availability

Refers to the number of bookable units—such as hotel rooms, airline seats, cruise cabins, rental cars, or tour spaces—currently open for sale within a given system, date, and price category. In the realm of travel operations and distribution, it is not merely a count of remaining inventory, but a dynamic, system-governed status that determines what…

API

Serves as the digital bridge that allows different travel systems to communicate, exchange data, and complete transactions in real time. Within travel operations and distribution, it is the technology layer through which booking platforms, tour operators, airlines, hotel chains, car rental companies, and destination management systems “talk” to one another. By standardising how information such…