When the Gran Melia Puerto Rico is introduced in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, on May 1, its website will be ready. THAT Agency constructed the www.granmeliapuertorico.com website in CSS (cascading style sheets), a table-less form of HTML. CSS allows for seamless graphic and text integration creating "e;clean"e; web development and design.
"e;The Booking Engine was built using Ruby on Rails technology,"e; said Bill Teubner, President of THAT Agency, "e;and the reservations systems was altered so no reservations can be made before May 1."e; Ruby on Rails technology is an open source web framework for developing database back web applications.
THAT Agency will also be managing the Gran Melia Puerto Rico's monthly SEO efforts.
Gran Melia Puerto Rico was previously the all-inclusive Paradisus Puerto Rico, but the hotel has been improved and will convert to a traditional European Plan resort. This transition is the result of changes in Puerto Rico's marketplace and parent company Sol Melia's expansion of the Gran Melia brand into the Americas.
Gran Melia Puerto Rico is the second Gran Melia hotel in the Caribbean. Gran Melia Puerto Rico is a beachfront resort on the island's northeastern coast known at Coco Beach, in the town of Rio Grande. The hotel features 486 junior suites distributed among 20 two-story bungalows, 96 suites, five Garden Villas and one Presidential Villa.
Gran Melia Puerto Rico is owned and managed by Sol Melia Hotels & Resorts, one of the world's most successful hotel companies, managing seven distinctive brands — Melia Hotels and Resorts, Me by Melia, Tryp Hotels, Sol Hotels and Resorts, Paradisus Resorts, Sol Melia Vacation Club and Luxury Lifestyle Hotels & Resorts - totaling more than 350 hotels in 30 countries.
THAT Agency is a full service advertising agency headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. THAT Agency does web design, web development and graphic design projects, in addition to traditional full service advertising agency operations, such as print media services, print design and video integration. They also assist companies in their re-branding efforts. THAT Agency manages online businesses and provides business solutions while utilizing the principles of website design and web development, such as CSS and Ruby on Rails technology, e-commerce solutions and site usability to promote companies both big and small, products and/or services. As their motto says: It's all about YOU, not us.
