Release Note 19.7

For several months now, many developments have improved the responsive booking process at different levels. Here is a point by point summary.

Ergonomics and design

The native management of all “desktop” and mobile devices is of course the first improvement to note. From now on, whatever the width of the device (from a high-definition computer screen to a smartphone and all the screen sizes of the tablets on the market) the booking process adapts and is displayed in a way that is pleasant, readable and effective in terms of transformation rate.

Improvements for cruises

The main differentiating features of cruises are

• Ports of departure and arrival
• The structure of the accommodation section: type of cabin, fare, cabin categories, cabin choices, services in the cabin categories, catering choices.
• Rich content on fares and categories

• Port of arrival display (in case the port of departure and the port of arrival are different)
• Cabins and not rooms are displayed
• Display of the package wording of the fare line “Cruises” instead of “Stay”.

Pre-selection of cabins

• It is possible to choose the type of cabin in the catalogue (interior, exterior, balcony, etc.). In this case, the booking process will display the proposals that are greater than or equal to the pre-selected cabin type (standard, suite, superior, etc.).

Structure of the information

• Type of cabin (indoor, outdoor, balcony …)
  • Cabin category (Bella, Fantastica …)
• Choice of cabin: choice of cabin number, deck
• Choice of services (with or without choice)
• Type of fare (may also correspond to a type of service: wifi access for example)

• Catering service :

• Fare type :

• On each fare the (i) opens the pdf description with all the fares.

• Choice of cabin category:

Finally, just before confirmation, the summary page contains all the information defined below and adapted to a cruise type product.

Filter on hotels for the hotel and dynamic package processes

When displaying the list of hotels, it is now possible to filter the hotels according to the producer keywords, i.e. all additional information on the hotels received from the sources.

Donation-type services

New services have been introduced that allow the customer to add a donation to a charity or a carbon-friendly project.

Security

The encryption of the access mode to the booking process has been strengthened to further improve its security

Benefit category management

Services can now be dynamically grouped into categories for selection via a modal window with filters.

Once selected, the services appear under the image and description of the category with details of the choices made at the previous stage (number of participants or service, date, language, etc.)

Validation and autocompletion of addresses

When filling in the address field, valid, verified addresses are proposed. When an address is validated, the City, Postcode and Country fields are automatically filled in.

This system of assistance to the seizure also has for double effect to guarantee the quality of the data while allowing the customer to pass over the system in the case of a particular address not existing in API.

Summary page

A summary page of all the information entered and the customer’s choices is now active just before the payment stage.

This page allows the customer to validate all the information before committing to the payment.

Insurance and T&Cs

The conditions can now be dynamic according to the producer, product characteristics and can come from editorial content.