Situation

• Our client is a start up on-line travel company specializing in off-the-beaten track destinations in Mexico
• The most important asset to their business would be their website
• It needed to provide easy to navigate, rich content as well as seamless online booking
• The look and feel needed to inspire immediate trust and professionalism
• The platform had to be flexible and scalable for future modifications
• As a start-up company, the owners needed an affordable solution that would provide the basics to get them going Additionally, their small company had no technical resources to maintain the site

Solution

• We chose DotNetNuke, an open source portal solution, as a framework for building this client’s website
• Our solution included customized templates that the client could use to build new content pages
• We developed several additional components in the DotNetNuke framework with the functionality our clients needed to build new pages quickly while maintaining a common look and feel throughout the site
• We integrated their site with several external booking engines, then wrapped this integration into modules that our client could add on any pages
• We conducted training with our clients to familiarize them with entering content into the portal framework

Benefits

• The quick development of the website allowed our client to share an early release of their site to their travel partners
• The site is seamlessly integrated with different airline, auto rental and hotel providers
• Our clients are now able to create new pages and modify existing content without any technical assistance
• Additional functionality can be added to the site at minimal expense and time because of the basic framework in place
• The website has received accolades from the .NET community for its graphical appeal, easy navigation and flexibility