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Launch Your Own
OTA Platform · 100+ suppliers · 15 days

Build a Cleartrip-Grade OTA.
Live in 15 Days, Not 2 Years.

Cleartrip’s tech stack — multi-supplier inventory, mobile-first search, package builder, B2B portal — pre-built on ZentrumHub. 100+ hotel suppliers (Hotelbeds, WebBeds, Expedia, RateHawk, Amadeus, TBO). Vervotech deduplication. Flat SaaS pricing. Your customers, your data, your margin.

No credit card 15-min consultation White-label included
9:41●●● ◐
All 5★ Beach ₹5K+
Taj Fort Aguada Resort
4.6 · Candolim
HOTELBEDS₹12,400
Park Hyatt Goa
4.7 · Cansaulim
WEBBEDS₹14,800
Hotels
Flights
Packages
Trips
MOBILE-FIRSTShip a beautiful booking app, day oneYour branded storefront — flights, hotels, packages — across web, iOS, and Android. Built for India-style mobile-heavy traffic.
100+ SUPPLIERSCleartrip-grade inventory, immediatelyHotelbeds, WebBeds, Expedia, RateHawk, TBO, Amadeus, Agoda + 93 more — all unified, all deduplicated by Vervotech. Same hotel, one listing, best rate.
15 DAYSLive and selling in 2 weeksYour team plugs into our REST/JSON API — or use our white-label storefront and skip development entirely. Either way, you ship in days, not years.
100+ suppliers
Hotelbeds · WebBeds · Expedia · Amadeus
Mobile-first
Web · iOS · Android · ready
15 days
Average time to live
4.9 / 5
Capterra customer rating
Anatomy of a Cleartrip-grade OTA

What actually makes Cleartrip work? 6 things — all pre-built for you.

Cleartrip’s success isn’t magic. It’s an unsexy stack of supplier integrations, deduplication, content management, search infrastructure, mobile UX, and B2B distribution. ZentrumHub ships all six — out of the box.

Foundation 🌐

Multi-supplier inventory

Cleartrip aggregates from dozens of GDS, bedbanks, and direct contracts. You inherit 100+ supplier connections on day one — Hotelbeds, WebBeds, Expedia, Amadeus, TBO, and more.

Intelligence 🧠

Vervotech deduplication

Same hotel from 4 suppliers = 4 listings = confused customer. Cleartrip-grade UX shows one clean listing at the best price. Vervotech mapping handles it automatically across all 100+ suppliers.

UX 📱

Mobile-first booking

70%+ of Indian OTA traffic is mobile. Our white-label storefront is built mobile-first — touch-optimised filters, instant search, one-tap booking, Apple Pay / UPI / Razorpay native.

Speed

Sub-second search

Cleartrip returns results in under a second across multiple suppliers. We do the same — cached availability, smart pre-fetch, geo-routed endpoints. No “loading…” screens.

Cross-sell 🎒

Package builder

Flights + hotels bundled is Cleartrip’s most profitable product. Our engine cross-sells hotel inventory alongside flight bookings — markup engine handles the package math.

Scale 👥

B2B sub-agent portal

Cleartrip for Small Business is a multi-billion line of business. We include a full B2B portal — sub-agent network, multi-tier pricing, commission management, credit limits — out of the box.

The OTA Tech Stack

Every layer Cleartrip built. All 6 — included by us.

An honest look at what’s inside a modern OTA. Direct build means engineering every layer below. ZentrumHub ships them.

01

Supplier integration layer

100+ supplier APIs, XML translators, partner certification, rate-limit handling, retry logic, monitoring. The ugliest, most expensive layer to build.

~9 monthsdirect build
02

Deduplication & mapping engine

Cross-supplier hotel ID mapping (Hotelbeds ID = WebBeds ID = Expedia ID). Vervotech provides industry-standard canonical mapping across 100+ suppliers.

~4 monthsdirect build
03

Content database & refresh

Hotel descriptions, images, amenities, room types — cached locally, refreshed continuously. Multi-language, multi-currency. We host and refresh it all.

~3 monthsdirect build
04

Booking engine & pricing rules

Cart, hold, pay, cancel flows. Markup engine, taxes, FX conversion, cancellation rule normalisation across supplier policies. Stripe / Razorpay / PayU / UPI native.

~5 monthsdirect build
05

Mobile-first storefront

Cleartrip-grade mobile UX — search, filters, results, booking, payment, post-booking. White-label engine or REST/JSON to your own app.

~4 monthsdirect build
06

B2B portal & sub-agent network

Multi-tier user roles, agent commission rules, credit-limit management, invoicing, downloadable booking vouchers, agent reports.

~3 monthsdirect build
If you build all 6 layers yourselfplus ongoing maintenance, supplier updates, content refresh forever
~28 months · $400K–$1.5Mvs ZentrumHub: 15 days · flat SaaS
Three Paths to a Cleartrip-Grade OTA

Build it. Affiliate it. Or own it.

Three honest options. Different timelines, different costs, different upside. Most travel agencies underestimate how massive the gap really is.

Path 1
Build from scratch
Hire engineers, integrate suppliers, build the platform layer by layer.
18–24 moto first booking
$400K–$1.5Mupfront cost
  • 4–8 engineers needed
  • 100+ supplier integrations
  • Dedup engine from zero
  • Maintenance forever
High risk · slow time-to-market
Path 2
Cleartrip affiliate / API
Redirect customers to Cleartrip. Earn a commission. They keep the customer.
2–4 wksetup
3–8%your commission
  • You don’t own the customer
  • No customer data
  • Margin capped at 3–8%
  • Their brand, not yours
Fast but you stay junior
Path 3
ZentrumHub OTA platform
Your branded OTA. 100+ suppliers pre-integrated. Vervotech-deduplicated. Live in 15 days.
15 daysto live
Full marginnet rates yours
  • You own the customer
  • You own the data
  • Flat SaaS · 100% margin
  • Your brand · your platform
Launch My OTA →
Why Now

The window for new OTAs is wide open.

Online travel is one of the fastest-growing categories globally — yet the top 5 OTAs in most regions still control under 50% of bookings. There’s room for regional, vertical, and niche players. Cleartrip itself was a startup once. The infrastructure that made them is now available to you.

India’s online travel market alone is projected to cross $30B by 2028. MENA, APAC, and LATAM are growing even faster. The platform you’d need to take a slice — that’s us.

$30B+
India online travel by 2028
Statista · RedSeer
70%
India OTA bookings now mobile
Industry data
$833B
Global online travel market 2027
Statista 2024
12%+
MENA OTA CAGR 2024–28
Mordor Intelligence
Direct Build vs ZentrumHub

Same Cleartrip-grade OTA. Two very different paths.

If you’ve ever sat in a meeting where someone said “let’s just build it ourselves” — read this first.

Build it yourself
18–24 months · $400K–$1.5M · ongoing burden
  • Hire 4–8 engineersBackend, frontend, mobile, DevOps, QA. You’re competing with FAANG and well-funded startups for talent. Burn rate before first booking: enormous.
  • Integrate 100+ supplier APIsEach API has its own schema, auth flow, error patterns, certification process. Partner applications take weeks. Volumes need to be forecast. Multiply by 100.
  • Build a deduplication engineWithout one, same hotel shows 4 times. Vervotech-grade mapping is its own multi-million dollar engineering effort.
  • Host a content databaseHotel content (descriptions, images, amenities) must be cached locally and refreshed continuously. Multi-TB infra, multi-language pipelines.
  • Build the booking engineCart, hold, pay, cancel — across every supplier’s quirky cancellation policy. Markup engine, FX, taxes, payment gateways. From scratch.
  • Maintain it foreverSuppliers ship API breaking changes monthly. Without a dedicated team, your platform degrades quietly.
$400K–$1.5M upfront · plus 4–8 engineers ongoing
ZentrumHub OTA platform
15 days · flat SaaS · we maintain all 6 layers
  • 1–2 engineers, optionalUse our white-label storefront and you don’t need engineers at all. Or plug into our REST/JSON API with a small team. Either way: lean.
  • 100+ suppliers, already doneHotelbeds, WebBeds (5 brands), Expedia, RateHawk, TBO, Amadeus, Agoda, Booking.com Affiliate + 92 more. Live on day one.
  • Vervotech dedup, includedSame hotel from multiple suppliers = one listing, best rate. No engineering on your side.
  • Content DB hostedWe host, refresh, and serve hotel content in your customers’ language and currency. Zero infra on your side.
  • Booking engine + B2B portalComplete cart/hold/pay/cancel + multi-tier B2B sub-agent platform, ready out of the box.
  • We absorb every API changeWhen Hotelbeds, WebBeds, Expedia ship breaking changes, we handle it. Your platform stays stable.
15 days flat SaaS · zero per-booking fees · we maintain everything
Why ZentrumHub for Your OTA

Everything in Cleartrip’s stack. None of the build.

The pre-built pieces that turn “we want to launch an OTA” into “we shipped this month.”

100+ suppliers, day one

Hotelbeds, WebBeds, Expedia, RateHawk, TBO, Amadeus, Agoda and 93 more — all pre-integrated. You inherit immediately.

Vervotech deduplication

Industry-leading mapping collapses duplicates across all 100+ suppliers. Same hotel, one listing, best rate.

Mobile-first storefront

Cleartrip-grade mobile UX out of the box. Web, iOS, Android. Branded entirely as yours.

Sub-second search

Cleartrip-grade search performance across all 100+ suppliers. Cached availability, smart pre-fetch, geo-routed.

Package builder included

Hotels + flights bundled — Cleartrip’s most profitable product. Cross-sell logic ready out of the box.

Zero per-booking fees

Flat SaaS. Your full margin stays yours. No revenue share, no commission carve-outs, no surprise invoices.

B2B sub-agent portal

Multi-tier pricing, agent credit limits, commission management, downloadable vouchers, real-time reports.

Multi-currency, multi-language

Sell in 50+ currencies, 25+ languages. India · MENA · Europe · APAC native. Regional payment gateways: Razorpay · UPI · Stripe · PayU.

Customer Success Squad

Real humans who know your integration. Slack-shared channel, weekly check-ins, ongoing optimisation guidance.

Head to Head

Direct OTA Build vs ZentrumHub

Honest, feature-by-feature. The math doesn’t favour building from scratch — even for well-funded teams.

FactorBuild from scratchZentrumHub OTA platform
Time to first booking18 – 24 months15 days
Upfront engineering cost$400K – $1.5M+Flat SaaS, predictable
Engineers needed4 – 8 full-time1 – 2 (or zero w/ WL)
Supplier integrationsBuild 100+ from scratch100+ pre-integrated
Hotel deduplicationBuild mapping engineVervotech included
Mobile storefrontDesign + build mobile UXWhite-label included
Content databaseHost & refresh yourselfWe host & refresh it
B2B sub-agent portalBuild it laterBuilt-in, ready
API maintenanceYour team foreverWe absorb every change
Margin retentionFull · once you shipFull · day one
Platform uptimeBuild SRE practice99.99% guaranteed SLA
The Scoreboard

Numbers that back the platform.

A profitable, bootstrapped travel-tech platform that’s quietly powered some of the most successful OTAs you’ve heard of.

100+
Hotel suppliers connected
2M+
Hotel properties available
90+
Enterprise platforms served
99.99%
Platform uptime SLA
$650M+
Revenue generated for clients
50+
Currencies supported
25+
Languages supported
15 Days
Average OTA launch time
Built For

Who launches a Cleartrip-grade OTA on ZentrumHub?

From bootstrapped startups to established travel agencies pivoting digital — the platform scales with you.

OTA startups

You have a market thesis and a brand. We give you the inventory + platform infrastructure so you focus on customers, marketing, and growth.

Travel agencies going digital

You have customer trust + offline brand. Add an online OTA platform in 15 days. Keep your customers, multiply your bookings.

Hotel chains & tour operators

You sell rooms or experiences. Add full booking-engine capability — flights, hotels, packages — and become a destination OTA.

Regional / niche players

You target MENA · APAC · Europe · LATAM. We give you regional inventory depth + multi-currency / multi-language out of the box.

Customer Stories

What people across travel tech say.

Real voices from CTOs, founders, and BD leads across travel tech.

AM
Allison Marcotrigiano
BD Manager · iOL
★★★★★

“The whole team is very easy to work with and incredibly responsive. Their professionalism makes every collaboration seamless.”

PM
Prashant Menon
Director APAC · HyperGuest
★★★★★

“Great product. Functional, easy to use, with a quick and easy setup. Everything you need for efficient hotel connectivity.”

AP
Alpesh Pandav
Tech Head · Etrav
★★★★★

“The API is reliable and efficient. Bookings are seamless via API, which makes our operations smooth.”

V
Victoria
Head of BD · RateHawk
★★★★★

“A trusted hotel booking API provider. Their reliability and service quality make them a key partner for distribution.”

JD
Jorgelina Dromedari
Optimization Specialist · HotelDO
★★★★★

“Their support team’s helpful and proactive approach ensures we always get the assistance we need when we need it.”

Common Questions

Launching an OTA · what you need to know

Can I really build a Cleartrip-grade OTA in 15 days?
Yes. ZentrumHub provides every layer of the stack — inventory (100+ suppliers), deduplication (Vervotech), content management, booking engine, mobile-first storefront, B2B sub-agent portal. You bring branding and customers. Most teams ship in 15 days using our white-label engine, or 30–45 days with custom API integration.
How is this different from Cleartrip’s affiliate program?
Cleartrip’s affiliate program lets you redirect bookings to Cleartrip. They own the customer, the data, and most of the margin (you get 3–8% commission). ZentrumHub gives you your own OTA platform: your customers, your data, your full margin. You compete with Cleartrip, not work as their affiliate.
What does building an OTA from scratch actually cost?
Typically $400K – $1.5M+ in upfront engineering, plus 18 – 24 months of build time, plus ongoing maintenance burden (4–8 engineers, supplier updates, content refresh, infra). Most travel agencies massively underestimate the deduplication, content management, and supplier-API maintenance work. ZentrumHub: flat SaaS, predictable, 15 days.
Which hotel suppliers come pre-integrated?
Hotelbeds, WebBeds (with Sunhotels, JacTravel, LOH, FIT Ruums, Totalstay), Expedia, RateHawk, TBO, Amadeus, Agoda, Booking.com Affiliate, Sabre, Travelport, Restel, GRN Connect — over 100 suppliers total, all deduplicated via Vervotech mapping. Same hotel from multiple suppliers? Best rate wins automatically.
Is this only for the Indian market?
Not at all. ZentrumHub serves OTAs across India, MENA, APAC, Europe, the UK, and the Americas. Multi-currency, multi-language, regional payment gateways (Razorpay, Stripe, PayU, UPI, BOA, etc.). Cleartrip’s playbook works across many markets — we provide the rails.
Do I need a developer team to launch?
For the fastest path — no. Use our white-label storefront with your branding, your domain, your colours. Live in days. For a custom-built OTA with your own UI, you’ll need 1 – 2 developers to integrate with our REST/JSON API — vastly less than the 4 – 8 engineers needed for a from-scratch build.
Can I sell flights and packages too — not just hotels?
Yes. Hotels are our deepest specialism (100+ suppliers, Vervotech dedup), but we also support flight content via Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport, and direct LCC connections — plus dynamic package builder that combines flights and hotels into one purchase flow. That’s how Cleartrip drives its highest-margin bookings.
What happens when suppliers ship API changes?
Nothing on your end. We manage all supplier-side updates — endpoint changes, schema modifications, new feature releases — across all 100+ suppliers. Your platform stays stable regardless of what’s shipped upstream. That’s a multi-engineer team’s worth of work you don’t have to staff.

Cleartrip took 15 years to build.
You can ship in 15 days.

100+ suppliers · Vervotech dedup · mobile-first storefront · B2B portal · flat SaaS. Your branded OTA, live this month.

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