What Travelsoft does

Travelsoft is a Paris-based B2B SaaS group founded in 2000 that builds and acquires software platforms for the travel industry. The group operates 13 portfolio companies covering booking engines (Travel Compositor, Orchestra, Tigerbay), distribution and connectivity (Travelgate, Atcore), flight fulfillment (airQuest), CRM and back-office (.BOSYS, traffics), payments (Travelsoft Pay), media (Eventiz), and services (Travelsoft Services, Travel Connection Technology). Its platform architecture spans reservation, distribution, and payments infrastructure, processing more than €50 billion in annual gross merchandise value and serving 80 million passengers per year across 90+ countries, with major enterprise clients including TUI, Lufthansa Group, International Airlines Group, British Airways Holidays, and Expedia.

The group has executed an aggressive consolidation strategy, completing acquisitions of Travel Compositor (Spain, 2023), TravelgateX, ATCORE Technology, Travel Connection Technology, and Eventiz Media Group (2024), proQuest Computersysteme/airQuest (Germany, 2025), and .BOSYS Software (Germany, 2026). Private equity firm Capza took a minority stake through its Flex Equity Mid-Market II fund in October 2023 to support further acquisitions and technology investment. The most recent innovations include the patented Dante AI contract-to-booking system launched by Travel Compositor in February 2026 and AI Search for Tourism, both targeted at automating manual travel-product operations.

Travelsoft generates revenue primarily through SaaS subscriptions and recurring software licensing fees across its portfolio, complemented by transaction-based revenue from payment processing (Travelsoft Pay handles B2B travel payments including Mastercard VCN infrastructure and Checkout.com orchestration) and take-rate economics tied to €50B+ in processed booking volume. Group turnover has grown to €150M+ per the current company website, with €100M in recurring revenues reported in May 2024. The company employs 700+ travel-technology professionals across offices in France, Germany, Spain, the UK, Romania, and Mexico, selling primarily through direct enterprise field sales to tour operators, travel agencies, and airlines.

Name

Travelsoft

Legal name

Travelsoft

Website

https://travelsoft.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Travelsoft is a Paris-based B2B SaaS group operating 13 travel technology companies that provide booking engines, distribution, CRM, flight fulfillment, and payments infrastructure to tour operators, travel agencies, and airlines across 90+ countries, processing over €50 billion in annual bookings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Travel Technology Software

NAICS

Travel Agencies (561510)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Online Booking & Reservation Platforms (B2B/B2C) (THALAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Online Booking Tools (OBT) & Corporate Booking UX (THALAGAD), Wholesale Distribution Platforms & Switches (B2B Booking Engines/Marketplaces) (THAKAJAG)

Keywords

• Travel software platforms
• Booking engine technology
• Travel reservation systems
• Travel payment processing
• Travel distribution software

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Platform Subscriptions (SaaS): Travelsoft generates revenue primarily through SaaS subscriptions and recurring software licensing fees across its portfolio of 13 travel technology companies. Clients pay for access to reservation platforms, booking engines, CRM, distribution, and payment solutions on a recurring basis.
2. Payment Processing / Transaction Fees: Travelsoft Pay generates revenue through payment processing for the travel ecosystem, facilitating B2B transactions with virtual card numbers and earning fees per transaction. The platform processes EUR 50 billion in annual travel GMV.
3. Transaction Volume / Take Rate: Revenue is driven by the volume of bookings processed through the group's platforms, with the group processing €35 billion annually (as of 2024) and €50 billion in annual travel GMV (as of 2026). The group generates €100 million in recurring revenues (2024) and €150M+ in turnover.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Travelsoft is a B2B travel technology group that builds and operates software platforms for the travel industry. Its portfolio of 13 specialized companies provides reservation systems, booking engines, distribution platforms, CRM and back-office tools, connectivity APIs, and payment orchestration for tour operators, travel agencies, airlines, and other travel intermediaries. The group processes more than EUR 50 billion in annual travel gross merchandise value across 90+ countries.

Product overview

Travelsoft is a platform-plus-modules architecture built around a portfolio of 12+ acquired travel technology companies. The group operates as a consolidated travel SaaS provider offering automation and reservation platforms, connectivity solutions, and payment infrastructure. Key product categories include: (1) Core booking and distribution platforms - Travel Compositor (multi-destination booking engine), Orchestra (leisure offer management), and Travelgate (connectivity API); (2) Airline solutions - airQuest (flight fulfillment); (3) Agency solutions - .BOSYS (CRM/mid/back-office), traffics (search/booking), Tigerbay (tour operator SaaS); (4) Distribution platforms - Atcore (reservations); (5) Payment infrastructure - Travelsoft Pay (unified payments hub processing €50B+ annually); (6) Media & events - Eventiz (travel publications/events); (7) Services - Travelsoft Services and Travel Connection Technology. The group processes over €50 billion in bookings annually across 90+ countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• airQuest: Fully automated flight-fulfillment system for German tour operators and European travel companies
• Atcore
• .BOSYS
• Eventiz
• Orchestra
• Tigerbay
• traffics
• Travel Compositor
• Travel Connection Technology
• Travelgate
• Travelsoft Pay
• Travelsoft Services
• Dante

Products and services

• airQuest Fully automated flight-fulfillment system used by leading German tour operators and European travel companies.
• Atcore Market-leading reservation and distribution platforms for global travel brands.
• .BOSYS Modular CRM, mid-office, and back-office solutions supporting travel agencies and distribution networks across Germany and Austria.
• Eventiz Media Group Leading international media group for the tourism industry, publishing L'Echo touristique and organizing sector events in France.
• Orchestra Platform enabling travel professionals to produce, administer, distribute, and manage leisure offers across the full product lifecycle.
• Tigerbay One-stop-shop SaaS solution for specialist tour operators managing bookings, packaging, and operations.
• traffics Customer-oriented development of consulting, search, and booking systems for travel companies.
• Travel Compositor State-of-the-art B2B travel booking platform with best-in-class multi-destination solution capability, including emerging markets support.
• Travel Connection Technology (TCT) Software solutions covering a broad spectrum of services for the travel industry.
• Travelgate Seamless B2B connectivity platform providing API-based links between travel companies worldwide for content aggregation and distribution.
• Travelsoft Pay Group payment hub unifying collections, payouts, virtual cards, and automated refunds for travel companies, processing EUR 50 billion in annual travel gross merchandise value.
• Travelsoft Services Tech-related services company offering technology services combined with service delivery for travel companies.
• Dante AI Patented AI system that automatically reads travel contracts and extracts rates, descriptions, seasons, and conditions to generate bookable travel products in seconds, eliminating manual data entry.
• AI Search for Tourism AI-powered search capability designed to make travel companies AI-ready by enabling intelligent search and discovery of travel content.

Quantifiable outcome

• Processing €50 billion+ in annual travel GMV with 80 million+ passengers per year
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Checkout.comcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 June 2026Travelsoft Pay partnered with Checkout.com to strengthen global travel payment orchestration. Checkout.com provides the payment infrastructure layer enabling Travelsoft Pay to offer unified collections, payouts, virtual cards, and automated refunds across the travel ecosystem.
• MastercardcoreTechnology or Integration · 9 March 2026Travelsoft Pay leverages Mastercard's Wholesale Program to facilitate secure, scalable B2B travel payments using virtual card numbers (VCN). The collaboration provides travel-native payments infrastructure that automates and secures transactions across the travel ecosystem, reducing operational complexity for travel intermediaries and suppliers while improving liquidity management. The VCN-based payment solution has been used across the travel sector for over ten years.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Travelport: Travelport is a global travel commerce platform operating the Travelport+ GDS and retailing solutions for airlines, travel agencies, and corporate buyers. Comparable to Travelsoft's connectivity and corporate booking tools, but as a major global incumbent with broader scale and enterprise reach.
• Sabre Corporation: Sabre is a global travel technology giant operating the Sabre GDS, airline IT, and hospitality solutions for the world's largest airlines, OTAs, and travel agencies. It is a broad incumbent comparable to Travelsoft's airline distribution (airQuest) and travel agency software (.BOSYS, traffics) offerings, but with vastly greater scale and direct airline relationships.
• Amadeus: Amadeus is a leading global travel technology provider serving airlines, airports, hotels, and travel sellers through GDS, Altéa PSS, and hospitality platforms. Comparable to Travelsoft across reservations, distribution, and travel agency technology, but at multi-billion-euro scale and with direct integration into the majority of global airlines.
• Hotelbeds: Hotelbeds is a leading global B2B bedbank and travel services platform connecting travel retailers with hotel, transfer, and activity inventory. It competes with Travelsoft's connectivity and distribution portfolio (Travelgate, Atcore) and operates a similarly diversified travel-tech portfolio, but at materially larger scale.
• WebBeds: WebBeds is one of the world's largest B2B bedbanks and travel distribution marketplaces, aggregating hotel and ancillary inventory for travel sellers globally. It is comparable to Travelsoft's Travelgate connectivity platform and broader B2B distribution offerings, but operates at substantially larger scale.

Direct peers

• Juniper Travel Technology: Juniper provides booking platforms and reservation software for tour operators and travel agencies, particularly across Spanish and Latin American markets. It directly competes with Travelsoft's Tigerbay, Orchestra, and Travel Compositor tour operator software offerings in overlapping geographies.
• Datalex: Datalex provides airline retailing, pricing, and distribution software platforms for global carriers and travel sellers. It overlaps with Travelsoft's airQuest flight fulfillment and Orchestra reservation/distribution capabilities in the airline technology layer.
• Duffel: Duffel is a B2B travel booking API platform enabling travel sellers to access airline, hotel, and ancillary inventory through a unified developer-first interface. It is highly comparable to Travelsoft's Travelgate connectivity platform and Travel Compositor booking engine in the B2B travel distribution layer.
• Lemax: Lemax provides SaaS software for tour operators and DMCs to manage bookings, itineraries, suppliers, and back-office operations. It directly competes with Travelsoft's Tigerbay and Orchestra platforms in the specialist tour-operator software niche.

Regional players

• Travco Corporation / Travolution: Travolution-style regional travel technology providers serve tour operators and travel agencies in specific geographies (Middle East, Africa) with booking, CRM, and reservation software. Comparable to Travelsoft's portfolio offerings, but focused on regional markets rather than pan-European/global reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A8 records

Investments

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