Book Someplace, Inc. is a fictitious web-based company whose core business is to handle hotel bookings for a large international customer base. The company makes its money by taking a small percentage of the payment made for every confirmed booking. In order to differentiate itself from run-of-the-mill online travel agencies, Book Someplace, Inc. offers these unique features:
- A massive database of worldwide properties
- The ability to view a cluster of properties on a map based on geospatial data
- Customer reviews and uploaded photos
- A customer loyalty program that gives progressively bigger discounts to repeat customers
- Being able to book reservations for a range of dates
- Processes payments
The stakeholders in the application to be developed fall into categories very similar to that of Sweets Complete:
- Customers:
- Enroll as members
- View and book properties
- Manage their bookings
- Partners:
- Offer properties to be booked
- View reservations made
- Monitor...
