Development of a Web-Based Hotel Reservation System Project

This project report outlines the development of a web-based hotel reservation system, addressing the limitations of traditional manual booking processes within the hotel industry. It presents the problem statement, research objectives, and research questions, focusing on creating an online application to provide relevant information and streamline operations. The scope of the research includes system monitoring, customer inquiry fulfillment, and data security. The report details software and hardware requirements, emphasizing user-friendly navigation, GUI components, and database design for customer and administrator information. The project also discusses the functionalities of the system, including add, delete, search, update, and error handling features. The significance and benefits of the system are highlighted, such as the use of color palettes, hyperlinks, and virtual tour features to enhance the user experience and attract customers. The project includes a Gantt chart for project management and concludes by summarizing the transition from a manual to an online booking system and the benefits of web application advertising. References to relevant research papers are also provided.

Assignment on Hotel Reservation system
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Hotel Reservation system
Contents
Problem statement:................................................................................................................................2
Research objectives:..............................................................................................................................2
Research Questions:..............................................................................................................................2
Scope of research:.................................................................................................................................2
Software and hardware requirement:.....................................................................................................2
Significance and Benefit of the research study:.....................................................................................4
Gantt chart:............................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion:............................................................................................................................................5
References:............................................................................................................................................6
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Title: Hotel Reservation system
Problem statement:
The hotel industry is the platform for socio-economic opportunities for the associated
customers and owners. The traditional working of the hotel industry was facing the problem
of online booking of hotel and retrieval of information about the hotel for the distant
customers. The problems faced by the hotel industry are manual booking of the system, no
collection of feedback, work flow, no advertising, and others.
Research objectives:
The objective of the research is to develop an online application for hotel reservation system
which helps in providing relevant information on the demand of the customer enquiry. The
aim of the project is to provide well-organised flow of information, development of manual
booking system to the online booking system, report management, and customer management
system.
Research Questions:
What are the functionalities added to the design of the online portal for hotel reservation
system?
Scope of research:
The monitoring of the system should be done by the system administrator periodically. “The
enquiries and reservation formed should be full-filled by the customers. The reports of the
customers can be easily fetched” (Bemile, 2015). The security features should be equipped in
the system to keep the information of the customers confidential.
Software and hardware requirement:
S.n Particulars Sub activities Description
1. Interface and user
friendly
Navigation
Design
“The navigation facility helps in
moving from one page to another and
again back to the home page” (Delizo,
2014).
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Use of GUI
components
“Administrator design and database
design should be separately developed”
(Omuya, 2014). The database design
should have the information customers
and the admin
The GUI tools provide the environment
of direct usage of application
2. Functionality of the
system
Add
Delete
Search:
Update:
Error Handling:
Validation and
verification
Presentation of the
components
The add feature makes a new entry of
the customers
The delete function deletes the older
customers
The search option provides the facility
to the customer to search an information
The admin can update the information
on the hotel website regarding new
offers and other additional services
The proposed system is capable of
handling the errors made by the
customers in filling the form
The validation option helps the
customers to fill the form correctly. The
verification process verified the form
with the detailed given by the customers
at the time of filling the form.
The components of GUI should be
placed effectively in the well-defined
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design of the project.
3. Testing of the
database
Occurrence of
System functionality
Matching of the
requirement with
system functionality.
The functionality of the system is used
for testing the effectiveness of the
proposed project for the hotel.
The requirement of developing an
online portal for the hotel should be
matched with the functionality provided
by the proposed system
Significance and Benefit of the research study:
The proposed system effectively makes use of colour and font pallet in designing of the
website. The hyperlinks help in changing colour of the website for changing the vision of the
customers. Text boxes and buttons are provided for entering the data as input. The list of
menu option and drop down list are used for retrieving the information. “The user interface
design helps in maximizing the system size by organizing the functionality and modules in
proper format” (Zhang, 2015). All the activities of the project are synchronised which
provides the facility of updating the information on the source to display and updated on the
other modules of the website. The interoperability between the modules is designed for
desired outcome according to the requirement of the customers. The virtual tour feature is
provided in the application which makes it different from the other website. “The reservation
of the rooms can be done by using the credit and debit cards for payment” (Xiang, 2013). The
images of the rooms should be displayed on the portal for attracting new customers towards
the organization which helps in increasing the sale of the business.
Benefits:
“The customers can be easily searched the information about the hotel on the web portal”
(Guller, 2012). The http request is send to the web application of hotel to get the information
regarding contact module. The files can be retrieved by fetching the request from the client.
The friendly environment is provided to the customers. The distant customers can book their
room in the hotel with the few clicks by their fingers.
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Gantt chart:
Conclusion:
The web application for the hotel reservation system is used for converting the manual
booking system to the online system. The advertising of the hotel can be enhanced with the
help of web application. The interoperability between the modules is designed for desired
outcome according to the requirement of the customers.
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References:
Bemile, R. (2015). Online hotel reservation system. Retrieved from
http://www.ijiset.com/v1s9/IJISET_V1_I9_92.pdf
Delizo, G. (2014). Online hotel reservation system and management system. Retrieved from
http://research.lpubatangas.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IJCT-Online-Hotel-
Reservation.pdf
Guller, S. (2012). Hotel reservation system on the internet- Custom design and standard
software. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-7091-6373-
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Omuya, S. (2014). Online computerised hotel management system. Retrieved from
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ogirima_O/publication/261991913_Online_com
puterized_Hotel_Management_System/links/0deec536243e08b542000000/Online-
computerized-Hotel-Management-System.pdf
Xiang, Y. (2013). Integration of hotel management system by web services. Retrieved from
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/de99/8a72a6a647c65a798825b5ff6520b79a027e.pdf
Zhang, B. (2015). Report on Online hotel booking system. Retrieved from
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~rjh/courses/IntroductionToHCI/2012-13/GroupSubmissio
ns/Group5.pdf
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