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Case Studies


Hotel Booking Engine > Turquoise Tours & Travel, UK

Background
The client came to us with problems that many companies face... Their existing hotel portals and booking engine system wasn’t user friendly. They expected us to build a customised real-time solution to be implemented across portals that required to be redesigned too. A leading online travel business based in the UK, this was a test case for us. “Crack it, and get all our portals”, was the single line of its President that motivated us even more.

Challenge
The proposed Booking Engine had to have the flexibility to integrate with several tour operator systems. Connecting to different servers concurrently, the system had to handle real-time multiple currency exchange rates. Moreover, the said portals were to be hosted on a single server, but accessible from many URLs to assist the client’s online marketing program.

WebSource Solution
Programming the solution on a MS platform using ASP, XML & XSLT, we made it easy for the customer to find the ideal hotel as per his/her needs and reserve it, instantly. The hotel bookings happen in real-time, with the payment made via a secured payment gateway, in a currency of the user’s choice.

Result
The new Booking Engine was researched to be truly aiding the hotel booking process. It was deployed across many of the client’s portals in different technologies, depending upon the tour operator.

Portals developed for Turquoise using the above Hotel Booking Engine…
www.hotel-newyork.co.uk
www.cheap-paris.co.uk
www.simply-london.com
www.reserve-italy.com