t-rate, discount provider with a product focus and an eye on the bottom-line.Our attempt in developing a travel and hospitality site is to bring these two different aspects together and blend them into a low-cost full-service website. While some aspects of our site may be limited by our timeframe and hardware constraints we will build a site that is attractive as well as cost and time efficient. The site will include, similar to Expedia and Travelocity, a customer feedback interface in which previous customers can post their experiences and dealings with us for potential new customers to review. We will provide as much information and pricing content as is feasible given our constraints. In addition we will use graphics that load quickly so even customers with slow internet access can view our site without delay. In order to build a repeat business with customers we will be providing a member login iterface that will record to our shared database the specifics about our customers and their travel habits and any rewards points, similar to frequent flyer miles, that they may have earned. This benchmark report has greatly helped our understanding of the different features and aspects of a quality travel and hospitality website. This knowledge gathered will now be applied to our own site development. ...
