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Booking Flow & Geolocation App Modernization for Luxury Rental Company

Services Covered:

Website Development • Mobile Application Development • Cloud Consulting and Services

Industry

Hospitality, Travel & Tourism

Duration

7 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 May 2016

Team Size

6-10 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

73/100

Good

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Client

Confidential

United Kingdom

Project Summary

AnvilEight modernized a luxury rental company's booking flow and related mobile geolocation app by migrating datasets, implementing modular query functions, revamping the Django backend, and delivering single-page web apps hosted via AWS. The work produced a cost-effective, maintainable architecture and the updated site was selected as the primary host after a company acquisition, reflecting improved technical quality.

Key Challenges

Improve checkout flow and booking conversion through a single-page web app
Modernize the in-stay iPhone app to present local activities and geolocation queries
Migrate and modernize archaic backend engines to a modular, maintainable architecture

Project Deliverables

Geolocation mobile app data migration and query functions
Single-page web apps deployed as static files to S3
Revamped Django backend in Python
Front end built with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
AWS-based infrastructure optimization

Project Solution

The team migrated the geolocations dataset and exposed it behind new software functions to support category-based querying in the mobile app. They used Amazon serverless patterns to keep code modular and cost-effective. For the website they revamped a Django backend (data managed in Python), rebuilt front-end single-page apps with HTML/JavaScript/CSS, and deployed pre-rendered static files to an S3 bucket for efficient hosting. The engagement included about six developers with two full-time front-end developers and a lead.

Project Outcome

The updated website was chosen as the primary host during a company merger
Delivered a modular, maintainable, and cost-effective infrastructure that improved the company's tech quality

Platforms

Mobile
Web

Tech Stack

Django
Python
HTML
JavaScript
CSS
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.63

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“With its updates and modernization, the new website was chosen as the primary host for a recent company merger. AnvilEight delivered cost-effective solutions that were modular and easy to maintain. The team was professional, disciplined, and detailed in reporting and communication.”
Anonymous
Fmr. Product Manager
Date: 08/30/2017