It’s sure to jump out of the magazine and grab the customer’s attention, plus it positions AirVentures as a company with a unique approach to business — a company that’s warmly Hawaiian, friendly, professional, and creative — exactly the kind of company customers love.

In air tour world, the historic perception is that, for some reason, helicopter flights are better. Not necessarily true. In AirVentures fuel-friendly G-8 AirVan, every single passenger gets their own window, AND, there is no weight limit. Our challenge was to get people to think differently.

We helped Kilohana re-brand itself from a “stuffy museum” — which it was perceived as, but never really was — to a more approachable and fun visitor destination that’s much more in line with the visitor attractions found on the historic plantation grounds. The unique offerings of Koloa Rum, Luau Kalamaku, Gaylord’s Restaurant, The Shops at Kilohana, and The Kauai Plantation Railway have come together in a way that allows them all to work together — and bring more visitors to this unique property. Now, with their bold roadside sign inviting visitors to explore Kilohana, the new position is literally front and center.

Kilohana Plantation has an unusual mix of offerings that could be difficult to communicate — if you didn’t have a tried and true way of developing a comprehensive brand position. We worked with them to identify all of their disjointed offerings in a cohesive way that consumers could get their head around. Once the brand process was completed, their new tag line, “Shop, dine, hula, ride. Repeat.” created synergy and delivered on the eclectic experience to be had on the property.

The look and feel of this print ad was based on Holo Holo Charters main brand-driven advertising, but focused on their “super tour to Niihau.”

The visual appeal of the bold new logo colors and the dimensionality of the flags really helped to get consumers (and their competitors) to take notice of their new image.

Bringing the vessels in line with the brand was the icing on the cake.

Upon approval of their new logomark, we applied the design to their fuel efficient airplanes that take visitors on aerial tours of the beautiful Garden Island of Kauai.

This web site has proved to be quite successful for the client and we attribute the success to the strong brand foundation that was laid at the very beginning. It’s an unusual property that is very secluded and doesn’t provide any phones, TVs or DVD players in the guest rooms. Unspoiled. Unplugged. Unforgettable. It lives up to its name.

Unspoiled, Unplugged, Unforgettable. If you’ve ever visited the property, you’d understand the sentiment that these three words express. We worked hard to bring it to life through these printed materials, and numerous other projects over the last 12 years.

This full color brochure for Hanalei Colony Resort was sent to guest who had made a website inquiry. Following up with a printed piece keeps the resort top-of-mind for customers who were just “window shopping”.

Fair Wind came to us looking to upgrade their image because they were adding a more high-end ship to their already successful fleet. We came back to them with several options, from which they choose this “navigator” style mark.

Each page of this two-page ad was dedicated to showcasing the features of each of their tours and vessels. The headline was also intended to support their green initiatives and foster “reef love.”

We began our partnership with Fair Wind Cruises by developing a confident brand position. Once agreed upon, the logomark and photo shoot followed quickly. These elements were critical to communicate the new brand essence through print ads, brochures, and numerous other collateral materials. The media and marketing plan helped guide us where to place ads, what size ads to purchase, and how to manage all communications and touch points with consumers.

Six-Panel Rack Brochure. This boutique resort has a lot to offer, much of which could be found in details such as their herb garden accessible to all guests, all the way down to garlic presses in all kitchens. We simply created a brochure that brought these details to the forefront, helping guests to understand that they really cared about their on-property experience.

This small space ad captures the lush richness of this South Shore boutique condominium resort.

The brand position for this client dictated that the logomark should appeal to visitors and locals alike. Created in the shape of an event ticket, the logomark also sports an interesting detail. Can you see the five pairs of “slippers” in the flower shape?

These images represent a full page ad that focuses on upcoming festivals with truncated event information, and 1/3 page image ads that drive consumers to the Kauai Festivals web site for more detailed information. Used hand-in-hand, they work together to achieve greater results.

“Happy Horses” are alive and well at Silver Falls Ranch. The waterfall in the logomark is actually located on the property. I’d be a happy horse if I lived there.

We worked with Silver Falls Ranch to help them develop a brand that would resonate with their consumers, and Happy Horses is where we landed. Accepting reservations online was the top priority for the design and development of Silver Falls Ranch’s web site.

We only had 10 working days to develop this logo, but the result was spot on the brand strategy. Own the position of the most fun snorkeling tours on the Napali Coast of Kauai.

In an effort to showcase Bluewater Snorkelquest as a premier snorkel tour company, we leveraged existing photography that lent itself to showing consumers where they’d be going and what they’d be seeing, securing a snorkeling company leadership position in their minds.

KauaiVacationTours.com is a one-stop shop for over 70 different discount Kauai activities and tours. They do all the work, so visitors to Kauai just relax and get the most from their vacation for the least amount of money. This database driven and e-commerce enabled website allows Kauai visitors to make online reservations for over 70 popular tours and activities. Built on top of a robust WordPress back-end, the site is a ‘piece of cake’ to edit and Kauai Vacation Tours can make updates and changes with no agency support. The proprietary shopping cart and pricing wizard we built turned this site of great search-engine-optimized content into a robust e-commerce site.

This is another web site that we designed and produced several years earlier (2004), and were re-hired to update it when they were ready to take advantage of faster bandwidth speeds and new technologies. The KVB web site has been quite successful for the organization, and we appreciate the continued partnership over the years. Winner of a 2004 Honolulu Advertising Federation Award of Excellence.

Dive in – Drift away… MediaHI came to us when they wanted to reinvent and relaunch the Aloha-Hawaii, Search-Hawaii, and Postcards-Hawaii web sites. We developed a totally new interface, innovative back-end programming with complete client-side management of content, advertiser placement relevance control and tracking, and on-demand reporting with reminders and alerts regarding advertiser contracts. Almost immediately the number of daily page views increased by over 200% in the first four weeks after re-launch, and has steadily increased since then. New articles are added weekly, keeping content fresh. Average time spent at the site per unique visitor has doubled and relevant ad click-through percentage led to more sales per click.

This web site was originally launched in 1998 and has had numerous upgrades, additions and facelifts over the years. Shown here is the most recent iteration that leverages the new tag line, “Sunny Poipu.”

We produced this piece to give newly arriving guests of the Hyatt a quick overview of the restaurants, shopping, and activity options available at this expansive resort. Winner of a 2002 Honolulu Advertising Federation Award of Excellence.

Plantation Hale Suites hired us to build their new website and take over their online marketing and adverting program in 2013. The website is built on the WordPress CMS system, so it's easy to manage and easy to update, and the look and feel of the site has been upgraded to match the newly renovated suites which are cool, comfortable and modern.

We designed and built this interactive WordPress website to support the Royal Coconut Coast Association’s mission of marketing the Kapaa corridor to Kauai visitors, travelers, and tourists.

This responsive Wordpress website we built for AirVentures Hawaii allows visitors to easily browse all of the available air tour options — and, after they select a tour, the visitor can make a confirmed online reservation that’s integrated directly into AirVentures in-house reservation system. Since over 30% of AirVentures website traffic is mobile, and the new site allows reservations to be made while visitors are on the island, this website upgrade was a great investment.

New rafts for our client meant new ads to spread the word. These ads were created after undergoing an extensive photo shoot, complete with models.