Sail Time Course Booking System
After many months of discussions, planning, implementation and testing, we are delighted to announce the completion of the Sail Time Europe Training project. e-availability.com was commissioned to create an online course booking system to very specific requirements. The project has been a challenge for all involved, but the final course booking system is a testament to the hard work put in by both teams from e-availability and Sail Time! This project has demonstrated e-availability's skill, abilty and competence at understanding clients needs and developing solutions which are right for both the business and their end customers.
We developed the web pages for the training site, mimicking the look and feel of the original Sail Time company website. The site was developed using the most recent Microsoft technology and utilising the latest .NET framework, enabling cool calendar features. The course booking system was seamlessly integrated into the web pages and the pages are all content managed giving the users full control over updating home, type and course pages easily and quickly. Courses are added to a shopping basket allowing customers to conveniently add multiple courses to their 'basket'. Secure online payments are catered for through integration with Sagepay, with the customer and administrator receiving confirmation emails within seconds of the payment being made online.
Other functionality includes a new dynamic calendar display, the ability to search by location and show late availability on the home page. Furthermore, past students also have the ability to upload images from training and submit comments online. This is a fantastic way to create a site where visitors can interact and share experiences. The scheduling of courses can be split over multiple day blocks via the admin system, enabling the staff to easily show when courses span over two or three months.
Some bespoke coding was also required to enable boats to be allocated to scheduled courses. Once maximum occupancy has been reached for any particular boat a trigger e-mail is sent to the administrator to alert them that a new boat should be allocated if more customers wish to book. This new boat can then be scheduled across multiple courses which are running at the same time.
Sail Time are attending the Tullet Prebon London International Boat Show 2010 from the 8th - 17th January at Excel . They will be showcasing their training services and emphasising the ease with which courses can be booked through their online system. To read further about the services Sail Time offer or to view our system in action at Sail Time Training.
Hopping in to the New Year!
We had a new visitor to the e-availability offices this morning to wish us a Happy New Year! Peering through the window was a very inquisitive, fearless little rabbit! We think he was quite taken with the e-availability staff and offices and he did not mind us snapping a few photos. In fact, he seemed quite happy to strike a pose for the price of a few biscuits!
Perhaps he will become the e-availability mascot.......
Take a look at some pics
