Managing Millions of Records Daily for a Leading Travel Platform with Intelligent API Monitoring and Integration
| Client | Industry | Solution Provided | Technologies Used |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Travel Merchandising Platform | Transportation & Hospitality | Digital Platform Management, API Integration & Monitoring | Proprietary monitoring and API orchestration tools |
The Need
A leading global travel merchandising and distribution platform, owned by Hyatt, needed a reliable partner to help manage and maintain dozens of external API integrations that power its business. The complexity stemmed from:
- The need to consistently orchestrate and monitor 40+ APIs across airlines, hotels, resorts, car rentals, theme parks, and tour providers
- Massive volumes of transactional data—millions of records daily—delivered in varying formats by suppliers
- A requirement to execute business rules and exclusion criteria for each feed, transform the data accordingly, and surface it internally via consumable APIs
The Solution
Gorilla Logic led daily management and monitoring of the platform’s multi-provider API architecture. Key solution components included:
- Ongoing Integration Management: Handled complex API connections spanning air travel, lodging, car rentals, and activity providers—ensuring consistency across formats, SLAs, and vendor requirements
- Real-Time Monitoring: Implemented robust monitoring protocols to ensure data integrity and platform availability across all feeds
- Custom Rule Execution: Applied client-defined business rules and data filters to each integration before making it available to internal systems as a standardized API
Managed API Providers Include:
Flight Distribution: Sabre, Amadeus, Air Miles, Travelport, Southwest, SkyTeam, Travelbrands, Air France/KLM
Car Rentals: Hertz, Avis Budget Group, Dollar, Vanguard, Holiday Taxis
Hotels & Resorts: Disney, Expedia, Wyndham, Derbysoft, DHISCO, Worldspan, Travco, HBSi, Universal, Windsurfer, Next Trip
Tours & Activities: Viator, Seaworld, Universal, FunJet, Apple Vacations, AM Resorts, Cheap Caribbean, Travel Impressions, Unlimited Vacations Club, and others
Results
Seamless Operations: Enabled the client to ingest and operationalize millions of travel inventory records per day from 40+ providers without disruption.
Improved Platform Reliability: Daily monitoring ensures integrations are proactively maintained, minimizing downtime and data issues.
Scalable Support: Delivered a repeatable framework for onboarding new suppliers and maintaining data quality across diverse travel verticals.
