Socially Assisted Trip Planner - A Case Study

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SOCIALLY ASSISTED TRIP PLANNER
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SOCIALLY ASSISTED TRIP PLANNER
Challenge
Shoe-string budget mandating use of some open source technologies with known limitations
Uncompromising user interface design with advanced usability experience
Situation
A bootstrapped silicon valley startup with an idea to help travelers plan their trips
Main differentiator to provide rich content on cities and locations through using travel professionals and social network
Need a one-stop travel planner with seamless integration with travel service providers
Harbinger Solution
Scalable custom content management system for remote authoring and publishing of travel content
Very rich UI with sliders, grids, drag-drop and custom controls using AJAX and JavaScript programming
Advanced Web 2.0 features like Geo-coding and mash-up with travel portals via web services
Browser, session and application level caching to enable great performance with rich UI
Technologies & Tools
Slide CMS, XForms
REST, Web Services integration
Mashup, geo-coding, Google Maps, AdSense
AJAX, JavaScript, complex UI controls
Benefits
Travel content providers / authors writing content and publishing within minutes from anywhere in the world
Intuitive trip planning interface for users with scheduling calendar, geo-coding, proximity locations and others
Socially rated content delivered to users via rich UI application
Relevant, location-based click-ads and access to complementary travel portals from inside
BOTTOM LINE
A one-stop trip planner with socially rated content delivered through rich, intuitive user interface
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Socially Assisted Trip Planner - A Case Study

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