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Nearshore software development tailored for hospitality and leisure businesses. Evolved Ideas delivers booking systems, guest experience platforms and operations software with UK management and development hubs in Spain and Ukraine for cost efficiency and timezone coverage.
Trusted by enterprises, scaleups and startups
WHAT YOU GET
Hospitality software demands speed and reliability. Guest systems can't afford downtime. Operations must respond to bookings in real time. A nearshore model gives you dedicated development capacity without the cost of a full UK payroll. Your team overlaps with developers in Spain and Ukraine during core business hours, so code reviews, questions, and urgent fixes happen the same working day. You get continuity across timezones, not shift handoffs that delay progress.
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We build booking systems that integrate with channel managers, payment gateways, and property management platforms. Guest experience platforms capture feedback, manage communications, and flag service issues before they escalate. Operations systems streamline check-in, housekeeping schedules, and inventory. Each system is designed around how your business actually runs, not a template. We start by understanding your current pain points, your guest journey, and your revenue levers before proposing a solution.
Hospitality software evolves. Seasonal demand changes, new guest expectations emerge, integrations need updating. We structure engagements as ongoing relationships. Initial development is followed by support and maintenance retainers, so new features and fixes flow continuously. You have a known team that understands your codebase, your business logic, and your guests. That continuity reduces friction and accelerates delivery over time.
CASE STUDIES
conveybuddyLearn how conveybuddy launched in just six months with the right technology partner, revolutionising the conveyancing process with efficiency and transparency.View case study
Supply PilotSupply Pilot bridges the gap in the client feedback loop, giving retailers insight into what their customers really think. Our dedicated team built their Modio platform.View case study
NOCNWith a growing backlog of IT needs, the NOCN Group needed a full-time team to improve their operational efficiency using web based and mobile solutions.View case studyABOUT US
Founded in 2007 as a dedicated IT consultancy, Evolved Ideas has grown into a team of over 100 professionals, with a head office in Leicester and development hubs in Eastern Europe and Spain.
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WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
The team at Evolved Ideas work with us as extended team members, and very much as part of our team. They have just completed a major milestone in our development, going live with our new loan management platform, and we couldn't be happier.
Kate Kennedy
OUR EXPERTISE
Over 17 years building custom software and mobile applications, and leveraging AI and ML to build the software you'll need next.
LOCAL INSIGHT
The UK hospitality sector faces a specific challenge: rising labour costs for development make in-house teams expensive, but full offshore outsourcing creates communication barriers and timezone delays that hurt guest experience during peak booking windows. A nearshore model based in Spain and Ukraine addresses both. You retain English-language, culturally aligned communication with UK project management, while your development costs sit between UK salary levels and distant offshoring. For businesses serving European guests, Spanish language and market familiarity add competitive advantage.
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OUR PROVEN PROCESS
Our process has guided startups, scaleups and enterprises from concept to reality, and continues after launch.
A free 30-minute consultation followed by a stakeholder workshop, where we listen to your challenges, validate assumptions and build an outside-in view of your situation.
We scope the project, define milestones and deliverables, then research your market, wireframe the UX and prototype the UI so the direction is agreed before a line of code.
We assemble your dedicated team, establish reporting and work in iterative Scrum sprints, delivering a working MVP or proof of concept you can test with real users.
We ship, sign off, and keep your product current through our support service or a permanent extended team as your business evolves.
OUR SOLUTIONS
Technology is more than just code — it's a tool for solving real business challenges. Whichever route fits your stage, the same team delivers it.
With your long-term goals in mind, we help you choose the technology you need and develop a tech roadmap based on industry trends, emerging tech and your business requirements.
We have years of experience building proof of concepts and MVPs. We will take you from testing viability to building an MVP to validate your hypotheses.
Tier 1 customer support, Tier 2 technical support and Tier 3 development support for applications and legacy software, delivered by our engineering teams.
If you need to build an IT team from zero or need staff augmentation, we can build the team you need — developers, designers, analysts and even fractional CTOs.
During peak season, booking systems carry your revenue. Our teams in Spain and Ukraine overlap with UK working hours, so critical issues in your booking or payment flow are diagnosed and patched the same day. Code changes go through review with your UK-based product lead before deployment. You also have a known team that understands your system, not a rotating cast of support staff unfamiliar with your platform.
Yes. Booking system integration is core to what we build. We connect your platform to channel managers like Booking.com and Airbnb, payment processors, PMS software, and guest communication tools. Before we start, we audit your current stack so integration points are clear. This prevents data silos and reduces manual work for your operations team.
Hospitality needs change fast. New guest demands, seasonal features, or competitive pressures drive new requirements. We scope initial development conservatively so you launch on time, then manage feature requests through a retainer model. New features are prioritised and scheduled rather than treated as emergencies that halt current work. This gives you predictability while staying responsive to the market.
In-house hiring carries fixed overhead: salaries, benefits, recruitment friction, and capacity gaps when someone leaves. A nearshore team provides dedicated developers without the payroll commitment. You get specialist expertise (booking systems, integrations, guest data), and your costs scale with work volume. You also avoid the hiring and onboarding time that delays hospitality software projects.
Launch is the beginning, not the end. We offer maintenance retainers covering bug fixes, security updates, performance monitoring, and minor enhancements. Your system gets regular attention so guests experience stability. If critical issues arise during service, we respond urgently. Retainers give you known costs and a response guarantee.
Guest data includes payment details, contact information, and stay preferences. Security is non-negotiable. We build systems with encryption at rest and in transit, secure payment flows that meet PCI-DSS standards, and access controls that limit staff exposure to sensitive data. Regular security audits and penetration testing verify protections. All development follows UK and GDPR standards regardless of where code is written.
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