FOR TRAVEL STARTUPS AND VENTURE TEAMS IN THE GCC

Build the idea.
Not the plumbing.

Blackrock gives travel startups in the GCC proven booking, connectivity and operational components, with custom engineering focused on what makes your venture different. Choose only what launch needs, from B2C and B2B to suppliers, payments, WebAdmin or API, and add the rest as demand is proven.

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Live in 2–6 weeks on our hybrid model: you configure, our engineers build what is specific to you. Timelines vary with scope, suppliers and custom work.

The plumbing already exists: 250+ integrations across the travel ecosystem

  • Amadeus
  • Expedia
  • Hotelbeds
  • TravelgateX
  • WebBeds
  • RateHawk
  • TBO
  • flydubai
SOUND FAMILIAR?

Every month on plumbing is a month not spent on the idea.

We cannot spend our first year rebuilding what already exists.

Booking, connectivity and operations already exist as proven components. Every month spent rebuilding them is a month not spent on what makes you different.

Travel is more complicated than it looks.

Availability, supplier APIs, pricing, cancellations, credit, finance, ticketing, mapping. General software teams often spend their first months just learning why.

We only need part of it to launch.

Choose the capabilities launch needs. Add suppliers, products, markets and channels as the business proves demand.

Every travel product ends up looking the same.

Your brand, experience, commercial model and workflows should stay yours, not a template's.

What if it works, and we have to start again?

The architecture should not need to be thrown away when traffic, customers and integrations grow.

START WITH THE RIGHT CORE

Take only what launch needs.

Choose the capabilities you need on day one: B2C, B2B, corporate, suppliers, payments, WebAdmin or API. The rest waits until the business proves demand.

  • Consumer, agent or corporate booking: start with one, add the others later
  • Suppliers connected through Blackrock Connect
  • Payments and WebAdmin behind the booking
  • An API, if you would rather work in code
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OR START FROM THE API

Prefer to work in code?
Start from the API.

API is one of the capabilities you can choose at launch. Depending on product and connection model, APIs can support:

  • Search and availability
  • Rate or quote check before booking
  • Booking and booking retrieval
  • Cancellation
  • Static content and mapping references
  • Account and client references
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// POST /v1/bookings
{
  "offer_id": "off_7c2e91",
  "traveller": {
    "first_name": "Layla",
    "last_name": "Ahmed"
  },
  "client_ref": "TRIP-2041"
}
// 201 Created
{
  "id": "BK-46938",
  "status": "confirmed",
  "supplier": "Amadeus",
  "price": {
    "net": 575,
    "markup": 46,
    "fee": 25,
    "total": 646,
    "currency": "AED"
  }
}

Illustrative example, not a live endpoint.

Ready to build with Blackrock?

Tell us what your venture needs on day one. We will show you the core to start from, and what our engineers would build around it.

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CUSTOMISE THE PROPOSITION

Your brand. Your model. Your difference.

The platform does the plumbing. Everything your customers see and pay for stays yours.

Your brand

Your customers experience your brand, not your technology vendor. English and Arabic from day one.

Your experience

Web and mobile journeys designed around your customers and your market, not a generic template.

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Your commercial model

Set markups, commissions and service fees the way your model needs, by product, supplier, client or channel.

  • Product
  • Supplier
  • Client
  • Market
  • Channel

Your workflows

Our engineers build the workflows that make your venture different, alongside the platform.

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A designer's desk with architectural sketches, markers and a laptop
GET A TEAM, NOT ONLY SOFTWARE

Product, engineering and travel expertise around the platform.

So early decisions do not create avoidable technical debt. Our engineers work alongside product and design, with 24/7 local support.

ADD AS YOU GROW

Start with a core. Add as you grow.

New suppliers, products, markets, channels and operational capabilities can be introduced as the business proves demand.

  • Products
  • Suppliers
  • Markets
  • Channels
  • Operations

An example path. You choose the order.

  1. 01

    At launch

    Only what launch needs.

    • B2C web and apps
    • Hotels and flights
    • English and Arabic
    • WebAdmin and payments
  2. 02

    Demand proven

    Added as the business proves demand.

    • B2B booking for agents
    • More supplier connections
    • More languages
    • Finance
  3. 03

    At scale

    Added as traffic, customers and integrations grow.

    • Corporate booking
    • API distribution to partners
    • New markets
    • CRM
One platform and one architecture throughout
BUILT TO SURVIVE SUCCESS

Built to
survive success.

The architecture should not need to be thrown away when traffic, customers and integrations grow. We design systems around high concurrency, third-party dependencies and the need to stay observable under pressure.

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A bright office with a laptop on a long desk beside floor-to-ceiling windows and city towers
  • 250+IntegrationsAdd suppliers as the business proves demand.
  • 8LanguagesIn our booking products, with full Arabic RTL.
  • 3CertificationsExpedia EPS, Amadeus and TRAACS.
HOW YOU LAUNCH

Launch in 2–6 weeks.

A hybrid model: configure the platform yourself, while our engineers handle everything specific to your business.

  1. 01

    Choose your core

    Pick the capabilities launch needs: B2C, B2B, corporate, suppliers, payments, WebAdmin or API.

  2. 02

    Configure

    Set up your brand, languages, suppliers and commercial rules yourself, in the admin area.

  3. 03

    Build what is different

    Our engineers handle everything specific to your business: the experience and workflows that set the venture apart.

  4. 04

    Launch and grow

    Go live, then add suppliers, products, markets and channels as demand is proven.

Timelines vary with scope, suppliers and custom work.

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QUESTIONS

Questions before you launch

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How fast can we launch?

Delivery is hybrid: you configure the platform yourself while our engineers handle everything specific to your business, and you can go live in 2–6 weeks. Timelines vary with scope, suppliers and custom work.

Do we have to take the whole platform?

No. Choose only the capabilities launch needs: B2C, B2B, corporate, suppliers, payments, WebAdmin or API. New suppliers, products, markets, channels and operational capabilities can be added as the business proves demand.

Which suppliers can we sell from at launch?

Blackrock has 200+ supplier connections, and Blackrock Connect brings your suppliers, contracts and rates together in one place. Launch with the hotels and flights you need, then add suppliers as the business proves demand.

Do we get a team, or only software?

A team. Product, engineering and travel expertise are available around the platform, so early decisions do not create avoidable technical debt. Local support is available 24/7.

Can we build on an API?

API is one of the capabilities you can choose at launch. Depending on product and connection model, APIs can support search and availability, rate or quote check, booking, booking retrieval, cancellation, static content, mapping references and account or client references.

Will it cope if we grow quickly?

That is the design goal: the architecture should not need to be thrown away when traffic, customers and integrations grow. Blackrock designs systems around high concurrency, third-party dependencies and the need to remain observable under pressure.

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