We are seeking expressions of interest to develop a new mobile Hospitality based App that has several purposes. Primarily designed to simplify the booking of hotel/motel style accommodation for frequent (corporate/government) travellers who already have their favourite places to stay at each destination, the app features several other unique features as detailed below.

The App is being developed for integrated use with an undisclosed Hotel Reservation System developer. The App has three primary objectives:

1. To simplify the process for a guest to book a room directly at their favourite Hotel/Motel making it easier than using a commission-able Online Travel Agent alternative, when they already have a preferred property at which to stay; AND

2. To be used by the Motel Manager to encourage new and existing repeat clientele to maintain their loyalty to the property and to inherently discourage defection to competing properties in their immediate area; AND

3. For the Reservation System developer to use the rich feature set of this App as a marketing tool to help drive sales and cross-migrations from competing reservation platforms.

The App will be developed in 3 or more stages. This project briefing is STAGE ONE (1) ONLY. Bidders are requested to ONLY provide their bid for the work required for Stage One (1), not the entire App development. Other stages will be bid for separately.

Stage One (1) is to develop the initial look and feel of the App, using the Android Platform ONLY (iOS versions will be required in a later stage, so please DO NOT bid if you are unable to reproduce the App in iOS at a later stage). We have a very clear vision of what we require the App to do and how it should function, so we anticipate very little re-work, especially during Stage One.

We are seeking an extremely modern looking App that is fast but most importantly, it must be user friendly, simple and intuitive to use. We want to see your creative flair in how you present the screens and the data, based on a mock-up (to be provided), which is to be used as a guide only. You are free to let your visual imagination run wild, just remember this is a professional App for professional users so it needs to maintain high visual standards - i.e. it wont have an Anime look to it nor will it use basic clip art images.

Some mandatory requirements include:

• Target clickable buttons/links should (where possible) expand beyond the borders of the target area to reduce miss clicks by end users.
  • Text areas should all be placed over transparent backgrounds so that images or background colours do not wash out the text appearance or make it difficult to read.
• The App will contain approximately 12 screens (including login and settings screens) as well as other detailed screens for which a mock-up will be provided to the successful bidder(s) prior to commencement.
  • A social media login capability would be advantageous (i.e. Click here to connect with Facebook etc...)
  • The App’s access to functions including the device Camera, Location Services & Contacts List should be functioning in Stage 1
  • The App will require access to the devices internal Camera, Contacts, Date/Time & Location Services and these should be functional during stage One (1).
  • The App will need to make an external call to Booking.com and return the top 5 results to a search results dialog box. Note: This capability does NOT need to be functional in Stage One (1), but we do expect to see a plan for how you will achieve this.
  • The App will also require the ability to send/receive & process xml files to and from the Reservation System developer via their Amazon Web Services (AWS), however connectivity and functionality for these functions is not required for Stage One (1). Pop-up boxes containing intended functionality descriptions for these areas is sufficient at this time
• Developers will need to provide full documentation for the App during each Stage of development (including Stage 1) with commented source code.

Successful bidders should be able to demonstrate a history of successful commercial App Development, preferably have at least one (1) Australian Based mobile App client reference that we can contact, and be able to develop the app in both Android (Stage 1 onward) & iOS (stages 3 onward). Any experience developing Apps within the Hospitality Sector would be seen as advantageous however this is not mandatory. Selected bidders may be asked to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement before commencing work on this App.

REMEMBER: Stage One is about showing us your visual and coding capability - not producing the entire App. Bid pricing for Stage One (1) is expected to be under AUD$500.00 and ideally we want an Australian Based developer.

Note: We reserve the right to engage multiple developers to compare proposals during the early stages of this App development, before inviting selected candidates to proceed to Stage TWO (2).