Coral Travel — a white-label booking app for a large tour agency
Coral Travel is one of the most popular tour operators in Eastern Europe. Once downloaded users can browse across different curated tour options and order the tour right from the app. We've partnered with a client to create a scalable and easily configurable white-label app with React Native.
Services
React Native Development
Backend Development
Industry
Travel & Leisure
Challenge
Several years ago one of the biggest tour booking agencies in Eastern Europe wanted to create a mobile application for selling tour packages online. They developed an initial version themselves, but later on, decided to involve developers from outside in order to improve the app's performance as well as enrich that with new features.
Solution
We've started working with the client at the stage where they've already had a mobile application with active users. At the time we joined the project here was a list of important issues in terms of performance and UX that needed to be fixed. Zoftify has successfully fixed all of them which resulted in improved Google Play and App Store ratings.
After we've shown great React Native development skills, the client decided to revamp some of the core components of the app as well as the UI. We've refactored nearly 50% of the app following the best industry standards, upgraded the app to the very latest versions and ensured its stability.
We've also converted the initial React Native application into a fully scalable white-label solution. That allowed the client to publish multiple applications under the licences of well-known tour brands with the possibility to sell this software as SaaS.
Next awesome trip adventure at your fingertips
Travelling is one of the best recreational activities of all time. People enjoy their time off while vacationing on one of the beaches in Turkey or Maldives, or snowboarding in the Alpes. They spend a lot of money in order to have an amazing and truly unforgettable time. Even though there is a bunch of options for self-booking trips, planes and hotels, tour booking is still a very profitable niche. Millions of people prefer having everything done for them without worrying about transfers, hotel bookings, plane delays and many other tricky things of any trip. Also, some agencies might offer better pricing as they might have special deals from hotels and charter air lanes.
Core technologies
React Native
TypeScript
Socket.io
Async Storage
Redux
Firebase
Crashlytics
Node.js (Express)
Redis
MySQL
Docker
App features
1. Tours booking
An easy-to-use booking process having a couple of steps only. The hotel cards show all the necessary information without the need of opening its page.
2. Detailed info from trusted sources
The data is retrieved from multiple 3rd-party sources including Trip Advisor, hotel info provider and others. The data is combined and analysed.
Zoftify has also implemented a complex caching mechanism both on the front end and back end sides to ensure the app works fast.
3. Advanced filters & sorting options
We've also implemented an advanced filter and sorting feature. Once users update the filter option, the app displays a number of found tours in real-time. In addition to that, the tour availability is also verifying in real-time providing users with a smooth searching experience.
Price actualization
The prices are being updated in real-time. In order to support this feature, we've implemented 2-sided communication with a help of socket.io.
Tour categories
Curated tours are displayed in a convenient way by categories: hot deals, tours by a county, tours by an activity.
Communcation
Users may reach out to a manager in order to find out all the information about the trip.
Company news
The company may post the news, special offers, and tour tips & tricks in a format of a blog.