EAN API Gallery
TripStar is using our new Version 3 Hotel API. The site is built with Java/Python/PHP and has two versions: one for mobile smart phones and one for web which is intuitively selected by device detection. The site includes a wide variety of accommodation shopping ideas to aid the user in deciding on a vacation destination and selecting a hotel. The shopping path offers convenient mapping, exchange rates and local weath making hotel selection simple.
AwayStay.com is using our new Version 3 Hotel API. AwayStay does an excellent job of making the booking process inviting and easy to understand. Interface elements are big and colorful; innovative map and photo gallery pop-ups on their hotel results pages let customers browse properties without leaving the search page. The site as a whole is an excellent example of a simple, modern design that hits all of our integration guidelines on the head. AwayStay shows you don't have to reinvent the wheel to make a standout travel site.
BedMap.com is using our new Version 3 Hotel API with Python. BedMap's approach is based on an interactive and never-ending map that you can drag anywhere. The result is quite a different experience than most other booking sites. The "browse anywhere" feature makes it popular with budget seekers and road trippers. This innovative use of the API allows true map point browsing property comparisons in the area you wish to stay.
BookingStation.com is also using our new Version 3 Hotel XML API with C# and .NET. We're saluting BookingStation.com for their beautiful web design and and ease of moving the user through the booking path. Their innovative use of layers directs the user with a modern sensibility that clearly defines their steps through purchase. Visit this site for the excellent way they've followed all the required guidelines.
HelloWeekends.com is using our new Version 3 Hotel REST API with PHP 5 and jQuery. They've done an overall fantastic job integrating our Merchant inventory into their site. It's clean and well designed - a perfect example of a site that fulfills all of our launch requirements beautifully. They include social media techniques as part of site promotion among users and are also working on an iPad app, which we're eager to see completed.
The Vacation Places to Stay network of websites is a newcomer to the Expedia affiliate program during 2011. The Golf Vacation Places to Stay site targets selected golfing vacation markets and was chosen to have Creative Business Solutions develop ColdFusion components to work with EAN's new Version 3 Hotel API. The site integrates the EAN XML dynamic content with the site's styling more closely than the Private Label program allows. Once the customer has chosen to book a hotel, the customer is sent to a private label page on EAN's secure server for payment processing. Targeting golf holiday travelers allows for better search engine results than would be possible for a generic hotel booking site. While this site currently features only EAN's Hotels content, the intent is to add other Expedia products at a future date. The ColdFusion components developed will also allow Vacation Places to Stay the ability to add Expedia inventory to its 100+ other sites.
Hotel-Rates.com has been an EAN affiliate since 2002. In the last eight years, they have implemented various versions of the API on their site. Their current version is built on dynamic XML content and downloadable database content. The regularly updated hotel database helps to reduce XML traffic and improve site speed. The site also implements data caching techniques for quicker page response. On the UI side, jQuery and jQuery-UI javascript libraries are used to build a clean, dynamic and easy-to-user web interface.
With over 8,000,000 unique visitors annually, NYC.com is the most widely regarded website for New York City tourist information on the Internet. Travelers worldwide can find everything they are looking for at this one-stop shop for online New York City information and services. With a few clicks of a mouse they can purchase hotel reservations, theater tickets, event tickets, movie tickets, restaurant reservations and tour reservations - or call to purchase offline. As a valued partner of EAN, NYC.com leverages the Hotels.com XML API and jQuery, and has developed their hotel search engine and website with C# under the ASP.NET platform.
WorldMate's primary use is for mobile hotel bookings utilizing mobile apps for BlackBerry, iPhone, and Android, however there is also a desktop web booking solution at www.worldmate.com. WorldMate determines the traveler’s context by coupling flights booked for an upcoming trip with the traveler’s business meeting times & addresses (automatically imported from a smartphone’s calendar). Using this information, WorldMate can ascertain what when and where a traveler needs to book a hotel, and using preferences and historical data can then proactively recommend relevant hotels using the EAN API. It is revolutionary for the travel industry— automatically ascertaining context and then pushing highly personalized hotel recommendations to the traveler’s smartphone when the traveler has yet to book a hotel. WorldMate first implemented the EAN Hotel API in 2008, and is the largest mobile travel app maker today with over 6.5M registered users around the globe. Check out their app here.
A1-Discount-Hotels has been a top affiliate of EAN since 1999, priding themselves on customer service and ease of use. A1DH recently implemented an XML-based booking path, which has been designed and developed to mirror one version of the TravelNow private label. All features of the private label template were included in the site, with additional upgrades to the calendars and mapping technologies. The A1DH development team continues to create additional websites based on specific target markets.
BookNStay by WebSolution based in Singapore sells only Merchant hotels on their site which guarantee the best commissions and those that are paid in the most timely manner. As an XML specialization company, they use the EAN downloadable database files to deliver static content to the site and combines it with the API for dynamic rates and availability. Their business focus is on converting qualified traffic to travel sales through best practices in SEO/SEM. A clean and well organized site, BookNStay utilizes a number of attractive interface techniques making the user experience prone to be one of the better affiliate travel sites on the web.
G-Point Travel uses the EAN XML API to power their international hotel services. The search results integrate EAN hotels and Trip Advisor reviews via XML. The results clearly state overall percent savings from promotions, as well as the amount of points to be awarded for bookings. G-Plan uses both XML and content databases to speed up the loading time of search results as well as the XML promotional sort to automatically pull the best promotions in real-time in their promotion section. G-Plan also has integrated social media tools such as Twitter, Clap!, bookmarks, and links for blogs. Based in Japan, G-Plan operates the largest point exchange site in Japan (www.gpoint.co.jp), and launched its travel services in June 2009 and international hotels in May 2010, where its 1.8M users can book both domestic and international hotels and earn points for every booking.
Saafr.com uses the EAN XML API to power their international hotel site. They've done a fantastic job in demonstrating the flexibility of using EAN hotel products with an international language that is not yet supported in our system but still successfully targeting a local demographic audience. The site is beautifully designed and organized and demonstrated a number of excellent user interface techniques.
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