AUSTIN, Texas, March 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The pandemic
underscored the need for hospitality providers to have flexible
systems that can be adapted quickly to exceed changing guest
expectations. Making it easier for partners to adapt and innovate,
Oracle has made the REST API specifications in the Oracle
Hospitality Integration Platform (OHIP) freely accessible
through GitHub under the Universal Permissive License (UPL) model.
See the Integration Platform in action here.
By opening the REST API specifications for Oracle Hospitality
OPERA Cloud, the entire hospitality industry can directly benefit
from years of development efforts. The move not only offers
hoteliers a way to adopt new solutions faster, but it also
represents a considerable step towards having a common industry
reference for REST APIs. The update was unveiled during Oracle
Hospitality's second annual Innovation Week virtual event
which brought together close to 400 attendees from 60 countries to
gain access to the knowledge and tools needed to help the industry
adjust to new market requirements.
"We have heard over and over from customers and partners that
they would like to reuse or take inspiration from our REST API
specs. They want our APIs to become the industry reference and are
asking us to make it possible," said Laura
Calin, VP of strategy at Oracle Hospitality. "With this
update, we are making this vision of an open architecture a reality
and taking APIs in hospitality to a completely new level."
Speeding innovation through an open architecture
The Oracle Hospitality Integration Platform centralizes,
consolidates, and streamlines data and processes across hotel
operations into a single and unified platform. It
enables hoteliers to 'plug-in' applications from the Oracle
Cloud Marketplace and third-party application providers to improve
operations and elevate guest experiences in a matter of days and
weeks rather than months or years. The offering is available to
OPERA Cloud customers at no additional cost.
"According to IDC data1, 22% of hospitality and
travel organizations cite insufficient data as a top challenge
impeding innovation strategies," said Dorothy Creamer, senior research analyst,
hospitality & travel digital transformation strategies, IDC,
says. "Key priorities for hospitality to rebound from the COVID-19
crisis and achieve digital resiliency will be building technology
ecosystems that allow rapid innovation, drive profit and improve
efficiency. To achieve this, they are seeking and will invest in
solution partners that will support a flexible infrastructure with
numerous integration partners that will deliver consistent and
customized services to guests."
With the integration platform, customers and partners benefit
from:
- Secure access to more than 3,000 modern REST API capabilities
—more than three times that of the nearest competitor.
- A seamless end-to-end self-service experience, from
registration, discovery, and use of the APIs, to the publication
and/or discovery of solutions in the Oracle Cloud Marketplace.
- Reduced partner fees as there is no longer a mandatory
certification process.
- Accelerated delivery enabled through a real-time feedback
channel where users of the platform and product managers interact
around the clock to identify impediments and find solutions.
"Since its debut in late 2020, more than 100 partners and many
of our customers are now actively building integrations against our
REST APIs," said Luis Weir,
senior director of strategy at Oracle Hospitality.
"By leveraging the OPERA REST API specs and OHIP, we will
be able to include virtually every hospitality capability into our
solution. This, in turn, will enable hospitality developers to tap
into any of these capabilities in a matter of seconds rather than
weeks or months of tedious work," said Zdenek Nemec, founder and CTO
of superface.ai. "Open access to API specifications is a
crucial step towards open standards in hospitality and autonomous
software integration. Thanks to Oracle Hospitality for making it
possible."
Learn more about Innovation Week and access the on-demand
sessions.
1Source: COVID-19 IMPACT ON IT SPENDING
Survey (Survey conducted during 3rd December to 15th December
period), IDC, December, 2020 All Respondents N=648, Hospitality
& Transportation N=57
About Oracle
Oracle offers suites of
integrated applications plus secure, autonomous infrastructure in
the Oracle Cloud. For more information about Oracle (NYSE:
ORCL), please visit oracle.com.
Oracle Hospitality brings over 40 years of experience in
providing technology solutions to independent hoteliers, global and
regional chains, gaming, and cruise lines. It provides hardware,
software, and services that allow customers to use data to drive
personalized guest experiences, maximize profitability and
encourage long-term loyalty. OPERA is recognized globally as the
leading property management platform and offers open APIs to serve
as a platform for industry innovation.
Visit www.oracle.com/Hospitality to learn more.
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