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Vegas.com and Fusion
Paul Mello
Director of Product Management, Special Projects
2
01
About me
Paul Mello
Director of Product Management, Special Projects
Started at Vegas.com in 1999
I ride my bike to work; 14 miles round trip, 

every day; even in the summer
3
01
About Vegas.com
Publicly-traded B-to-C travel experience company
Vegas-centric
We sell shows, hotels, tours, etc.
~ 200 or us live, work, eat and breathe Vegas
We compete for marketshare with some of the
biggest companies in the world
4
01
I bring gifts to the party
Go to Vegas.com
Book a show or tour
Enter promo code Fusion
Save 15% on your order
5
01
We had a problem to solve
Mobile became a focus for us in 2014
Though we saw huge conversion gains with our
re-released m.Site in late 2014…
We also witnessed plenty of frustrated users
6
01
We had a problem to solve
...Specifically users who knew or had a pretty
good idea of what they wanted
7
01
This customer’s problem
“I just want to find Cirque du Soleil tickets….
Why did you make that so !$#*% hard?”
8
01
The solution we needed
We knew we needed a solution that made finding specific
shows, hotels and tours…
• Easy & Intuitive
But results also needed to consider…
• Business rules & New products
9
01
We already had a full-text search product
… which we were using on desktop
… but other than indexing our site, it did none of the things
we needed it to do
10
01
So we searched...
And we found you ...
11
01
And 6 weeks later
We had our solution, using Fusion
And it’s really fast…
It learns…
It factors in our business rules
<-- And it makes this guy super happy
12
01
13
01
And, it helps the bottom line
Site search users are a small
but important audience for us
Less than 4% of our users
interact with site search
14
01
And, it helps the bottom line
User who interact
with site search
account for 8-13% 

of all transactions
15
01
And 2 years later...
We keep finding more reasons 

to use Fusion, including…
• Replacing our legacy desktop
site search
16
01
And 2 years later...
We keep finding more reasons 

to use Fusion, including…
• Querying Fusion index for
our new REACT mobile
landing pages
17
01
And 2 years later...
We keep finding more reasons 

to use Fusion, including…
• Querying Fusion index for
common product search
results queries
18
01
So… Thank you
Y’all made a great product that customers and 

businesses like us love.
Thank You

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Vegas.com and Fusion

  • 1. Vegas.com and Fusion Paul Mello Director of Product Management, Special Projects
  • 2. 2 01 About me Paul Mello Director of Product Management, Special Projects Started at Vegas.com in 1999 I ride my bike to work; 14 miles round trip, 
 every day; even in the summer
  • 3. 3 01 About Vegas.com Publicly-traded B-to-C travel experience company Vegas-centric We sell shows, hotels, tours, etc. ~ 200 or us live, work, eat and breathe Vegas We compete for marketshare with some of the biggest companies in the world
  • 4. 4 01 I bring gifts to the party Go to Vegas.com Book a show or tour Enter promo code Fusion Save 15% on your order
  • 5. 5 01 We had a problem to solve Mobile became a focus for us in 2014 Though we saw huge conversion gains with our re-released m.Site in late 2014… We also witnessed plenty of frustrated users
  • 6. 6 01 We had a problem to solve ...Specifically users who knew or had a pretty good idea of what they wanted
  • 7. 7 01 This customer’s problem “I just want to find Cirque du Soleil tickets…. Why did you make that so !$#*% hard?”
  • 8. 8 01 The solution we needed We knew we needed a solution that made finding specific shows, hotels and tours… • Easy & Intuitive But results also needed to consider… • Business rules & New products
  • 9. 9 01 We already had a full-text search product … which we were using on desktop … but other than indexing our site, it did none of the things we needed it to do
  • 10. 10 01 So we searched... And we found you ...
  • 11. 11 01 And 6 weeks later We had our solution, using Fusion And it’s really fast… It learns… It factors in our business rules <-- And it makes this guy super happy
  • 12. 12 01
  • 13. 13 01 And, it helps the bottom line Site search users are a small but important audience for us Less than 4% of our users interact with site search
  • 14. 14 01 And, it helps the bottom line User who interact with site search account for 8-13% 
 of all transactions
  • 15. 15 01 And 2 years later... We keep finding more reasons 
 to use Fusion, including… • Replacing our legacy desktop site search
  • 16. 16 01 And 2 years later... We keep finding more reasons 
 to use Fusion, including… • Querying Fusion index for our new REACT mobile landing pages
  • 17. 17 01 And 2 years later... We keep finding more reasons 
 to use Fusion, including… • Querying Fusion index for common product search results queries
  • 18. 18 01 So… Thank you Y’all made a great product that customers and 
 businesses like us love.