Development of a Social Video Sharing and Booking Platform for Travel Experiences

The client faces limited options for social marketers to publish travel-related videos and host live streams that actively promote hotel stays, leading to underutilization of user-generated travel content for marketing and booking conversions, especially in emerging markets.

A mid-sized travel technology company aiming to enhance traveler engagement through innovative social media integration and seamless hotel booking solutions.

• Create a mobile application enabling users to share and edit travel videos and host live streams to showcase travel experiences.
• Implement a system that rewards content creators when hotel bookings are made via their videos, incentivizing user engagement.
• Develop a seamless hotel booking experience integrated within the app, offering a comprehensive inventory and filtering options.
• Facilitate social features such as following, video scroll, and referral programs to increase user interaction and growth.
• Achieve high user adoption with targeted engagement metrics, aiming for significant increases in travel content sharing and hotel bookings.

• Video recording, editing, and sharing tools to enable user-generated travel content.
• Live streaming functionality for real-time travel experiences.
• Hotel search and filtering integrated into the app for quick, convenient booking.
• Rewards system linked to hotel bookings resulting from shared videos.
• Referral codes and discount vouchers to incentivize user engagement and platform growth.
• Ability for users to follow content creators and browse trending videos and hotels.

• Hotel inventory and booking system (e.g., API-based hotel data sources)
• Payment gateways for booking transactions
• Video hosting and streaming services
• Referral and reward management systems

• Scalable infrastructure capable of supporting high traffic volumes and video content uploaded by numerous users
• Performance benchmarks ensuring smooth video streaming and quick search responses
• Robust security measures for user data privacy, payment security, and content protection
• Minimum uptime of 99.5% with quick issue resolution protocols

The platform is expected to increase user engagement and content sharing, resulting in higher hotel booking conversions via videos. This could lead to a significant boost in revenue, improved user retention, and stronger brand positioning within the competitive travel market.