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Travel Software Development Services

Make Every Trip Easier to Plan, Book, and Enjoy.

We build booking platforms, travel marketplaces, itinerary apps, and guest experience systems for travel agencies, tour operators, and hospitality brands, integrating inventory, payments, and personalised recommendations.

  • PCI DSS, PSD2 and GDPR-ready payments
  • Amadeus, Sabre and Expedia API integration experience
  • Senior-only engineering team

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OVERVIEW

Software shaped around how travel & hospitality really works.

Travellers research, compare and book across many channels before choosing, and they abandon any search that is slow, inaccurate or hard to complete on a phone. Travel businesses have to aggregate rates and availability from many suppliers, price packages correctly in several currencies and keep bookings accurate when suppliers change. Every mismatch becomes a failed booking, a support call or a refund.

As a travel software development company, we build booking engines, marketplaces, itinerary apps and guest experience platforms around how travel is actually sold and serviced: how inventory is sourced and cached, how offers are searched, priced and packaged, how bookings are confirmed, changed and cancelled, and how travellers are supported during the trip. Every product starts from that flow. Whether you run an agency, an operator or a marketplace, the same principle applies.

Integration is core scope. Our platforms connect to Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport for flights and hotels, to Booking.com and Expedia partner APIs, bed banks and activity suppliers, to hotel systems such as Oracle Opera, Mews and Cloudbeds and channel managers such as SiteMinder, and to Stripe, Razorpay and Network International for multi-currency payments, so inventory, prices and bookings stay consistent.

Security and compliance are engineered in from the first sprint, with PCI DSS scope kept small through tokenisation, PSD2 strong customer authentication for European cards, GDPR and regional privacy laws for traveller data and accessibility to WCAG standards. The outcome is custom travel software that searches fast, books accurately and keeps travellers informed from first search to journey home. Documentation for payment and privacy audits is produced alongside the software.

Why travel & hospitality teams build with Creuto

Fast search and caching

Search architectures that combine live supplier calls, smart caching and pre-computed availability, so results return quickly without stale prices.

Supplier and GDS integration

Integration with Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport, NDC airlines, Booking.com and Expedia APIs, bed banks and activity suppliers behind one normalised model.

Dynamic packaging

Flights, hotels, transfers and activities combined into packages with correct pricing, availability checks and supplier-level booking.

Multi-currency payments

Deposits, instalments, refunds and multi-currency settlement through Stripe, Razorpay and Network International, with PCI DSS scope kept minimal.

Trip and itinerary experience

Itinerary apps with documents, real-time updates, offline access and in-trip support that keep travellers informed when plans change.

Loyalty and personalisation

Member pricing, rewards and recommendations based on traveller preferences and history, designed to grow repeat and direct bookings.

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WHAT WE BUILD

Travel & Hospitality software solutions we build.

Each one designed with your teams, integrated with the systems you already run, and engineered to scale.

SECTORS

Travel & Hospitality sectors we build software for

Each specialist area has its own page with solutions, features, compliance and FAQs.

We also work with

  • Online Travel Agencies
  • Tour Operators
  • Hotels & Resorts
  • Vacation Rentals
  • Corporate Travel
  • Activities & Experiences
  • Cruise Lines
TYPES OF SOLUTIONS

Types of travel & hospitality apps and software we develop.

The product categories travel & hospitality organisations most often ask us to build, from focused mobile apps to multi-tenant platforms.

  1. 01

    Online travel agency (OTA) platforms

    Multi-supplier search, booking and servicing for flights, hotels, cars and activities.

  2. 02

    Travel booking engines

    White-label or brand-owned booking engines for airlines, hotels, tour operators and agencies.

  3. 03

    Tour operator and DMC software

    Package building, contracting, allocations, bookings and supplier management for operators.

  4. 04

    Itinerary and trip planning apps

    Trip plans, documents, real-time updates, maps and offline access for travellers.

  5. 05

    Corporate travel management platforms

    Policy-controlled booking, approvals, duty of care and expense integration for companies.

  6. 06

    Activities and experiences marketplaces

    Supplier onboarding, availability, booking and reviews for tours, tickets and experiences.

  7. 07

    Vacation rental platforms

    Listings, calendars, channel distribution, payments and guest messaging for rental operators.

  8. 08

    Hotel booking engines and guest apps

    Direct booking, mobile check-in, digital keys and in-stay services for hotels and resorts.

  9. 09

    Travel loyalty and rewards platforms

    Points, tiers, partner earning and redemption across travel products.

KEY FEATURES

Must-have features of a travel & hospitality platform we build in.

Grouped by who uses them. Every feature below is one we have shipped to production, not a wishlist.

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Traveller experience

Web and mobile, from search to return.

  • Fast multi-supplier search
  • Filters, maps and price calendars
  • Dynamic packages and add-ons
  • Secure checkout with local payment methods
  • Booking management and changes
  • Itinerary with documents offline
  • Real-time trip notifications
  • Reviews and loyalty rewards
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Agent and operations tools

For agents, operations and support teams.

  • Booking search and servicing
  • Queue for schedule changes
  • Manual and offline bookings
  • Supplier confirmation tracking
  • Customer communication history
  • Refunds and credit notes
  • Group and corporate bookings
  • Duty of care traveller tracking
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Admin and commercial console

For product, revenue and finance teams.

  • Supplier and content management
  • Markups, commissions and pricing rules
  • Promotions and member rates
  • Contract and allocation management
  • Payment reconciliation and supplier payments
  • Multi-brand and multi-currency setup
  • Role-based access and audit logs
  • Conversion and revenue dashboards
CHALLENGES WE SOLVE

What holds travel & hospitality teams back.

The problems we most often help travel & hospitality organisations solve, and design every engagement around.

  1. 01

    Inventory integration

    Rates and availability come from many suppliers and APIs with different formats, rules and reliability, all of which must be normalised.

  2. 02

    Search performance

    Slow searches lose travellers to competitors, but aggressive caching risks showing prices that fail at booking. Both outcomes cost bookings and trust.

  3. 03

    Direct booking

    Brands want to reduce dependence on intermediaries and commissions, which needs direct channels that are as easy as the marketplaces.

  4. 04

    Changes and cancellations

    Schedule changes, cancellations and refunds across multiple suppliers are hard to handle cleanly and drive support costs. Travellers expect to self-serve these changes.

  5. 05

    Payments across borders

    Multi-currency pricing, deposits, fraud and local payment methods add complexity to every booking flow. Each market expects its own preferred checkout options and currencies.

SELECTED WORK

Products we have shipped. Results we can point to.

Real products designed and engineered by Creuto end to end, with the operational depth travel & hospitality projects demand.

Smart Venue Booking & Event Management Platform
/01 · Event Booking

Smart Venue Booking & Event Management Platform

A mobile-first platform enabling users to discover, compare, and book venues and vendors for weddings, birthdays, and private events — all from a single app, built and delivered by Creuto end to end.

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Vendors Per Event (Unified)

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App to Plan Everything

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Phone Calls Needed to Book

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Smart Beauty & Wellness Appointment App – MakeMyLook
/02 · Finance / Analytics

Smart Beauty & Wellness Appointment App – MakeMyLook

A full-stack beauty marketplace consumer mobile app, vendor dashboard, and super admin panel designed and delivered by Creuto from scratch.

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Vendors Onboarded

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Drop-offs Reduced

16 wk

Time to Market

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Smart Restaurant Discovery, Dining & Food Ordering Platform
/03 · Food & Restaurant Tech

Smart Restaurant Discovery, Dining & Food Ordering Platform

A full-stack food and dining platform — consumer mobile app, restaurant management system, DineTune smart dining module, AI recommendation engine, and super admin infrastructure — designed and delivered by Creuto from scratch.

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Distinct User Roles

2

Platform Dimensions

1

Unified Super App

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COMPLIANCE AND SECURITY

Compliance and security, designed in.

The travel & hospitality standards we build against and the controls behind them. Your compliance team keeps ownership; we make the software easy to certify.

Travel regulations we build for

  • PCI DSS for card payments
  • PSD2 strong customer authentication (EU and UK)
  • EU Package Travel Directive information requirements
  • GDPR and UK GDPR for traveller data
  • UAE PDPL and India DPDP Act
  • Accessibility to WCAG 2.2 AA and the European Accessibility Act
  • ISO/IEC 27001 aligned controls

Travel industry standards

  • IATA NDC for airline offers
  • OpenTravel Alliance (OTA) message standards
  • IATA BSP and ARC settlement awareness
  • HTNG standards for hotel integrations
  • Schema.org markup for travel content

Security controls

  • Tokenised card storage
  • 3-D Secure and fraud screening
  • Encryption in transit and at rest
  • Passport and document data protection
  • Role-based access for agents and partners
  • Penetration testing before launch

Platform quality

  • Load testing for sales and peak season
  • Supplier response monitoring and failover
  • Automated regression testing
  • Core Web Vitals performance budgets
  • 24/7 monitoring and alerting
INTEGRATIONS

Travel & Hospitality integrations we connect.

The platforms, standards and third-party services a product in this sector usually has to talk to. If yours is not listed, it is almost certainly something we have connected before.

/01GDS and airlines

  • Amadeus
  • Sabre
  • Travelport
  • NDC airline APIs
  • Low-cost carrier APIs

/02Accommodation and activities

  • Booking.com partner APIs
  • Expedia Partner Solutions
  • Bed banks
  • SiteMinder
  • Activity and ticketing suppliers
  • Car rental APIs

/03Payments

  • Stripe
  • Adyen
  • Razorpay
  • Network International
  • Klarna
  • Apple Pay and Google Pay

/04CRM, maps and messaging

  • Salesforce
  • HubSpot
  • Google Maps Platform
  • Mapbox
  • Twilio
  • WhatsApp Business API
WHY CREUTO

Why choose Creuto as your travel & hospitality software development company

The reasons clients in this sector give when they recommend us, not the ones we would pick ourselves.

Either we build it exceptional, or we don't.

The standard every travel & hospitality product leaves our studio with.

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    We know travel distribution

    GDS, NDC, bed banks and channel managers are familiar ground, which keeps integration plans realistic.

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    Speed without stale prices

    We design caching and live-check strategies that keep search fast and bookings accurate.

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    Servicing is part of the product

    Changes, cancellations and refunds are designed in, because that is where travel platforms lose money.

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    Payments done properly

    Multi-currency, deposits, SCA and fraud controls are standard, not add-ons.

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    A long-term engineering partner

    We add suppliers, markets and products as your travel business grows.

BENEFITS

Benefits of custom travel & hospitality software over off-the-shelf tools.

What organisations in this sector gain when the software is built around their workflows rather than the other way around.

  1. 01

    Higher conversion

    Faster search and simpler checkout turn more searches into bookings.

  2. 02

    More direct bookings

    Strong owned channels and member pricing reduce dependence on intermediaries.

  3. 03

    Broader inventory

    Multiple suppliers give travellers more choice and you more margin options.

  4. 04

    Lower servicing cost

    Self-service changes and automated supplier updates reduce support workload.

  5. 05

    Better margins

    Pricing rules, markups and packaging give commercial teams control over profitability.

  6. 06

    Loyal travellers

    Personalised trips and rewards bring customers back for their next journey.

HOW WE WORK

Our travel & hospitality software development process.

Transparent, sprint-based and built around decisions you can see. You know what ships, when, and why at every step.

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  1. 01

    Commercial and journey discovery

    We map how you source, price and sell travel, review conversion data and agree the booking, margin and service outcomes to improve.

  2. 02

    Architecture and compliance plan

    Supplier integrations, caching strategy, payment flows, data model and the regulations in each market are documented before design.

  3. 03

    Design and traveller validation

    Search, booking and servicing prototypes are tested with real travellers on mobile, including changes and cancellations.

  4. 04

    Agile engineering

    Two-week sprints with working software, supplier integrations built against test environments and certification planned early.

  5. 05

    Integration, QA and hardening

    End-to-end booking tests per supplier, load tests for sales, payment and fraud testing and a penetration test before launch.

  6. 06

    Launch and growth

    Release by market or product, then improve conversion and margin with analytics, experiments and new suppliers.

TECHNOLOGY STACK

Technology stack for travel & hospitality software development.

Chosen per project for longevity, hiring depth and fit with your existing systems, never by fashion.

/01Mobile

  • Swift
  • SwiftUI
  • Kotlin
  • Flutter
  • React Native

/02Web and backend

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • NestJS
  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • Python

/03Search and caching

  • Elasticsearch
  • Typesense
  • Algolia
  • Redis
  • Kafka

/04Data

  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • BigQuery
  • Snowflake
  • ClickHouse

/05Cloud and DevOps

  • AWS
  • Google Cloud
  • Azure
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • GitHub Actions

/06AI

  • Claude
  • OpenAI
  • LangChain
  • pgvector
  • Scikit-learn

/07Security and identity

  • OAuth 2.0
  • OpenID Connect
  • Auth0
  • Keycloak
  • AWS KMS
  • Stripe

AI IN TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY

AI that plans, prices and keeps trips on track.

We add AI to travel products where it helps travellers decide and helps teams serve them: conversational trip planning on real inventory, personalised recommendations and assistants that handle changes, with agents taking over whenever needed.

Explore our AI engineering
  • Conversational trip planning on live inventory
  • Personalised recommendations and offers
  • Change and cancellation assistants
  • Review and content summarisation
  • Demand forecasting and pricing support
  • Fraud detection on bookings
TRENDS

Trends shaping travel & hospitality software right now.

The shifts we design for so a product launched this year is still the right product in three.

  1. 01

    AI trip planning

    Conversational assistants are helping travellers plan and book trips, which needs accurate, structured inventory behind them.

  2. 02

    NDC and modern airline retailing

    Airlines are moving content to NDC channels, so agencies and OTAs need NDC integrations alongside GDS content.

  3. 03

    Direct booking focus

    Hotels and operators are investing in owned channels and loyalty to reduce commission costs.

  4. 04

    Accessibility regulation

    The European Accessibility Act brings accessibility obligations to many booking services from 2025.

  5. 05

    Sustainable travel information

    Travellers and corporate buyers increasingly ask for emissions data and sustainable options at the point of booking.

COST AND TIMELINE

How much does travel & hospitality software development cost?

There is no honest single number. Scope, integrations and compliance drive the budget, so we price against a written scope after discovery. The factors below are what move it.

  1. 01

    Number of suppliers

    Each GDS, NDC airline, bed bank or activity supplier adds integration and certification work.

  2. 02

    Product scope

    Flights, hotels, packages and activities each bring their own booking and servicing logic.

  3. 03

    Search performance needs

    Caching, pre-computation and search infrastructure scale with traffic and inventory.

  4. 04

    Payments and markets

    Currencies, local payment methods and market regulations add configuration and testing.

  5. 05

    Servicing automation

    Automated changes, cancellations and refunds across suppliers add significant logic.

  6. 06

    Apps and channels

    Web, mobile, agent tools and B2B portals each need design and testing.

EngagementTypical scopeTimeline
Validation MVPOne product type, one or two suppliers, search, booking and payment on web or mobile.10 to 14 weeks
Production platformMultiple suppliers, packaging, servicing, loyalty, agent tools and multi-currency payments.4 to 7 months
Enterprise or multi-brandMulti-brand, multi-market platform with GDS and NDC, B2B channels, personalisation and analytics.8 to 14 months, phased
BUSINESS MODELS

How travel & hospitality products make money.

Revenue models we have built billing, reporting and growth loops for. Most products combine two or three.

  1. 01

    Commissions

    Commission from hotels, activities and other suppliers on each booking.

  2. 02

    Markups and packaging margin

    Margin added to net rates and dynamic packages.

  3. 03

    Booking and service fees

    Fees for bookings, changes and premium support.

  4. 04

    Subscriptions and memberships

    Paid memberships with member rates and perks.

  5. 05

    B2B and white-label licensing

    Booking technology licensed to agencies, brands and partners.

HOW WE DELIVER

Services behind our travel & hospitality work

The engineering disciplines every project in this sector draws on. Each has its own page with process, stack and FAQs.

TESTIMONIALS

Don't take our word for it.

Founders and product leaders on what it is like to build with Creuto.

“They built a technically robust platform and ensured it was intuitive and accessible for investors of all levels.”

Thanks to Creuto's work, the client saw steady app growth in transactions and SIPs, full regulatory compliance, and positive user feedback. The team had excellent project management, delivered timely milestones, and communicated proactively. Creuto's understanding of the client's industry stood out.

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Colton Wade

CEO, Breuto

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Straight answers about travel & hospitality software projects. If yours is not here, ask us directly.

Ask our travel & hospitality team

It depends on the product types in scope, the number of suppliers and GDS or NDC integrations, search performance needs, payment methods and markets, servicing automation and the apps and channels required. A single-product MVP is a materially smaller investment than a multi-brand platform. After discovery we provide a fixed-scope proposal with a clear breakdown.

A validation MVP with one product type and one or two suppliers typically takes 10 to 14 weeks. A production platform with multiple suppliers, packaging, servicing and loyalty usually takes four to seven months. Enterprise or multi-brand platforms with GDS, NDC and B2B channels are delivered in phases over eight to fourteen months.

Common requirements include PCI DSS for card payments, PSD2 strong customer authentication for European cards, GDPR and regional privacy laws for traveller data, the EU Package Travel Directive for packages and accessibility rules including the European Accessibility Act. We confirm the exact scope for your markets during discovery.

Yes. We integrate with Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport, NDC airline APIs, Booking.com and Expedia partner APIs, bed banks, channel managers such as SiteMinder and activity suppliers, normalising content and rates behind one booking model. Supplier health is monitored continuously and failover rules apply.

Travel app development usually means the traveller-facing mobile or web app. Travel software development covers the whole system: the apps plus supplier integrations, search and caching, pricing and packaging rules, payments, servicing tools and admin consoles behind them. We deliver both as one connected product.

Yes. We build packaging of flights, hotels, transfers and activities with combined pricing, live availability checks, supplier-level booking and the information and protection requirements that apply to packages in your markets. Margins and markups are configurable per package and channel.

We combine caching and pre-computed availability for browsing with live price checks at key steps, and monitor how often cached prices change at booking. This keeps search quick while making sure the price a traveller pays is the one they were shown.

Yes. We build direct booking engines, guest apps, mobile check-in, digital keys and PMS integrations for hotels and resorts. See our hotels and hospitality page for guest-focused solutions. The same team covers both, so travel and hotel products share integrations where that helps.

LET'S BUILD

Planning a travel & hospitality product? Let's scope it together.

Tell us what you are building. We will help you scope it, design it, and ship it, with a senior team accountable end to end.

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  • NDA on request
  • Senior engineers only
  • Fixed scope, no surprises