ViajaNet brings innovation into the mobile space with Globant

The travel company launches new mobile website with innovative design and usability.

Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 5th, 2013 -- Today, ViajaNet, the leading Brazilian online travel agency, and Globant, a leader in the creation of innovative software products that appeal to global audiences, presented ViajaNet’s new mobile website that aims to improve the Company’s goal of offering the best experience in online purchases.

ViajaNet partnered up with Globant to bring together their expertise in engineering, design and innovation to build a software product that is ready to face the demanding needs of their target audiences. The mobile site stands out in the market in terms of user experience, design and technical architecture. Both design and usability allow users to optimize navigation and facilitate flight booking and searches.

“Due to the rising figures of visits that we got on our site through mobile devices -in Brazil, it represented 7.5% of total traffic at the beginning of 2013 and it is expected to reach 20% at the end of this year-, our goal was to take our website’s services to smartphones and tablets”, explained Alex Todres, ViajaNet's co-founder and CMO. “Globant is a recognized leader in mobile development, and we are thrilled to partner with a company of their caliber to build an application that we are sure will become one of the most popular apps in our country”.

Globant’s expertise in mobile development was key in providing guidance and execution to ViajaNet’s strategy. Globant worked on the development of a mobile website fully integrated with all ViajaNet.com.br services. The new site shows a lighter layout and a more intuitive navigation that improves the general visualization on all mobile devices.

"We are really proud to have been selected to be ViajaNet's partner. We are truly thrilled to have this prestigious company in our client base", explained Guibert Englebienne, Globant co-founder and Chief Technology Officer. "I’m confident that this project will show the power our creative and development team has in building products that will take our clients into their next stage of successs."

Visit ViajaNet’s Mobile Site: m.viajanet.com.br.

About Globant
We are a new-breed technology services provider focused on delivering innovative software solutions by leveraging emerging technologies and trends. We combine the engineering and technical rigor of IT services providers with the creative approach and culture of digital agencies. Globant is the place where engineering, design and innovation meet scale.
At Globant the best engineers team up with our art design studios and innovation labs to deliver a superb user experience through innovation, usability, scalability and availability. Today, we are the Latin American leader in the creation of innovative software products that appeal to global audiences. In only 10 years, we created a Company that:
- Has more than 3,000 professionals working for companies like LinkedIn, Electronic Arts, JWT, Zynga, and Google, among several others
- Was selected as Endeavor Entrepreneur (2005), named among the top 10 product engineering vendor (2011) by Global Services, Was recognized among the top 10 vendors in mobile applications development (2012) by IDC Survey, Was included in the 2010 Cool Vendor in Business Process Services Report by Gartner, Was featured as case study of Harvard, MIT, Stanford and others

About ViajaNet
Founded in 2009, ViajaNet is the leading independent Brazilian online travel agency (OTA). The company is located in Sao Paulo, Brazil and today employs over 120 people across its rapidly growing operations.
ViajaNet provides a wide array of online travel options including flights, hotels, cruises and vacation packages to its consumers. ViajaNet's mission is to provide the most attractive pricing and simple search experience to travelers throughout Brazil and Latin America.

For more information please find us a at http://www.viajanet.com.br.