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Social Networking WEB DEVELOPMENT for Travellers - AN INCIDENT Study
A software development company developed a social networking website in travel domain because of its customer. The client was a group of first generation entrepreneurs. They were travel enthusiasts who shared a common vision to offer technology enabled services to tourists and travelers. They wished to build a niche social media website in travel domain and capitalize on Online advertising.

This project proposed to empower an incredible number of French speaking travellers to collaborate and communicate on travel related issues by way of a single website which has been missing from the landscape. The project required certain out of the box features important for travellers besides standard social media web design.

The client said "the website should narrate traveler's stories and help them make informed decisions. It isn't about searching rooms"
The software company and the Client decided to develop the website using open source technology on Blogging platforms 2.0. After detailed discussions, it had been decided to develop this social media website on LAMP platform (Linux, Apache, MySql and PHP) platform on MVC architecture. AJAX, XML and Jquerry were found in certain functionalities to make the web site fast. The decision of open source technologies for development of social networking website reduced the budget since it eliminated the need to buy any software licence.

Development Methodology

The technology team prepared a detail feature list based on clients business objectives. This is analysed and converted into software specification. The SRS document was made and revised to create it as objective as possible before kick start of project.

Software company's team continually communicated with the client to discuss the developed features and gave demonstration of the working software. The team also was also proactive to the changes requested by your client during development. check here for social networking website development in India allowed an instant development and shorter time and energy to market.

The website provided a platform that facilitates "viral" proliferation of information passed along from user to user. The features were developed remember the simplicity, trends and specific need of the travelers. Some of the features in the web site are:

1. Traveller profile
2. Travelogue
3. Share, tag Photos and Videos
4. Share Tips and Tricks
5. Review Travel Destinations
6. Review & Rate Hotels, Tour operators, Shops, Restaurants,
7. Destination/travel based Groups and Communities
8. Integration with Google Maps
9. Recommendation on "To accomplish" and "To See" at a specific destination.
10. Tagging & Tag cloud

The website helped to build a travel community through collaboration among travelers. It provided them with simple to use helpful tools to connect to one another and share their stories and media. Since this was a niche space, company could generate revenue leveraging on the rapidly growing traffic.

Monica Rai works together with ESS. Eastern Software Systems (ESS) is a leading software products and services company having a presence in more than 25 countries. ESS is CMM Level 5 company and ISO 9001:2008 certified. At ESS we have the experience, the expertise and the resources to react to the unique challenges and opportunities which are associated with providing high quality IT solutions in the extremely competitive business environment of today.

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