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Service Oriented Retail => Hotels/Motels => Topic started by: Zayre88 on October 14, 2015, 08:35:57 PM

Title: Best Western's new logo
Post by: Zayre88 on October 14, 2015, 08:35:57 PM
What do you think of Best Western's new logo?

(http://www.adweek.com/files/imagecache/node-detail/news_article/best-western-logo-change-hed-2015.jpg)

http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/does-best-westerns-new-logo-approach-accomplish-its-goal-freshening-brand-167385
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: Hudsons81 on October 14, 2015, 08:59:33 PM
Quote from: Zayre88 on October 14, 2015, 08:35:57 PM
What do you think of Best Western's new logo?

(http://www.adweek.com/files/imagecache/node-detail/news_article/best-western-logo-change-hed-2015.jpg)

http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/does-best-westerns-new-logo-approach-accomplish-its-goal-freshening-brand-167385

Looks like they've did away with any crown motif for the first time in my life.
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: ynkeesfn82 on October 14, 2015, 09:59:53 PM
Quote from: Zayre88 on October 14, 2015, 08:35:57 PM
What do you think of Best Western's new logo?

This is what I think of it.

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Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill) on October 15, 2015, 04:08:24 AM
Here's the Logopedia page for Best Western:
http://logos.wikia.com/wiki/Best_Western

It's the first time the logo has had no crown since before 1962.
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: TheFugitive on October 15, 2015, 10:00:44 AM
B  ig
W hoop

;D
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: Zayre88 on October 15, 2015, 06:20:35 PM
The BW icon is very strange, looks like a pill... a logo made for a pharmaceutical company...

I would have kept the crown.....
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: Hudsons81 on October 15, 2015, 07:19:33 PM
Quote from: Zayre88 on October 15, 2015, 06:20:35 PM
The BW icon is very strange, looks like a pill... a logo made for a pharmaceutical company...

I would have kept the crown.....

Does this mean Best Western is preparing to enter the medical business?
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: Ameskid on October 21, 2015, 02:46:57 AM
Very generic.
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill) on October 21, 2015, 01:31:47 PM
Quote from: Ameskid on October 21, 2015, 02:46:57 AM
Very generic.
I agree. They should've designed a better logo, which incorporates a crown into its design motif. They missed their mark on this one.
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: TheFugitive on October 21, 2015, 01:50:35 PM
Is there a Worst Eastern motel?

(I was going to nominate one in Michigan but apparently it burned down
a couple of years ago)
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill) on October 22, 2015, 02:51:38 PM
Quote from: TheFugitive on October 21, 2015, 01:50:35 PM
Is there a Worst Eastern motel?

(I was going to nominate one in Michigan but apparently it burned down
a couple of years ago)
There's the Second Best Western and Worst Western hotels in a few episodes of "The Simpsons".
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: busman_49 on November 01, 2015, 09:24:18 PM
(http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/signs/no1.gif)
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill) on November 02, 2015, 05:23:29 PM
Quote from: busman_49 on November 01, 2015, 09:24:18 PM
(http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/signs/no1.gif)
The "Best Western Fail" is my nickname for this new logo.
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: JimSawhill on March 26, 2016, 10:57:01 PM
Quote from: Zayre88 on October 14, 2015, 08:35:57 PM
What do you think of Best Western's new logo?

(http://www.adweek.com/files/imagecache/node-detail/news_article/best-western-logo-change-hed-2015.jpg)

http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/does-best-westerns-new-logo-approach-accomplish-its-goal-freshening-brand-167385

UGLY...Very very ugly...BW...it could stand for anything...
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: JimSawhill on March 26, 2016, 11:01:12 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on October 22, 2015, 02:51:38 PM
Quote from: TheFugitive on October 21, 2015, 01:50:35 PM
Is there a Worst Eastern motel?

(I was going to nominate one in Michigan but apparently it burned down
a couple of years ago)
There's the Second Best Western and Worst Western hotels in a few episodes of "The Simpsons".

Simpsons do make fun of stores...one time they had a gun store called Blood,Bath and Beyond. And Wall Mart, Art gallery...and then they need to get something to get rid of rats which was called 'PEST BYE'
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: Chuck E. Cheese on March 27, 2016, 08:27:17 AM
Oh, come in BW..Make it at least a Little similar shaped so you can reuse every single sign you ever made..
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill) on March 28, 2016, 03:42:28 PM
BW = Big Whoop
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: BillyGr on March 28, 2016, 03:50:25 PM
Quote from: Patrick Boots CEC on March 27, 2016, 08:27:17 AM
Oh, come in BW..Make it at least a Little similar shaped so you can reuse every single sign you ever made..

I'd suspect that they can make it fit within the existing sign shape/size, just without the border line going around it?
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: Zayre88 on March 28, 2016, 04:23:45 PM
(http://c5.staticflickr.com/2/1527/25496131724_173e95ef9d.jpg)
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill) on March 29, 2016, 05:08:51 PM
My question about the new logo:
BW = But Why?  :D
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: busman_49 on May 06, 2016, 01:15:03 PM
Quote from: Zayre88 on March 28, 2016, 04:23:45 PM
(http://c5.staticflickr.com/2/1527/25496131724_173e95ef9d.jpg)

Now that doesn't look TOO bad. 
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill) on May 12, 2016, 07:13:51 PM
Quote from: busman_49 on May 06, 2016, 01:15:03 PM
Quote from: Zayre88 on March 28, 2016, 04:23:45 PM
(http://c5.staticflickr.com/2/1527/25496131724_173e95ef9d.jpg)

Now that doesn't look TOO bad. 
I most certainly agree.
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: Chuck E. Cheese on May 13, 2016, 06:31:04 AM
Yeah, that's actually good. They can just replace the pylon on the old sign instead of making a brand new one and then a labelscar from the older one. But that doesn't sound too bad lol
Title: Re: Best Western's new logo
Post by: Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill) on April 24, 2022, 07:14:26 AM
Inspired by other classic or classic-inspired logos for other brands (Pizza Hut Burger King, ABC, etc.)
My idea for what a logo for a classic Best Western hotel format would look like:

(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/bfa768f6-e4e2-43dc-b58b-2168af9c0236/df4734l-e75f819d-8408-4c59-b00d-0d22bcce0b82.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2JmYTc2OGY2LWU0ZTItNDNkYy1iNThiLTIxNjhhZjljMDIzNlwvZGY0NzM0bC1lNzVmODE5ZC04NDA4LTRjNTktYjAwZC0wZDIyYmNjZTBiODIuanBnIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.v7ywlm5xEUMAnpPefEmQ0TTmwq02EFi1kBKr2Ya9sks)