Travel Recipes
Customer: SantaFares.com
Country: Global
Scenario: Travel Portal Development Santa Fares is currently using a low cost Zeus Travel Office subscription to run a web channel.

The owners of Santa Fares decided to develop a custom travel portal that integrates their GDS providers as well other suppliers of Hotels, Cars & Vacation Packages.
Target Business Metrics:
  • Daily Looks = 2000 - 25,000
  • Daily Books = 15 - 200 tickets
  • Technology Budget (Planned)
    - Initial Setup = $20,000
    - Monthly = $5,000
Software and Services:
  • Zeus Travel Office
    - Agency subscription
  • Add-ons
    - XML Web Service
    - GDS Supplier Connection
Supported Portal Technologies
  • Microsoft ASP.Net
  • PHP, Ruby on Rails
For more information, please visit:
www.IndigoTreks.com/recipes
or contact us at:
sales@IndigoTreks.com
How to build a travel portal without breaking your budget
"Our vision is to provide a platform for travel business operators to build the next generation of travel portals at a fraction of the time, effort & costs of current portals without compromising on the end user experience or scalability of operations."
- Nitin Agarwal, Chief Architect, Indigo Treks {Travel Software}
Santa Fares started its operations as a small travel operator selling discounted air tickets from home-based operations. Over a period of time, it managed to build a steady business and it was time to grow to the next level.

Santa Fares wanted to expand and sell multiple travel products while consolidating its core airline business. Santa Fares aspired to run a travel portal that could scale to support 1000’s of daily visitors. Their keen business sense demanded that the focus was kept on sales, marketing & business development—rather than a complex technology initiative.

The Zeus Travel Platform was a perfect option. For a fraction of the costs that the competition was spending on technology & portal development, Santa Fares was ready to go to the market with its new travel portal. The money saved was utilized to run an effective marketing campaign. Here is how the portal was developed.