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 hospitality 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."