This is a case study of Shangri-La’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 230 design elements. 213 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Shangri-La’s overall e-commerce UX performance is broken. Their UX is especially thwarted by usability issues related to broken Homepage & Main Navigation, Property & Room Detail Pages, and Homepage & Main Navigation performances.
Desktop Web
230 Guidelines · Performance:
Homepage & Main Navigation
12 Guidelines · Performance:
Travel "Booking" Search
52 Guidelines · Performance:
Property & Room Detail Pages
50 Guidelines · Performance:
"Booking" Checkout Process
87 Guidelines · Performance:
Accounts & Self-Service
29 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
186 Guidelines · Performance:
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14 pages of Shangri-La’s e-commerce site, marked up with 149 best practice examples:
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