"Search more of the web in less time with just one click” – is what makes metasearch engine popular. Numerous travel industry studies say the average consumer checks, three or four websites before purchasing any travel product. Metasearch engines bring those sites to the consumer with a single inquiry and offer a side by side comparison of results from multiple websites in an unbiased fashion. The ease of use and high probability of finding the desired page(s) make Metasearch engines popular with those who are not willing to weed through the lists of irrelevant 'matches'.

Our Solution:

Zumtra has a packaged solution for travel metasearch that targets the flights & hotels industry. Zumtra has over 10 years and 700,000 man hours of online travel technology experience. Having clients in the US, UK, Africa and Australia has helped us develop a robust and universally applicable solution keeping in mind ease of integration.

Key features:

	Time to market achievable within a matter of weeks.
	Built on universal rules of travel industry.
	Capability of handling domestic & international flight market independently.
	No limit to the number of sources/providers that can be added to the engine.
	Complete control provided to the administrator.
	Intelligent engine deciding the source/provider depending on the search fired by the user.
	Separate Caching engine to control caching logic.
	Administrator driven caching based on provider/airline & seasonality.
	Customizable front end depending on the business requirements.
	Toolsets & controls for the web user to process & filter their favorite results.
	MIS & administrative tools to watch the product performance-type of searches, conversion, provider performance, & much more.
	Proven results - Successful metasearch solution for India 's first and leading travel metasearch engine ”Zoomtra.com”.

It is a virtual database that gets created at the run time fetching data from several relevant sources/providers. The engine hits providers depending on the search query to fetch the required data and then compiles the heterogeneous results into a homogeneous format based on a specific algorithm. It gives the user an interface to compare all relevant results in a homogenous & unbiased fashion on a single page enabling user to take faster & smarter decision.

The engine is completely XML based & uses no database to store the results. The complete application consists of various web services that communicate between each other using XML ensuring ease of integration.

Please click here to see the technical specification.

Case Study: Zoomtra.com

Zoomtra.com is India's leading travel search engine for domestic flights & hotels. It provides users an interface to compare flights & hotels provided by various providers available. The site is built using Zumtra's engine for both flights & hotels, fetching results from various low cost carriers (LCC), GDS Airlines as well as Online Travel Agents (OTAs). Zoomtra.com has been a success in its domain & is the largest travel metasearch engine in India . The front end of the site is build on Ajax technology, giving user a great experience.

	Top metasearch for travel in India.
	Fetches source from various heterogeneous providers – LCC, GDS airlines, OTA(Online Travel Agents), OFTA( Off line Travel Agents) & Consolidators.
	Provides the user a highly interactive interface for comparative shopping for both flight & hotels.
	Compatibility across various browsers( IE 5.0 & above and latest versions of Firefox, Mozilla, Opera & Safari)
	400% growth in traffic from 6th month – 12th month of launch.
	99.9% up-time.
	Extremely low technology maintenance cost

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