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Transforming Digital Experiences with a Unified, Scalable Platform for Al Forsan

We helped the client elevate their digital operations by building a unified platform that empowered non-technical users, improved performance, and delivered seamless multilingual support without limiting customization for developers. The solution simplified content management, enhanced booking reliability, and ensured secure role-based access, giving teams full control with minimal complexity. Through integrated SEO tools, streamlined workflows, and accurate real-time updates, the platform strengthened user experience, boosted operational precision, and improved overall efficiency across the organization.

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Client Location

UAE

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Client

Alforsan

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Services Provided

Mobile & Web App Development

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Target Locations

Global

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Allocated Team Size

12

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Project Duration

20+ Weeks

Client

Client Background

The client is a hospitality enterprise that offers a broad range of services across multiple industries, including hospitality, retail, and event management. As the company expanded, it faced increasing challenges in maintaining efficient internal communication and enabling streamlined processes across its different teams. With the growth of their online presence and customer base, they recognized that their existing digital infrastructure was not equipped to scale or meet the evolving demands of their business.

To stay competitive and improve both user and internal operational experiences, the company set out to create an advanced, flexible digital platform. Their goal was to empower non-technical users to manage web content and bookings independently, without depending heavily on IT teams. They also aimed to enhance the platform’s performance and integrate essential tools for marketing and customer engagement. The vision was to provide an easy-to-use, highly customizable, and reliable platform that could support a diverse user base, while ensuring robust security and multilingual capabilities.

Requirement

The client required a flexible content management system (CMS) that would empower non-technical users to easily create and manage webpages while offering advanced customization options for developers. The platform needed to integrate seamlessly with SEO and marketing tools to optimize performance and improve search engine rankings. It also had to be fast, user-friendly, and scalable, ensuring smooth user experiences across various devices and maintaining high site performance.

Also, the platform needed robust role-based access control (RBAC) to manage multiple user roles, from admins to guests, with customizable permissions and secure access. Multilingual support for English and Arabic was essential, along with a flexible slot booking system that could handle various types of bookings. The solution also required reliable payment integration and conflict-free scheduling, ensuring users had a seamless, trustworthy experience across all aspects of the platform.

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Problems

Business Challenges

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Empowering Non-Technical Users to Build Webpages

One of the core challenges was enabling non-technical users, without any IT expertise, to build and manage webpages independently. The objective was to simplify the customization process, allowing users to create, update, and delete content while still offering high-level flexibility for professional developers. This required a robust, user-friendly content management system (CMS) with an intuitive interface that balanced ease of use with advanced customization options.

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Optimizing SEO and Performance

A key challenge was integrating a variety of third-party tools into the CMS to support the marketing team’s efforts. These tools were essential for optimizing SEO, tracking performance, and managing key brand aspects. Ensuring seamless integration while maintaining control over crucial SEO aspects. Also, balancing the need to deliver a visually engaging platform with the technical demands of speed and performance posed an ongoing challenge, requiring constant optimization to meet both user experience and SEO goals.

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Managing Multiple User Roles and Permissions

With multiple user roles involved, like super Admins, Admins, and Guests, there was a need to create a flexible access control system. Super Admins needed the ability to define and adjust privileges, control menus, and set restrictions for each admin. At the same time, a non-technical user should be able to engage with the system while having restricted access to certain critical functions. Achieving this balance without compromising security was a complex task.

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Integrating Multilingual Support

Supporting both English and Arabic languages was a critical requirement, given the platform’s diverse user base. The challenge was implementing a seamless translation system that worked across the entire platform without disrupting the user experience. Integrating tools like Google Translator, and potentially other translation services was essential. However, this required careful attention to ensure translations were not only accurate but also relevant, maintaining the platform’s integrity across different languages.

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Ensuring Slot Booking Flexibility

One of the main challenges was building a slot booking system that could accommodate a wide range of booking types, including individual reservations, coupon or voucher-based bookings, and membership-based slots. The system needed to handle multiple timeframes, with the ability for admins to define seasonal schedules, set buffer periods, and manage offline bookings. The complexity came in ensuring that the system remained seamless while supporting these various configurations and ensuring smooth operations across all settings.

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Handling Payment Breakdowns

A challenge arose with payment integration, where users completed transactions through methods like Apple Pay and CyberSource, but the booking status didn’t update accordingly. The issue was traced to a logic flaw in the payment processing system, preventing data from being stored correctly. This resulted in an unreliable user experience, as payments weren’t properly reflected in the booking status. Resolving this bug was crucial to restoring trust and ensuring transparency within the platform.

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Managing Booking Time Conflicts

During peak festival seasons, the platform faced significant difficulties in managing bookings due to an overwhelming surge in traffic. The legacy system struggled to process the high volume of incoming requests, causing delays in updating schedules and creating unexpected booking overlaps. This highlighted the need for a more flexible solution to handle incoming traffic and ensure time management across the platform.

Methodologies

Our Process

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Our Team

Team Structure

A multidisciplinary team of enterprise technology experts worked together to build a platform tailored to Al Forsan’s operations. Combining technical and strategic skills, we created a secure, scalable, intuitive system that improves transparency, speeds decisions, and streamlines communication across the business.
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UI/UX

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Mobile App Developers

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Quality Analyst

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Backend Developer

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Project Manager

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Front End Developer

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Cloud Architect

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Tech Stack

Tools and Technologies

We used modern enterprise technologies to create a secure, scalable platform tailored to Al Forsan’s needs. Our focus was on delivering flexible, future-ready solutions that improved usability and enabled smoother collaboration.
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Tools

  • Xcode
  • Android Studio
  • Visual Studio
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Technologies

  • Web: Laravel PHP
  • Database: MySQL
  • Android: Native Android (Kotlin)
  • IOS: Native iOS (Swift)
  • Cloud Host: AWS
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Project Management Tools

  • Bitbucket
  • GitHub
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Outcome

Solutions Offered

Key Performance Stats

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58% faster webpage creation, with the drag and drop CMS, empowering non-technical users.

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72% improvement in booking accuracy, with real-time conflict detection and better scheduling tools.

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67% drop in payment-related booking errors, after revamping the payment logic and workflows.

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43% better page load performance, resulting in stronger SEO scores and smoother user experience

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82% increase in platform reliability during peak seasons, eliminating previous booking overlaps and slowdowns.

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4.7/5 average satisfaction rating from both admins and content teams, reflecting major improvements in usability and multilingual support.

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