TigerBay Software website case studies

Cadogan Holidays

www.cadoganholidays.com

Cadogan is a long established and renowned luxury holiday specialist company, focussed on providing a wide range of luxury holiday choices and the very best in tailor made holidays. The new site showcases Cadogan's extensive range of hand picked hotels and holiday destinations and features a new contemporary design together with a strong line up of features to help site users find their perfect holiday experience.

The new Cadogan website was launched in April 2010. The site went live with full functionality within budget and timeframe - just two months after project inception. The website began taking live bookings immediately.

Site highlights:

• A 'quick complete' one page basket / payment / confirmation process.
• Tailor made implementation against Travelink API including flights, accommodation, no frills, transfers, supplements and packages.
• Alternative flight and room options module built into every search result.
• Agent log in functionality with agent information area and agent booking process.
• Accommodation specific 'Check availability' ajax layer search facilities.
• A two tier country and region search facility together with an 'All London Airports' searching option.
• A site tailored CMS system offering access to picture and text editing throughout. An unlimited number of new information / content pages An innovative central map page offering interactive map tagging of all Cadogan locations and accommodations. Interactive maps offered on all destination and accommodation information pages.
• Ajax layer picture presentation, facilitating unlimited picture display.
• Multilayer integrated navigation pathways - incorporating menus, maps, breadcrumbs, etc. - easy navigation through search, booking and destination and accommodation information pages.
• A sleek, modern and closely integrated design throughout the site.
• Automated caching of package results - to highlight 'best offer' deals and facilitate one click access to predefined live searches.
• SEO best practice - including unlimited content pages, URL rewriting, client controlled meta tags, etc.

'We're extremely pleased with our new TigerBay developed website. It has taken the company's online presence to the next level and offers our customers a first rate experience in finding a luxury holiday that exactly fits their needs. The timeframe for completing the new website - from inception to launch - was extremely tight, but TigerBay made the process an enjoyable one and we've launched the site within budget and within time frame. We're very pleased with what TigerBay have achieved for us and are happy to recommend their services.'

Jane Wilkinson
Head of Product & Marketing, Cadogan

Essential Sun

www.essentialsun.co.uk

Essential Sun is a specialist holiday website offering a wide range of 3 & 4 star hotels, apartments and villas throughout the Canaries, Croatia, Cyprus and Turkey. Essential Sun's parent company is the long established and renowned luxury holiday specialists Cadogan. 

The new Essential Sun website was launched in April 2009. TigerBay delivered the fully functional live website within a narrow turnaround timeframe as well as close parameter design guidelines.

Site highlights:

• An innovative one page booking / payment / confirmation process. 
• Tailor made implementation against Travelink API including flights, accommodation, no frills, transfers, supplements and packages.
• Alternative flight and room options module built into every search result.
• Automated exports to various newspaper websites.
• Agent log in functionality.
• Accommodation specific 'Check availability' ajax layer search facilities. 
• A two tier country and region search facility together with an 'All London airports' searching option.
• A site tailored CMS system offering access to picture and text editing throughout.
• Ajax layer picture presentation, facilitating unlimited picture display.
• A sleek, modern and closely integrated design throughout the site. Site design was provided by LeadGenerators with input from TigerBay Software.
• Automated cache for quick searching of deals - with once click access to parameter predefined live search results.
• Easy navigation through search, booking and destination and accommodation information pages.

Chevron

www.chevron.co.uk

Chevron specialise in high quality affordable holidays to Malta and its near neighbour Gozo. Operating since 1982, the company has built an enviable reputation for reliability, service and efficiency and has built a loyal customer base. Chevron offer a wide range of products including flight only, accommodation only, car hire, bespoke & spa holidays, villa & self catering holidays, all inclusive packages, apartments and 3, 4 & 5 star hotel holidays.

The new Chevron website was launched in December 2008. TigerBay developed new functionality modules, including search, booking and hotel info pages for integration into the existing Chevron website. The new site benefited from an improved and extended search function, booking process, part payments functionality, flexible basketting, google maps and car hire. The new site has seen a significant upturn in online bookings.

Site highlights

• Accommodation specific interactive mapping on all accommodation pages.
• Seamless integrating of booking module with current site and existing designs.
• Integrated bespoke package browser offering easy access to cached most popular search results (linked to new live searches for real time pricing and availability). The site host fully automated as well as manually updated browsers.
• Item specific flexible basketting - allows the user to build their own bespoke holiday.
• Full tailor made implementation against Travelink API including flights, accommodation, no frills, car hire, transfers, supplements and packages.
• Automated exports to various newspaper websites.
• Part payment functionality.

'Revamping our online presence with a new website was a key development for Chevron and we're very pleased with our decision to use TigerBay Software. The new website was up and running on time and to budget and it has delivered significantly improved conversion rates and an uplift in bookings. Ongoing website management and support has also been exemplary. I would have no hesitation in recommending TigerBay Software.'

Nigel Borg Cardona
Managing Director, Chevron

SkiFrance

www.skifrance.co.uk

SkiFrance has been at the forefront of the winter sports holiday industry for over 21 years. The company prides itself on its staff team's knowledge and passion for skiing and offers unparalleled levels of expertise to clients looking for a great snowscaped holiday experience. With a wide range of hotels and chalets in some of Europe's finest winter sports destinations, SkiFrance aims to find the perfect skiing holiday for all its clients.

The new SkiFrance website was launched in December 2008. Utilising the existing website's design, the new website provided a significant increase in functionality over its predecessor. Package, accommodation only and flight only searches were added together with full basket functionality, interactive maps and part payment. The site also benefits from a package browser auto completed from harvested search results and offers agent log-in facilities.

Site highlights

• Biasing rules implemented for package results informed by SkiFrance priorities.
• Interface into third party bedbank for ski chalet stock with integrated hand-off to travelink reservation system for UK fulfilment.
• Full tailor made implementation against TL API including flights, accommodation, no frills, transfers, supplements and packages.
• Accommodation specific interactive mapping on all accommodation pages.
• Integrated bespoke package browser offering easy access to cached most popular search results (linked to new live searches for real time pricing and availability).
• Item specific flexible basketting - allows the user to build their own bespoke holiday.
• Easy navigation through search, booking and destination and accommodation information pages.
• Part payment functionality.
• Flexible CMS system designed to provide the client with extensive control over nearly all pages and page content, including text, pictures, layout and adding/removing pages.

Tulip holidays

www.tulipholidays.com

Tulip commissioned TigerBay to undertake a full website development - from website requirements analysis to design and on to development and launch. The new site was launched in October 2009 and offers a range of advanced functionalities - including many new functions that were not available on its predecessor. 

Tulip have built a strong reputation as leading Turkey and North Cyprus holidays specialists. They offer an extensive choice of holiday options with a great range of resorts and city destinations.Tulip also specialise in tailor made and special interest holidays - their Tailor Made department is staffed by people well versed in Turkish travel. They can arrange just about any kind of travel itinerary – from a quick shopping trip to Istanbul or the capital Ankara, to a multi-centre trip along the sparkling Turquoise Coast.

Site highlights

• Live searching, pricing, booking and payment.
• Range of search options - including holiday packages, accommodation only and flight only.
• Customer log in for booked holiday info and part payment options.
• Accommodation specific interactive mapping on all accommodation pages.
• Integrated 'Popular Deals' package browser offering easy access to cached most popular search results (linked to new live searches for real time pricing and availability).
• Easy email submit module - for newsletters, news shots, etc.
• Item specific flexible basketting - allows the user to build their own bespoke holiday.
• Innovative, quick pass-through, two step booking process.
• Bespoke CMS proving full control over all information pages - including all destination and accommodation info pages.

'We are very pleased with the website TigerBay have developed for us. It has been a pleasure working with them from our initial contacts to launch and they continue to provide an excellent service managing the website. They have delivered practical solutions to our functionality requirements and are helping us make the most of the functionality we now have available to us. We're confident the website will go from strength to strength. I would certainly recommend TigerBay service and continue working with them.'

Kadri Sokmen
Director, Tulip Holidays

WeWentThere

www.wewentthere.com

WeWentThere.com is a fully featured review site that allows users to review just about any place or experience. Whilst other review sites limit their scope to places to eat or places to stay, WeWentThere allows the user to review not only their favourite restaurants and hotels, but also their favourite city, beach or mountain view - in fact, it allows users to review just about anywhere. The reviewer can then pinpoint the place they've reviewed on a satelite image map and add their own pictures. The site is centered on a online community model with each users able to assign friendships, private message other memers and to interact on review message boards.

Site highlights

• Innovative flexible review options.
• Individual users' home pages.
• Users have option to befriend other users.
• 'Invite a friend' email options to invite report viewings.
• Picture uploads.
• Interactive, zoomable satelite image maps with geotagging review function.
• Message boards.
• Comment on others users' reviews.
• 'World Tour' function showing reviews from around the world.