I’m building a full-featured OTA hotel booking platform on WordPress and need an experienced developer to take it from concept to launch. Scope • Recommend a clean, modern-minimalist WordPress theme or starter kit that you can customise for high-performance and responsive design across desktop, tablet, and mobile. • Integrate Hotelbeds, WebBeds, and RateHawk APIs. The priority is truly seamless connectivity—real-time room availability, rates, and instant confirmation must flow without latency or data mismatch. • Build the core booking engine with calendar availability, dynamic pricing, coupon logic, and user-friendly steps from search to checkout. • Implement Stripe as the payment gateway, including secure 3-D Secure authentication and error-handling callbacks. • Create an intuitive back-office panel where I can manage properties, rate plans, bookings, refunds, user roles, and pull reports. • Expose key functions through a REST API so external partners or mobile apps can search, book, and retrieve reservations. Technical expectations – WordPress (latest stable) with modular, well-documented custom plugins rather than heavy code in the theme. – Clean PHP, MySQL, and RESTful best practices; use Composer, Git, and proper staging workflows. – Front-end built with modern CSS/JS, keeping the UI lightweight and WCAG-friendly. Deliverables 1. Theme recommendation and UI mock-ups for approval. 2. Custom plugin(s) handling API ingestion, caching, and error logs. 3. Fully configured Stripe integration in test and live modes. 4. Admin dashboard screens and user guides. 5. Post-launch support window for bug fixes and performance tuning. If you have live examples of OTA or complex API integrations, that will help me choose quickly. Let’s discuss your proposed architecture and timeline.