- Tracking tour groups (groups, dates, number of guests, suppliers)
- Guest lists with contact info
- Pre-booked / paid tours & insurance
- Loyalty membership status
- Travel package details (flight, activities)
- Payment system integration
- Admin panel for managers and tour guides
- Audio tours in app
- Tasks manager
Client
The client is a global leader in world travel and tour provision, offering 200+ vacation choices on all seven continents including land tours, river cruises, rail journeys, small group tours, family trips, garden holidays and more. The client works primarily with tour managers helping them to promote and sell their offerings to travelers.
Challenge
The client was looking to develop a full e-commerce infrastructure and a mobile application, which will help travelers find tours easily and notify tour providers about bookings made on the platform.
- The client was also looking to add options for the guests who are already on tour such as group formations based on preferences. The application needed to support multiple platforms (iOS, Android, Windows) and various types of devices (tablets, smartphones).
- In the long run, the app was expected to be supported by the in-house team so skills (.NET primarily) needed to be taken into account when selecting the platform for implementation.
Solution
DataArt created an application (iOS, Android) as well as a desktop version. The mobile app was native across different platforms for all participants including platform administrators, managers, tour providers and travelers.
- The xamarin platform was chosen as the main technology for app development as it is applicable for multiple systems and provides a sophisticated UI interface that is native for each platform.
