Venue booking & event operations

C3 Booking

A custom platform that connects venue bookings, event planning, rooms, catering, labour, café reservations, costing and reporting.

Developed since
2023
Industry
Events & hospitality
My role
Design, development & ongoing care
C3 Booking event workflow pipeline

Complicated events made manageable for the people delivering them.

C3 Booking supports the day-to-day work behind a busy convention centre. It brings event enquiries, quotes, bookings and delivery together so staff can see where every event stands and what still needs attention.

The platform also extends into café operations and a customer-facing reservation experience, giving the organisation one tailored system across several connected parts of the venue.

01

Event workflow

Enquiries move through quoting, agreements, deposits, planning, delivery and final invoicing with clear status.

02

Rooms & scheduling

Recurring bookings, room availability and visual schedules help staff identify conflicts and use spaces well.

03

Planning & costing

Catering, sessions, labour, room setup and event costs are planned around how the venue really operates.

04

Connected services

Public café bookings, operational views, reports and Xero workflows reduce re-entry across the business.

How it has evolved

Developed in conversation with the people doing the work.

The system has expanded as staff have used it and discovered the next useful improvement. New areas such as labour costing, café reservations, operational reports and accounting connections have been added around the core event workflow, with day-to-day feedback shaping each iteration.

Technical overview

Built, deployed and cared for independently.

I designed, developed, deployed and continue to maintain the application independently. It uses Laravel, Livewire and MySQL, with calendar-style interfaces, background processing, reporting and Xero integration supporting the operational workflow.

LaravelPHPLivewireFilamentMySQLXeroScheduling