Travel Pulse, a leading portal covering the beat of the travel industry, picked up the news of DataArt launching the Online Travel Solutions Practice. “Among DataArt’s offerings is development of custom booking engines with support for dynamic packaging and payment systems backed by sophisticated content management systems. The new online travel practice includes a mobile solutions offering. Applying its experience with various technologies, from BlackBerry and Windows Mobile to iPhone and Google Android, DataArt develops native applications helping customers to manage itinerary, from building the route to searching for hotels and instantly booking them. DataArt also facilitates porting of existing client solutions to mobile platforms.”
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DataArt announced the launch of its online travel and hospitality practice in the U.S. Among DataArt's offerings is development of custom booking engines with support for dynamic packaging and payment systems backed by sophisticated content management systems.
"We've been successfully working with European clients, from online travel start-ups to established travel technology companies, GDSs, hotels chains and inventory providers, for a number of years," said Michael Zaitsev, CEO of DataArt. "Customers appreciate our knowledge of online travel specifics and timely execution on budget, and we're happy to extend our service offer to the U.S. clients."
DataArt is a vendor of choice for companies that can't take advantage of the existing off-the shelf products, either because of novel business models or because of specific requirements and technology integration needs. DataArt also helps clients integrate with various inventory providers, reservation systems, property management, social networks and back office systems.
The new online travel practice includes a mobile solutions offering. Applying its vast experience with various technologies, from BlackBerry and Windows Mobile to iPhone and Google Android, DataArt develops native applications helping customers to manage itinerary, from building the route to searching for hotels and instantly booking them. DataArt also facilitates porting of existing client solutions to mobile platforms.
Among DataArt's clients in Europe are TVtrip, a search engine for hotels that uses unbiased videos to help users make the right hotel choice, and FastBooking, the global provider of advanced booking systems and e-marketing solutions for the hospitality industry.
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NEW YORK, January 27, 2009 - DataArt, a high-end software development company with R&D centers in Eastern Europe, announced the launch of its online travel and hospitality practice in the U.S. Among DataArt's offerings is development of custom booking engines with support for dynamic packaging and payment systems backed by sophisticated content management systems.
"We believe it's a great time to get ahead of the competition by making smart strategic investments," added Zaitsev, "and DataArt helps clients maximize their ROI by offering the best value."
About DataArt: DataArt (http://www.dataart.com) is a high-end software outsourcing company with industry-specific expertise in financial technology, telecom and media sectors. The company specializes in enterprise application development, system integration and business automation tools. In 2006-2008, DataArt was named one of the world's top emerging outsourcing providers by BusinessWeek, CMP's Global Services 100 and by IAOP. Headquartered in New York City, DataArt runs R&D centers in Russia and the Ukraine and maintains offices in London, UK.
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By Imrana Khan
Global Services magazine turned to DataArt to discuss the successful launch of a new technology practice at the company, online travel solutions. The article outlines the demands of the industry and the challenges it poses for the vendors, as it requires an in-depth knowledge of the market’s specific needs and intricacies. “Providing technology and development services to an industry like online travel is very different from serving other verticals like banking, financial services, or manufacturing. The online travel industry is very dynamic in its demand cycles, the technology platform is the core backbone of the business, and the pace at which new and emerging technologies are assimilated is high. Vendors such as DataArt are forced to operate at the cutting edge of business, R&D, and technology delivered within the global sourcing model.”
Global Services magazine demonstrates DataArt’s success in the online travel solutions space with a case study of VisitBritain.com, the official Website for travel and tourism in the U.K. In an interview with Tim Holt, UK Marketing Manager for Enjoy England, the magazine discusses the nature of the engagement and the reasons DataArt was chosen. “To deliver all travel-related services effectively — with anytime and anywhere access of various maps, destination and city guides, hotel booking systems, B&Bs, accommodation directory, travel and transport information, and practical travel advice — VisitBritain.com partnered with outsourcing services and solutions providers. It has now developed a download service available at www.enjoyengland.com/tomtom with the help of TomTom and DataArt.”
“National tourism agency VisitBritain signed a new partnership with TomTom, the world's largest navigation solutions provider to put Points of Interests (POIs) such as attractions, tourist information centers and quality assessed accommodation across England onto TomTom satellite navigation systems… The 'Add-to-my-TomTom' button on www.enjoyengland.com/tomtom helps TomTom users to easily plan the best route to over 5,000 attractions, 17,000 quality assessed accommodation options and 500 tourist information centers. Specific icons will appear on their screen when they get near to attractions, tourist information cent res and quality assessed accommodation. DataArt converted our POIs into a format that could be used for TomTom mapping and designed a micro site that explained to the consumer how the download works and step by step walk through. We were working with a previous agency but DataArt supplied a very competitive quote that enabled us to save a considerable amount of budget that we could then redeploy into consumer marketing activities.”
