Our decade of designing experience-centered travel and event platforms

If you're a business in travel/event looking to:

Boost ticket sales through user-friendly booking systems.

Increase customer satisfaction with tailored event designs.

Reduce abandonment rates with seamless mobile experiences.

Lazarev+Travel will elevate your travel and event business with user-first design solutions.

Check the success stories of our clients below.

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Mappn

Mappn provides a real-time application that displays the crowd levels of bars and clubs, aiming to revolutionize the nightlife experience. Unlike traditional platforms like Google, Mappn focuses on precise data and user engagement, enabling users to share their experiences through specific feedback parameters rather than simple star ratings. This approach addresses the common issue of uniformity in ratings, which often complicates users' choices.

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A visually engaging design that utilizes vibrant colors and dynamic elements attract users and create an inviting atmosphere.

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The use of chips for user reviews allows for more nuanced feedback on specific attributes of venues, leading to richer data that enhances the decision-making process.

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A clean and intuitive interface improves usability, allowing users to quickly access essential information while minimizing cognitive load.

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Interactive map collects data about amount of visitors at places live and visualizes suggestions based on user's preferences. Mappn is a night-out app so it tracks three types of places: clubs, pubs and bars.
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Additionally to business of the place, app collects visitor's feedback and creates a detailed place profile with tags, best hours to visit and recommendations.
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Once users are ready to attend the picked place, the app helps with directions integrating Google Maps, Waze, Uber or Lyft and sharing locations with friends via web-client.
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Upon visiting, app adds user's feedback the place profile. The app tracks when users leave the location and gently reminds to leave review.
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We made sure the app has extensive functionality to cover user preferences and corner cases.
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AI Infra Summit

The AI Infra Summit is the premier event for data scientists, machine learning engineers, and technology leaders who are driving the future of AI. Hosted by AI Infrastructure, this one-day conference brings together experts from across the industry to share insights, best practices, and emerging trends in the field of machine learning infrastructure. From architecture and scalability to security and governance, the Summit offers an opportunity for attendees to stay at the forefront of AI development and unlock new opportunities for innovation.

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The AI Infra Summit offers a unique opportunity to connect with and learn from leading experts in the field, gaining valuable insights into the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in AI infrastructure. Demonstration of possibilities with the help of different key messages for interest and satisfaction of answers

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Brightness, dynamism and volume demonstrate the uniqueness of the summit, attract attention and highlight the event in a busy environment of information and advertising.

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Development of a visual style and its support at all stages from digital to print materials, allowed to create a holistic line of brand perception and immerse into the space AI Infra Summit

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Composition and structure of blocks. Linear simple structure allows you to consistently read the information. The main line does not shift throughout the site
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Dynamic presentation of industries and topics that will be at the summit
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List of speakers & summits, in addition to the photo, the emphasis is shifted to the company that the speaker represents
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FCF

FCF serves as a comprehensive flight comparison platform, functioning similarly to Skyscanner. It aggregates data from numerous airlines and travel agencies, allowing users to effortlessly compare flight options based on price, duration, and other relevant criteria. With a user-friendly interface, FCF simplifies the travel planning process, making it accessible for users of all experience levels.

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A clean and intuitive layout significantly enhances user navigation, reducing cognitive load and making the search process straightforward. Clear categorizations of flight options facilitate quick comparisons and informed decision-making.

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Implementing a robust filtering system enables users to refine search results based on personal preferences such as layover times, airline choice, and price range. This feature empowers users to tailor their travel experience, increasing satisfaction.

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The inclusion of user reviews and ratings for airlines fosters trust and transparency. By providing access to firsthand experiences, users can make better-informed choices, resulting in improved overall satisfaction.

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Dirs21

DIRS21 serves as a dedicated partner for hotels, offering innovative solutions for direct bookings and online distribution. The platform's channel management tools enhance reach and streamline operations, ensuring hotels can maximize their online visibility and bookings. By redefining direct bookings, DIRS21 One enhances both design and functionality, providing an intuitive experience that meets the needs of modern hoteliers.

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A clear and concise navigation system allows users to quickly access essential features, significantly improving user satisfaction and reducing bounce rates.

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Personalization features that adapt to user behavior and preferences enhance the booking experience, fostering loyalty and encouraging repeat business.

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Data-driven insights leveraged to optimize the booking flow, resulting in a reported increase in direct bookings.

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Blavity Site

Blavity House Party provides an immersive and interactive experience for users who want to stay connected with the latest cultural events and news. Through dynamic event announcements, subscription options, and visual recaps of past festivals, Blavity House Party creates a seamless way for users to engage with both the platform and its community.

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The bold, high-contrast design grabs attention and reflects the lively spirit of Blavity House Party, creating a memorable brand experience.

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Bold typography is utilized to convey important information clearly and effectively. The combination of large headlines and concise text promotes readability and ensures that key messages are immediately recognizable.

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Visual hierarchy directs users’ attention to essential information and actions, ensuring that key elements stand out and guiding user behavior effectively.

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A one pager for a 4-day festival hosted by Blavity — a community of People of Color in Tech and more.
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HomeWebsite features festival lineup, multiple options of tickets, timetable and access to exclusive merch.
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We included integration with Blavity News — another project of Blavity — to create cross-traffic.
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Lviv.travel

Lviv.travel serves as a comprehensive guide for travelers seeking to explore the vibrant city of Lviv, Ukraine. The platform features a well-organized layout, offering users access to essential travel information, local attractions, events, and cultural insights. With engaging visuals and intuitive navigation, Lviv.travel enhances the user experience by simplifying the process of discovering the best Lviv has to offer.

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A visually appealing design with high-quality images and a consistent color palette contributes to a welcoming atmosphere, inviting users to explore the site further.

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Clear navigation with categorized sections (e.g., attractions, food & drink, events) enables users to find information quickly, reducing frustration and enhancing the overall experience.

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UA Travel

UA Travel presents a comprehensive collection of travel guides and curated experiences throughout Ukraine. The platform features various thematic collections, highlighting the best waterfalls, winter hiking adventures, and scenic routes, enabling travelers to discover hidden gems and iconic destinations alike. Each collection is thoughtfully crafted to provide essential insights and tips, ensuring users can make the most of their journeys while exploring the breathtaking landscapes of Ukraine.

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The interface is designed with user preferences in mind, allowing easy navigation through curated collections. This approach significantly improves user satisfaction and time spent on the site.

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High-quality images and engaging visuals of destinations create an inviting atmosphere, effectively capturing users' attention and encouraging exploration of the content.

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Corporation of interactive maps and dynamic filters allows users to personalize their travel experiences. This feature enables users to tailor their search based on specific interests, increasing the likelihood of engagement and conversions.

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Swell AI

Swell AI is a premier summit focused on integrating artificial intelligence with user experience design in the picturesque setting of Honolulu, Hawaii. The event gathers thought leaders, innovators, and creators in the AI and UX fields to explore how to make AI not only functional but also enjoyable and intuitive for everyday users. Through a series of keynotes, panels, and networking opportunities, Swell AI aims to foster collaboration and inspire attendees to create user-centered AI solutions that seamlessly integrate into people's lives.

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A clean, uncluttered design ensures that critical information, such as the date, location, and speakers, is presented prominently, enhancing user comprehension.

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The use of contrasting fonts and sectioning the content with white space effectively guides users through the page, reducing cognitive load and improving the readability of complex details.

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By emphasizing a strategic location with natural beauty, the design effectively enhances the summit's branding, creating a sense of allure and anticipation among potential attendees.

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Travel UI/UX design services

We design travel platforms that move people — literally and digitally. Our travel UI/UX design services focus on booking flows, trip planning, loyalty programs, and mobile-first experiences that reduce friction and boost conversion.

  • Seamless booking, fewer drop-offs. We design intuitive booking flows that guide users from search to confirmation without confusion. Fewer steps. Smarter prompts. Higher conversions. Built for users who expect speed and simplicity especially on mobile.
  • Mobile-first, travel-ready interfaces. Travelers don’t sit still, and neither should your UX. We create responsive, touch-friendly interfaces that perform reliably on the go whether users are browsing from an airport lounge or rebooking mid-transit.
  • AI that personalizes the journey. Since 2017, we’ve used AI to turn user behavior into actionable design. For travel products, that means smarter recommendations, dynamic content, and real-time adjustments that adapt to each traveler’s preferences without adding complexity to the experience.
  • Clarity in complex travel products. Flights. Lodging. Activities. Rewards. We structure platforms so users can navigate easily, even when your offering is multifaceted. Clear hierarchies and consistent UX keep things usable no matter how deep the itinerary goes.
  • Designed to scale with demand. We build flexible systems that evolve with your product. If you want to expand destinations, launch a loyalty program, or prepare for high-season surges, your product is ready. Our work grows with you, without requiring redesign.

From Webby to Red Dot, our name is etched into design’s highest honors

Awards showcase highlighting 120+ design awards won, including CSS Design Website of the Year, Awwwards Agency of the Year nominee, Webby Awards, FWA, Red Dot Awards, Behance, and The Drum Awards

What’s slowing travel platforms down and how we approach it

The travel industry moves fast, but many digital products don’t keep up. From clunky booking flows to overwhelming interfaces, the same problems show up again and again. At Lazarev.agency, we’ve helped travel platforms overcome these roadblocks with smart UX, scalable systems, and AI-powered personalization.

Too many clicks to book

Long, confusing booking flows lead to drop-offs. We streamline the path from search to purchase. Your product gets fewer steps, smarter defaults, and mobile-first logic that keeps users moving.

Generic experiences for diverse travelers

Every traveler has a different goal. One-size-fits-all platforms miss the mark. We design adaptive interfaces powered by AI to personalize trips, offers, and content.

Mobile UX that fails on the go

Travelers often book or change plans on the move. We create responsive, touch-optimized experiences that work flawlessly across devices, even in poor connectivity conditions.

Overwhelming navigation in feature-rich platforms

Travel products often juggle bookings, loyalty, itineraries, and upsells. Without structure, it all becomes noise. Our designers bring clarity with intuitive hierarchies and modular design systems.

Scalability that breaks under pressure

High-season traffic spikes and growing inventories can strain your platform. We design systems built to scale. No lag, no redesign required.

How we design travel experiences

Our travel UX design services are grounded in one goal: make every interaction feel effortless. We combine deep user research, smart systems thinking, and AI-driven personalization to craft travel platforms that work as smoothly as the journeys they support.

AI personalization without overcomplication

We use AI where it helps like tailoring offers, adapting content, or simplifying rebooking. It runs quietly in the background, enhancing the experience without creating user confusion.

Scalability in mind

Whether you're adding destinations or rolling out new loyalty perks, your platform needs to grow with you. We build flexible, component-based systems that scale with ease.

Collaborative and fast-moving process

We communicate closely with your team to align quickly, prototype fast, and iterate based on real feedback. That means less back-and-forth and more results from day one.

What we deliver in travel UI/UX design

Travel is full of moving parts. We bring order to all of it. From search to loyalty, our travel UI/UX work focuses on what matters: clean logic, fast paths, and interfaces that support action. Below are the components we design.

Smart booking experience

We cut unnecessary steps, highlight the right details, and build booking flows that convert. Designed for real users, not ideal ones. Simple when it needs to be, smart when it matters.

Mobile travel app UI design

Our team builds app experiences made for travel with travel peculiarities in mind. Interfaces that load fast, work offline, and adapt to real-world use when users are mid-flight or navigating unfamiliar streets.

Itineraries that make sense

Forget static PDFs. We design dynamic planning tools that travelers can edit, sync, and share. Every piece is structured to give users clarity before, during, and after the trip.

Loyalty programs for lasting customer relationships

Most rewards systems are a mess. We fix that. Dashboards that explain value instantly. Progress that feels motivating. Travel website UI design that treats loyalty like a feature.

Interactive maps built to be used

We design maps that serve a purpose. Filters, saved spots, contextual overlays — everything built to help users explore.

Voices of our partners

When companies need design that delivers results, they choose us. Read first-hand how our work drives measurable change.

“Lazarev. fostered a positive engagement by delivering a navigable site that allowed users to absorb information quickly. The team led a thoughtful, efficient workflow that was always prepared for meetings.”
{{Boyd Hobbs}}
“Through a detailed understanding of the client’s platform, Lazarev. was able to create a clean and intuitive UI/UX design that ticked all the boxes. The team was receptive to all requirements and requests and adapted well to timeline changes. They produced accurate mockups at every iterative stage.”
{{Tommy Duek}}

Travel UI/UX design services AI innovation

We use AI like a great travel concierge: quietly behind the scenes, solving problems before they happen. In travel website UI design, that means adapting content on the fly, tracking behavior without being invasive, and surfacing what matters most, right when users need it.

It’s not just automation. It’s design that listens, adjusts, and keeps the journey moving without extra noise. While others bolt on AI as a feature, we build it in as a competitive advantage for your product.

Who we are 
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Since 2015, Lazarev.agency has been charting new territories in the world of digital design. As a premier design systems agency, we’ve delivered over 600 projects across diverse industries, earning recognition through 120+ design awards. Our team of UX strategists, UI/UX experts, product designers, and business analysts brings a wealth of experience to every challenge.

Our journey as design system consultants has taught us that true excellence lies in creating scalable, unified design frameworks. We've refined our approach to deliver design systems that transform scattered design assets into powerful, organized systems. Whether for ambitious startups or established enterprises, we build foundations that scale, enabling faster product development, seamless team collaboration, and consistent user experiences across all touchpoints. Through systematic organization and clear documentation, we help companies evolve from fragmented designs to unified, efficient design operations.

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At Lazarev.agency, we see ourselves not just as service providers, but as partners invested in your success. Whether you’re a startup aiming for Series A funding or an enterprise looking to scale, our expertise in design systems is your springboard to achieving even your most ambitious goals.

What truly sets our design system consulting apart is our unwavering focus on your business objectives. We don’t just create interfaces; we craft comprehensive design systems that serve as a foundation for sustainable growth and user satisfaction. With nine years of experience under our belt, we’ve learned that effective product design is as much about driving business outcomes as it is about visual appeal.

How we design seamless travel journeys

Every click, swipe, and scroll should move the traveler forward. Our process is built to deliver just that. We align UX decisions with real behavior, real use cases, and real business goals. Our designers build different travel platforms from mobile travel app UI design to enterprise booking engines, ensuring each experience is focused, fast, and flexible.

Clear process. Clean interfaces. Travel products people actually use.

User research comes first

We begin with interviews, heatmaps, and usage data to see how real users search, book, and navigate. This insight shapes everything from content flow to conversion logic.

Structure before styling

We map user journeys, decision points, and screens before visuals. The goal is clarity so the experience works before it looks good, particularly in mobile travel app UI design.

Prototype, test, repeat

We build interactive prototypes fast and test them with real users. This speeds up decisions, reveals friction early, and keeps the design grounded in how people actually plan and book travel.

Design systems that scale

We design modular, reusable systems for everything from desktop dashboards to mobile travel app UI, making it simple to scale quickly and maintain easily. All while keeping your brand perfectly consistent.

Smooth handoff, smart support

Our work doesn’t stall at handoff. We collaborate with your dev team to ensure every element of the travel website UI design is implementation-ready, scalable, and fully documented.

Hit me up! Let’s chat about your growth

Kirill Lazarev
Founder of Lazarev.
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FAQ

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Why is mobile optimization essential for travel apps?

Mobile optimization is no longer optional. It’s fundamental. In the travel and hospitality industry, users expect seamless user experiences across devices, especially while on the go. Whether they’re booking a last-minute flight or navigating a local attraction, intuitive interfaces and fast load times are critical.

Our travel UI/UX design services ensure responsive design, streamlined user flows, and mobile-first layouts that increase both usability and conversion rates. Mobile optimization not only improves customer engagement but also boosts user retention, directly impacting your bottom line.

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How does personalization impact travel platform performance?

Personalization is one of the most effective strategies for enhancing user satisfaction in the travel industry. By analyzing user behavior, preferences, and travel patterns, we craft user-centric interfaces that offer personalized trip suggestions, tailored itineraries, and dynamic content. This data-driven approach improves user engagement, drives repeat business, and boosts bookings by creating memorable user experiences that feel intuitive and relevant. It’s not just good UX. It’s smart business.

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What role does user research play in your design process?

Every successful digital product starts with deep user research. We use user journey mapping, usability testing, and interactive prototypes to identify real traveler pain points, expectations, and behaviors. These valuable insights guide every design decision, from layout and content hierarchy to interactive features. In short, our user-centric design approach helps ensure that every solution is rooted in actual user needs — not assumptions — leading to greater user satisfaction and stronger performance across your digital platforms.

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How do high-quality visuals and immersive media influence user behavior?

In the travel space, your design must transport users before they even book. We craft visually stunning interfaces using immersive imagery, high-resolution video, and virtual previews that reflect real-world experiences. These assets build emotional connections, improve visual appeal, and drive user engagement.

From interactive maps to VR room tours, every visual is chosen to support intuitive navigation and enhance customer satisfaction. When users can picture the experience, they’re far more likely to commit.

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How do optimized sales funnels improve travel app conversions?

A clear, intuitive user flow is key to seamless booking processes. We design with conversion in mind reducing friction, simplifying decision points, and maintaining clarity throughout the user journey. Transparent pricing, visible reviews, and well-placed CTAs guide users from discovery to booking with ease.

Our proven ability to create user-friendly interfaces and data-driven solutions has helped many clients in the travel and hospitality industry see measurable increases in both bookings and user retention.

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