We started at Airways Motel in March 2020 but it had been a motel since 1998 and had had several different owners over the years. We took over what the previous owners had left, but we had a lot of tweaking to do using our 12 years of motel industry experience. There was upgrading to do keep up with the changing times!

The first thing we worked on was the logo, it had to change. In terms of being visible, it might have been as good as any other motel logo, but the yellow and blue combination was not at all in keeping with the Airways Motel colour palate. Being an airport motel, close to Christchurch International Airport, the logo was an airplane but it was cartoonish to the extent that some guests told us they thought it was a bird!

So we took the plunge and changed the logo and since then we no longer hesitate when giving out the motel business card.