“It's almost like having another developer on the team just focused on that side of things... it's paid for itself many times over”
Professional-Grade CMS Powers Travel Platform's Content Operations
Thrive Partners Achieves Rapid Feature Development While Maintaining Enterprise-Level Quality
Modernizing Travel Management
As a consulting firm serving US travel industry clients, Thrivve Partners faced the challenge of delivering a professional, scalable platform for managing hotels, activities, and web content. Traditional CMS solutions were either outdated, visually subpar, or incompatible with modern development tools.
Using Avo, they implemented a comprehensive administrative system that handles multiple resource types and instances, enabling their client to manage their entire travel booking infrastructure through a single, cohesive platform.
Rapid Feature Development
"It's almost like having another developer on the team just focused on that side of things... it's paid for itself many times over," explains Iain Beeston, Chief Technology Officer at Thrivve Partners.
The platform's flexibility enabled Thrivve to rapidly respond to client requirements, implementing new features and functionality without the extensive development time typically associated with custom admin interfaces. This quick turnaround on feature requests has become a key differentiator for their service offering.
Cost-Effective Scaling
What initially began as a single instance has successfully scaled to support 4-5 separate deployments, each managing its own subset of travel-related content and functionality. Despite this growth, the development overhead has remained minimal.
The system's professional interface and reliable performance have made it an easy sell to clients, with the per-instance licensing cost being negligible compared to the development hours saved and value delivered.
Streamlined Operations
The impact on their client's operations has been substantial - from managing hotel listings and activities to handling dynamic webpage content, everything is now centralized in a professional, easy-to-use interface. The platform's stability has notably improved over time, with Thrivve reporting significantly fewer technical issues in recent months.
As Iain notes, "The level of quality and reliability, and the fact that it looks great, makes it all feel so much more professional... it looks good enough that clients are happy to use it."