Preparing a Growing Booking Platform for Peak Travel Demand

Dasa Holidays needed to modernise its cloud infrastructure without disrupting its QloApps booking platform or SuiteCRM operations. The environment had to remain available during demand spikes while protecting customer data and staying within the company’s infrastructure budget.

• Maintain reliable access to the hotel booking platform.
• Support QloApps and SuiteCRM within one AWS environment.
• Separate public, application, and database resources securely.
• Provide automatic database failover during infrastructure disruption.
• Protect web applications against common attacks and unauthorised access.
• Maintain centralised monitoring, audit logs, backups, and cost controls.

From Infrastructure Requirements to a Production-Ready AWS Environment

Cloud Infrastructure Assessment

We reviewed the technical requirements of QloApps, SuiteCRM, PHP, MySQL, media storage, customer data, seasonal booking traffic, and internal CRM activity. This assessment defined the required compute capacity, database configuration, security boundaries, monitoring, and backup policies.

Network and Availability Planning

The AWS environment was divided into public, private application, and private database tiers across two Availability Zones. Routing tables, security groups, subnets, load balancing, and controlled outbound access were configured to limit unnecessary exposure.

Compute, Database and Storage Deployment

The application environment was deployed across two r6i.2xlarge backend servers and four m6i.xlarge frontend servers running Ubuntu 24 LTS, Nginx, PHP 8.1, and Composer. RDS MySQL and four purpose-specific S3 buckets completed the core infrastructure.

Security and Observability Implementation

AWS WAF, IAM roles, Systems Manager, CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, CloudWatch, encryption, and backup policies were configured to support secure operations. Logging and monitoring provide visibility into infrastructure health, network activity, administrative actions, and database performance.

Cost and Scalability Optimisation

Resources were right-sized according to application requirements, while S3 lifecycle policies and a controlled NAT Gateway strategy reduced unnecessary spending. Reserved Instance recommendations were provided, and the environment was prepared for horizontal scaling, vertical upgrades, Auto Scaling, and future Amazon CloudFront integration.

A Cloud Foundation Ready for Peak Booking Seasons

Dasa Holidays now operates QloApps and SuiteCRM on a structured AWS environment designed for reliable travel and hospitality operations. The Application Load Balancer distributes traffic across four frontend and two backend servers, reducing reliance on any single application server.

Multi-AZ RDS deployment provides automatic database failover, while daily backups, enhanced monitoring, and Performance Insights improve recovery readiness and database visibility. Private application and database tiers reduce direct exposure, and AWS WAF adds protection against common web attacks.

The infrastructure gives Dasa Holidays clear options for future growth. Additional application servers can be introduced horizontally, instance capacity can be increased vertically, and Auto Scaling and Amazon CloudFront can be added as booking traffic expands.

Planning an AWS cloud infrastructure for a hotel booking platform, travel application, or hospitality business? Talk to Devine Globe Technologies about building a secure, scalable, and production-ready cloud environment.