Relaunch of the travel community portal etrago.com with Liferay
Ertrago GmbH was founded 2014 and counts as the first high-tech social commerce market place within the lifestyle travel segment using functionalities such as Amazon, Google, Facebook and Wikipedia. On the innovative "One-Stop-Shop" Portal, Customers can combine service components in the area of sport and wellness and combine them with traditional travel services, ultimately creating their individual specialized travel itinerary. Included in the product range are conventional package tours with destinations around the globe as well as special components such as application and training programs, so far limited to kite surfing. edicos has conceptualized, designed technically realized the new travel portal etrago.com.
Our services
- Conception and relaunch of etrago.com on the basis of Liferay EE 6.2
- Development of the infrastructure, interface and connectivity to external booking systems
- Utilization and partly adjustment to standard community features by Liferay such as comment and rating functions
- Realization of content use within the community
- Connectivity of the travel information, reservation & booking system Travel System to etrago ERP using webservices and the Liferay-ServiceBuilder
- Integration of etrago's own booking system with a fully automated booking process as well as interfaces to GDS (global distribution systems) and an electronic payment processing (Wirecard)
- Login option can be facilitated by Facebook and Google+
- Implementation of responsive web design
- Utilization and adjustment of Liferay standard portlets such as community and calendar
- Implementation of requested user-profiles on etrago.com
- Technical and editorial support of the website
Selected highlights of the project
For physically active people (such as kite surfers)
Target-group specific activities can be booked online as components of a trip or as complete travel services
For physically active people (such as kite surfer)
Find the appropriate special trip under consideration of the different interests of the different participants (e.g. with families)
For physically active people (such as kite surfer)
Users can create a profile through a social-login (Facebook or Google account) and subsequently contribute to and profit from the community
For physically active people (such as kite surfer)
Available lifestyle trips can be complemented by possibly required equipment / additional services as well as opinions, ratings, pictures and videos of customers in order for interested parties to gain a full impression of the respective service provider and the travel package
For service providers (such as kite surfing schools)
Specialized service providers can place and successfully market their services in real-time on etrago's scene-portal
For service providers (such as kite surfing schools)
Differentiated products of specialized and conventional organizers can be offered with additional travel components using bundling or packaging
For service providers (such as kite surfing schools)
A broad portfolio of alternative distribution channels can be used