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Somtochukwu Ike
• Jul 9
The next project i’m showcasing from the list of projects i’ve built this year is a full-featured hotel website with direct bookings, booking management and lots more👇🏾
Why are hotels still losing 15-25% of their revenue to Booking. com and Expedia commissions?
To solve this, I designed and engineered a custom, enterprise-grade Direct Booking Engine & Property Management System (PMS) from the ground up.
I set out to build a highly optimized, 5-star luxury website, but it quickly evolved into a full-scale hospitality machine capable of automating a hotel's entire front desk.
Here is a look under the hood at the architecture and features:
The Tech Stack: Built for blazing speed and SEO using Next.js (App Router), TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion, and Firebase (Firestore, Auth, Storage, & Admin SDK).
Key System Features:
Smart Automation (Cron Jobs): Built secure Next.js API routes that run hourly to auto-cancel unpaid 24-hour holds, trigger 12-hour payment reminder webhooks, and alert staff of no-shows.
Live Inventory Matrix: Engineered a real-time, visual room availability grid that maps active bookings to physical room numbers, managing walk-in constraints to absolutely prevent double-booking.
Dynamic Offers Engine: A complex checkout algorithm that monitors date-picker data (like minimum-night requirements) to dynamically calculate and apply conditional discounts before writing strict payloads to the database.
Premium Media Architecture: Built a custom media component that seamlessly renders videos as silent, auto-playing background elements for a high-end luxury aesthetic.
Guest CRM & Analytics: Tracks Guest Lifetime Value (LTV), actual check-in/check-out stay history, and dynamic revenue trend charts.
I focused heavily on creating an "app-like" mobile UX, utilizing native iOS-style bottom sheets and horizontal scroll-snap masonry galleries to make the direct booking experience feel incredibly premium.
Whether you're a hotel owner tired of clunky third-party booking software, or a developer interested in Next.js/Firebase architecture, I’d love to hear your thoughts!
Full Stack DevelopmentNext.jshotelwebsitehotelbookingpropertymanagementsystemSoftware DevelopmentFirebaseDatabase EngineeringVercel
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