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Custom Search Engine for Tour Company

Services Covered:

Website Development • API Development • Application Integration • Custom Software Development

Industry

Hospitality, Travel & Tourism

Duration

18 months

Budget

50K - 199K

Start Date

1 March 2013

Team Size

11-15 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

71/100

Good

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Client

ITour

Moscow, Russia

Project Summary

ProCoders built a custom search engine and web portal (ITour) to help travelers find and book tours by matching queries with tour operators' offerings. They delivered full-stack development and integrated multiple third-party booking, hotel, and rental car APIs. The engagement used a Time & Material model and the team delivered features on time while connecting over 120 vendors to the platform.

Key Challenges

Increase the number of clients and travel vendors inside the search engine
Build a system to search and match combinations of tickets, hotels, and transfers
Support sorting by price, flight linking time, and hotel ranking
Integrate multiple third‑party booking, hotel, and rental car APIs

Project Deliverables

Custom search engine platform
API integrations with booking, hotel, and rental car services
Back-end and front-end application code
Sorting and filtering functionality (price, flight linking time, hotel ranking)

Project Solution

ProCoders partnered with the client to design and develop ITour's web portal and a powerful custom search engine. They implemented full-stack work: back-end services (PHP-based) and front-end interfaces (Angular, HTML/CSS), and integrated numerous third-party booking, hotel and rental-car APIs to enable searching, matching, sorting, and filtering of travel options.

Project Outcome

Connected more than 120 vendors to the search engine
Met deadlines and delivered new features on time
Adopted a Time & Material working model that enabled monthly flexibility and reprioritization

Platforms

Tech Stack

Angular
HTML
CSS

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.88

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“The vendor was flexible and efficient, completing the project with no obstacles or issues. Their workflow was effective and they always had insightful feedback and ideas to improve the product. ProCoders worked on a time and materials contract, but hit all deadlines and was a good partner.”
Anonymous
CEO
Date: 09/26/2019