“Can a specialist travel reservation platform become the operational backbone for UK tour operators by embedding group-level payment infrastructure and global connectivity under one PaaS model?”
Founded in 2008 as a reservation and inventory platform for specialist UK tour operators, Tigerbay evolved from a standalone SaaS product into an operating subsidiary within the Travelsoft Group ecosystem. Its acquisition by ATCORE Technology (and subsequently its placement within the broader Travelsoft Group) aligned it with a global travel-tech conglomerate processing €50B+ annually. The key embedded-finance angle emerged via Travelsoft Pay integration, which introduced intelligent payment orchestration — including Checkout.com as the first UK payment provider — directly into Tigerbay's reservation workflow, replacing the earlier patchwork of contact-centre payment tools.
Tigerbay processes payments through Checkout.com.
Tigerbay is founded in 2008 and headquartered in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
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