Think Flights – Interactive travel portal with booking engines

Design, XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, Booking Engine Integration

About Think Flights

Think Flights may be a new online brand, but as part of The Flight Bureau UK Ltd, Scotland’s No 1 flight agency, it has a wealth of knowledge and buying power that few can obtain. From humble beginnings, Flight Bureau has grown to be one of the leading agents for airline tickets in Scotland.

Need and Requirements

As an offline leader, Flight Bureau approached Verecom with the desire to enter the fascinating online travel market and establish a strong brand on the internet. The discussions led towards identifying the main objectives for Think Flights online branding which were: to create a feeling of customer’s importance, to provide a safe environment for the customer to book their travel, to make the user process enjoyable, and allow people to express their views as part of a community. Furthermore, people needed to be able to book different elements of travel, such as flights, hotels, car rental etc.

Solution and Involvement

Within a few weeks a powerful online corporate identity consisting of three brands of leisure travel (Think Flights, Think Emirates, Think Delta) and one representing corporate travel (TFC Travel Management) had been designed.

The website development for each of four respective brands resulted in interactive travel platforms being built offering number of features to the front-end users including:

• Flights, hotels, cars, trains and insurance booking engines
• Up-to-date special offers from Emirates and Delta airlines
• The latest travel news and deals delivered into the mailbox
• Think Flights Newsdesk
• Community section allowing the sharing of reviews, images and post trip experiences.
• Message board
• Other travel info

‘Ease of use’ was the main attribute of the Content Management System featuring the following functionalities:

• Sophisticated management of special offers placed across different sections of the website
• Ability to update banners
• Think Flights news desk management
• Ability to view, publish, modify or forbid user messages and experiences
• Mailing list management
• Updatable newsletter

Result and Conclusion

Verecom provided Think Flights with the solutions required to enter into the new and exciting online travel industry. Our solutions have helped Think Flights to expand their business online and achieve a greater exposure resulting in increased revenue.

Verecom is continuously working with Think Flights to increase the online presence of their travel business. We aim to help Think Flights revolutionise the purchase of airline tickets & associated travel products.