Local favorites on the go

A popular leisure and entertainment website provides recommendations and rankings for venues based on various categories of interest for over 50 cities in North America. However, they realized that people also need the capability when they are on the move - in their cars or at a crowded bar.

The client leaned on Imaginea to bring the best of their services on the major mobile platforms viz. Android, Blackberry and iPhone. The app provides up-to-date info on exclusive local favorites for the best in food, entertainment, luxury and leisure. The service also uses crowdsourcing and mash-ups.

Imaginea designed and developed the app keeping in mind the client's core beliefs so that it would be a seamless and fun extension to the client's existing set of services.

Highlights

1. Destinations and event finder based on recommendations, rating, friends, and location
2. Businesses like Restaurants, Night clubs and hotels create pages with text, photos and videos.
3. CMS for business partners and administration
4. Destinations plotted on Google Map
5. Integration with Four Square to find out where friends are going
6. Integration with Eventful for updated information on city events
7. Facebook Connect for easy onboarding of users
8. Reviews, Comments, Ratings of destinations