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 OpenTravel Alliance
OpenTravel is a not-for-profit trade association, founded in 1999 by travel companies, with a primary focus on the creation of electronic message structures to facilitate communication between the disparate systems in the global travel industry. At the dawn of today's online consumer direct bookings, OpenTravel created the necessary messaging standards to enable the power that direct bookings for consumers have become today.
The mission of OpenTravel is enabling the future of travel by driving the evolving digital experience for consumers. The vision of OpenTravel is the source for the most adopted, cross-industry technology standards that enable business solutions for connectivity driven by the travel community. OpenTravel is responsible for the technology that enables business partnerships to thrive by developing and maintaining interoperability for disparate systems. OpenTravel creates, expands, and drives the adoption of open, universal data specifications carrying billions of dollars in transactions over millions of electronic messages every year.
For more information on OpenTravel membership, new products, or projects, please visit www.opentravel.org or email [email protected].
