Presentation for final round in OpenDataApps Challenge (Nasscom and NIC). One place to search for Hotels and travel agents. website: http://hotelsquare.azurewebsites.net/

1. HotelSquare
“making travel Safe”

2. idea
“No reliable data regarding hotels and agents present in the internet”

3. Vision
“One place which bridges the gap between government of tourism and
travellers in India.”

4. HotelSquare
Open Data
(ministry of tourism)
Website
(Web App)
API for
developers
Android
APP

5. Architecture
Open Data
Cloud
(Windows Azure + Node.JS)
API (JSON data)
HotelSquare
Website / Web App
(Responsive and Robust)
Mobile Apps for all platform
Android, Windows Phone, iOS

6. Features
One place to search
Search by city, state, name, street, pin code
Search both Hotels and Travel Agents in India
See the interior of hotels directly from the Website
Call, send email, get direction directly from the APP(mobile only)
Both have user friendly interfaces and are very easy to use.

7. HotelSquare API
API can be used by other developers to integrate our sites functionally
in their apps and create awesome apps
Our HotelSquare Android App uses this API
HotelSquare API is built using Node.JS making it to handle thousands of
requests in an instant.

8. Future Plans
• To make a nation wide hotel and travel agents portal with the help of
government.
• To make One place where users can get access to travel news, travel
suggestions and also be able to review the hotels they visited.
• Eventually bridging the gap between government and travelers.
• One app to make travelers journey safe and easy.

9. Questions