OpenTravel Alliance Announces Linux Foundation Membership
The OpenTravel Alliance, the interoperability data standard for the travel industry for the past twenty years has joined the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source.
"By aligningwith the LinuxFoundation, OpenTravel is primed to tap into best practices and cutting edge technologies that will further advance the adoption of the travel standards," OpenTravel Alliance Managing Director Jeff ErnstFriedman said.
OpenTravel will remain an independent organization but now will begin to align strategically with other open-source projects and their members who share a common goal of building, promoting, and adopting open standards throughout the travel vertical.
The Linux Foundation is supported by more than 1,000 members and considers itself the world's leading home for collaboration on open source software, open standards, open data, and open hardware.
About the Open Travel Alliance
OpenTravel Alliance is passionate about solving the challenges of connecting multiple systems within the complex travel distribution ecosystem. Our mission is to enable the future of travel by driving the evolving AI driven digital experience for consumers. OpenTravel Alliance creates, expands and drives adoption of open specifications — including XML and JSON — with partners such as LF OpenAPI which is incorporated into our tooling for the electronic exchange of business information across all sectors of the travel industry. Our membership includes airlines, hotel companies, car rental firms, cruise lines, railways, tour operators, travel agencies, solutions providers and technology vendors. Billions of OpenTravel message structures are used daily, carrying billions of messages between trading partners. Future innovations, partnering with Overture and other LF foundations, will be to deliver
universal open travel offers allowing all travel related products to be published for sale in a consistent secure digital means sellable by any retailer with an agreement with the product owner. A key enabler of AI agents in this space. Learn more about offers. Founded in 1999 as a not-for-profit trade association, OTA became a member of The Linux Foundation in 2020 and continues to evolve while maintaining its essential role in standardizing travel industry messaging. For more information, visit www.opentravel.org.
