How Moriyama Re-engineered Door2Tour's Coach Holiday Search

Door2Tour.com is a one-stop shop for coach holidays, with tours and holiday packages from many providers. As the business grew, it needed a system that could scale with it and help customers find the right trip faster.

The Challenge

Door2Tour's existing system struggled to index, store and manage a growing number of coach tours. It couldn't scale to take on thousands of new tours and providers, and its search couldn't cope with millions of possible departures. Door2Tour needed fast geospatial search, so customers could find holidays leaving near them, and a more scalable, flexible way to take in data from many providers.

The Approach

Continuous indexing. Moriyama, which has experience of building scalable platforms on Azure, designed and built a platform that continuously ingests and indexes tour data from many providers. A framework lets Door2Tour add new feeds without disrupting the existing system.

Geospatial search. The team integrated Azure Search, with geospatial algorithms, so users could quickly find departures from their local area. Search stays fast across millions of departure points.

The Outcome

Door2Tour.com relaunched on the new platform. It now handles millions of departures, and customers quickly find trips leaving from their preferred locations. Conversion rates have risen steadily since the relaunch, and Moriyama continues to provide support and development as the business grows.