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Tourism New Zealand gets a solution that stands the test of time

29 Mar 2021, 10:30 AM

Catalyst collaborated with Tourism New Zealand to design and build the Tourism Business Database.

Background

Tourism New Zealand is responsible for promoting New Zealand to international and domestic travellers by marketing New Zealand and providing platforms, services and support to businesses and organisations that support New Zealand’s tourism industry.

Opportunity

Tourism New Zealand need a design and rebuild of the Tourism Business Database  – a central repository for tour operators and businesses connected to New Zealand’s tourism industry to manage their products and deals.

Solution

Catalyst worked with Tourism New Zealand to deliver the final step to rebuild the legacy, monolithic newzealand.com platform into a set of independent, modern components that could provide the basis for future initiatives. Catalyst then worked with Tourism New Zealand to design and build the Tourism Business Database(external link).

Generic, reusable, single sign-on and API gateway components were split into platform services. So the components were shareable across other web-based systems. 

Photo credit: Miles Holden(external link)

Kaikōura, Canterbury

Catalyst was instrumental in delivering Tourism New Zealand's new web application based on modern, scalable open source technology. Catalyst's solution provides us with a solid platform from which we can continue to meet the needs of New Zealand tourism operators.

- Scott Noble, Digital Technology Manager, Tourism New Zealand

Open source roadmap

Catalyst worked with Tourism New Zealand to build a replacement that would stand the test of time. Tourism New Zealand needed a platform that would be flexible, affordable and customisable. The Tourism Business Database was built using Drupal 8, one of the most robust and scalable open source frameworks for modern content-rich websites to enterprise-level applications.

The web-based Tourism operators can manage information about their business and services in multiple languages. For instance, accommodation, activities, tours, or travel planning. Content added can be accessed by public-facing applications, including newzealand.com, via Kong’s robust API framework.

The Tourism Business Database also provides Tourism NZ with an extensive range of tools to ensure consistent and quality content for managing operators.  The administrators use an admin portal built on Drupal’s workflow management tools to create a streamlined workflow to see a list of content submitted by businesses awaiting approval.

Tourism NZ is hosted on cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes clusters on the Catalyst Cloud. Now, Tourism can adapt its hosting requirements to current and evolving business needs. Plus, they can test and create new sites quickly and reliably through automated CI/CD.

Photo credit: Miles Holden(external link)

Haast, West Coast

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