Overview About A2 System

Project Task/Challenge The client requested the development of a solution which allows the tourist to get an instant tour, from the guides, in any city of the world. Tourists and guides can access through a web and through an iOS and Android application. The solution  must handle internal messaging, push notifications, geolocation, guide registration, Back Office, Back-end services, among others. Project Solution Development of a web and mobile platform that allows tourists to easily find a guide or a tour, covering these 4 areas as follows: * Instant Tour - This allows a tourist to hire a guide only by pushing a button in the app. The guide comes to pick them up and gives them a tour. * Find a guide - On the platform, guides are classified by different categories. The traveler selects by category, the type of specialized guide, he wants to book in advance. * Find a Tour - These are specific private tours established by the guides, which start at a specific time/date, have specific itineraries and include specific experiences. * Shore Excursions - Basically  it works like a fixed tour, but at very specific times. The guide waits for the tourists at the cruise terminal and drops them off back at the cruise terminal, before boarding time. Specifiactions .- Database design. .- Management of front/back-end services: email, cloud data storage, geolocation, push     notifications, credit card payment, internal messaging/tourism/support guidance, and any     other necessary for the already defined flowcharts. .- Google Analytics to follow the use of the application. .- Architecture and development of back-end services (including REST API and service      integration as described above). .- Configuration and implementation of the cloud services environment. .- Application development for Android and iOS, using Appcelerator Titanium .- Security, performance, overload and stress testing. .- Process of publishing the applications in the App Store and Play Store. .- Multi-language. .- Advice on the structure and flow of the user interface. .- Post delivery support. Results The platform was delivered fully operational. The APP is available at the Play Store and the App Store. There are thousands of guides in more than 300 cities worldwide.