Travel & hospitality software

Travel & Hospitality Software for Booking, Guest Experience & Property Operations

We design discovery-to-stay journeys that connect travellers, booking platforms, property operators, suppliers, and payments — with explicit availability and refund boundaries.

Inventory AllotmentPMS Real-Time Sync
Guest ExperienceBLE Mobile Key
Payment Escrow48h Free Cancel Window
Channel ParityStop-Sell Automation
JOURNEY-TO-STAY PROPERTY OPERATIONS DESK
Property EntityThe Azure Cliffside Resort & Spa
AccommodationOceanfront Cliff Villa #04
Rate / Pricing$1,450.00 / night (3 Nights)
Allotment Level2 of 6 Villas Remaining
PMS Sync StatePMS Synced (Opera Cloud API)
Deposit Escrow$870.00 (20% Escrow Deposit Held)
End-to-End Guest & Operations LifecycleGuest: Lord Julian Sterling (Direct VIP)
STAGE 01LIVE RATE CALENDAR

Inventory & Allotment Search

Real-time rates queried from Opera PMS. Stop-sell rules and dynamic minimum stay (3-night) enforced.

Technology:Sub-20ms Redis Cache
STAGE 02DEPOSIT AUTH LOCKED

Reservation & Escrow Hold

20% advance hold placed via Stripe Elements. 48-hour free cancellation window armed with auto-refund policy.

Technology:PCI DSS Level 1 Escrow
STAGE 03ROOM SANITIZED & READY

Guest Pre-Arrival & Digital Key

Housekeeping tagged Villa #04 inspected. BLE digital key token generated and delivered to Apple Wallet.

Technology:Assa Abloy BLE Token
STAGE 04FOLIO $4,850.00 CLEARED

Folio Checkout & Settlement

In-room dining ($500) and Spa treatments ($800) batched to folio. Auto-charged at 11:00 AM checkout.

Technology:Automated Folio Reconcile
Housekeeping Telemetry: Room RFID Inspection Complete • Ready for Check-In
• Rate Parity Engine: Zero OTA Price Discrepancies Detected
Central Reservation System (CRS)

Availability Control & Channel Manager Allotment Desk

Hospitality yields collapse with overbooking or rate disparity. Explore how our Central Reservation System synchronizes PMS allotments, enforces dynamic stop-sell thresholds, and arbitrates multi-channel distribution.

ROOM INVENTORY
Channel Split: 60% Direct / 40% OTAStop-Sell: CLEAR
5-Day Yield Calendar (Oceanfront Cliff Villa (Private Pool))
Selected Date:Fri, Oct 25
Confirmed Bookings:3 of 6 Units
Temporary Soft Holds:2 Units (300s TTL)
Channel Manager Distribution

Oceanfront Cliff Villa (Private Pool)

Rate Parity Enforcement: Verified
$1,680
Direct Brand Website (No Commission):100% Rate Parity
Booking.com Channel Feed:Allotment 2 Units (15% Comm)
Expedia Global Feed:Allotment 1 Unit (18% Comm)
Housekeeping Status:Sanitized & Inspected (RFID Tagged)
PMS Connector: Opera Cloud 2-Way Sync ActiveZero Overbooking Guarantee Enforced
Guest Experience

The Digital Companion

The guest journey spans months—from discovery to post-stay loyalty. We build continuous digital surfaces that evolve from a booking engine into an on-property service companion.

Booking platform

Search & availability

Inventory queries across sources.

Booking + property

Reservation

Hold and confirm booking records.

Property operator

Arrival / check-in

Guest readiness and room/service assignment.

Guest + operator

Stay / service

Requests, upsells, and issue handling.

Traveller + ops

Checkout / follow-up

Settlement, feedback, and loyalty.

Property Operations Board

While guests see a booking engine, property teams see a live state machine. The operations board focuses on real-time task queues, arrival states, and room turnaround pipelines rather than abstract revenue metrics.

Property Operations & Service Coordination

Live Shift Data
Arrivals Queue3 Pending
M. ChenDigital Check-in
Room 412 (Assigned) • Est. Arrival 15:00
J. SmithDesk Hold
Card authorization failed. Requires swipe.
Room TurnaroundActive
Room 304Departed 11:00
Cleaned & Inspected
Room 412Priority: 15:00 Arrival
Cleaning in Progress
Room 501Late Checkout 13:00
Awaiting Service
Service Coordination PipelineLive Routing
Guest Intent Origin
M
Mobile App Request

"Could I get a late checkout tomorrow? Our flight is at 5 PM."

Room 412Priority: Normal
1

System Routing

Request classified as "Reservation Modification" and routed to Front Desk queue.

2

Review & Assignment

Supervisor checks tomorrow's arrival capacity for Room 412. Approves 14:00 hold.

Action: Approved
3

System Updates

Folio updated. Housekeeping adjusted. Guest receives push notification.

Managing State Exceptions

Hospitality software is defined by how it handles edge cases. We build systems that recognize physical limitations, routing unresolvable state conflicts to human operators rather than making false algorithmic guarantees.

Inventory Overbook (Room Out of Order)

Trigger: Maintenance locks Room 304 due to plumbing issue. Category inventory drops to -1 for tonight.

Affected StateConfirmed Reservation (Unassigned)
Operational OwnerFront Office Manager
Alternative Path / Resolution

System flags negative availability. Manager manually reviews incoming arrivals to select a guest for a complimentary upgrade to a higher category room, balancing the lower category inventory.

Next HandoffUpdated reservation state synced to Front Desk for check-in.
Hospitality Architecture

Discovery-to-Stay Hospitality & PMS Integration Architecture

Modern hospitality infrastructure bridges consumer booking surfaces, multi-channel OTA distribution, PMS room status synchronization, and contactless BLE guest keys.

01. GUEST DISCOVERY & CHANNELS

Direct Booking Engine & OTA Channel Sync

Direct brand booking web app, OTA channel manager integrations, and live rate parity

Guest Booking Experience (Web & Mobile)

GraphQL / Next.js

Multi-currency rate searches with dynamic room photo galleries and 1-click Apple Pay.

Tech Stack
Next.jsTailwindStripe Checkout

2-Way OTA Channel Manager Bridge

OTA / HTNG 2024 XML Webhook

Real-time rate and stop-sell broadcast to Booking.com, Expedia, and Airbnb.

Tech Stack
Channel BridgeRedis CacheHTNG Adapter
02. RESERVATION & PMS CORE

Central Reservation System (CRS) & PMS

Multi-property allotment pools, soft inventory locks, and Opera/Cloudbeds PMS synchronization

Central Allotment & Hold Engine

Redis Mutex / Event Bus

Enforces atomic 300-second checkout holds preventing simultaneous double bookings.

Tech Stack
Redis ClusterGo MicroservicePostgreSQL

Property PMS Connector (Opera / Cloudbeds)

REST / OXI Interface

Bi-directional sync of guest folios, housekeeping inspection tags, and room readiness.

Tech Stack
Oracle Hospitality APIWebhook Worker
03. STAY EXPERIENCE & SETTLEMENT

Digital Key, Folio Billing & Escrow

BLE mobile door lock tokens, in-stay folio billing, 48h cancellation escrows, and supplier payouts

Guest Mobile BLE Key Delivery

BLE / Apple Wallet PassKit

Over-the-air digital key token issuance upon verified ID check-in.

Tech Stack
Assa Abloy / Dormakaba SDKPassKit

Folio Settlement & Multi-Supplier Split

Stripe Connect / Automated Ledger

Automated netting of OTA commission (14-18%) and property payout release upon checkout.

Tech Stack
Stripe ConnectACID Audit Ledger

Engineering the Journey

Hospitality systems fail when they abstract away time and physical space. We build systems that respect strict temporal boundaries, ensuring digital reservations accurately map to physical inventory and operational reality.

Data Consistency

Availability Arbitration

Inventory is yield-managed across multiple channels. The core availability engine must arbitrate simultaneous requests from direct booking and GDS channels, issuing inventory holds to prevent overbooking before payment capture.
State Management

Immutable Reservation Logic

Reservations are not simply edited; they are amended. We structure reservation state so that modifications—like date changes or cancellations—are recorded as immutable transitions, preserving the financial and operational audit trail.

System Integration

Strict External Boundaries

The booking domain must clearly delineate responsibilities. Payments are vaulted via PCI-compliant gateways, and physical access (mobile keys) is delegated to specialized hardware APIs, rather than attempting to build these within the core logic.

Operational Fidelity

Event-Driven Operations

A guest checking in is a system event, not just a status update. We build event-driven pipelines where front-desk actions automatically trigger downstream tasks for housekeeping, dining, and billing services without manual syncing.