White label travel app development
White label travel app for iOS and Android
A white label travel app is a native iOS and Android booking app that runs on the same inventory, customer accounts and admin panel as your website, published on the App Store and Google Play under your brand and your own developer accounts. It is for agencies and travel brands that already have, or are launching, a white label portal and want repeat customers to book from their phone without rebuilding the booking logic.
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What is a white label travel app?
A white label travel app is a mobile booking application built once by a technology vendor and released for many travel businesses, each with its own name, icon, colours and store listing. Flights, hotels, buses and packages in the app come from the same supplier connections as your website, so prices, markups, bookings and customer accounts stay in sync. A customer who books on the website sees the trip in the app, and a booking made in the app appears in the same admin queue your staff already use.
The app is the mobile layer of our white label travel portal. It is rarely the first thing an agency launches; it is what you add once the flight or hotel booking website is producing bookings and you want a place on the customer's home screen.
Who it is for
- Agencies with repeat customers, such as corporate accounts, diaspora travellers and frequent domestic flyers, who book several times a year
- B2B networks whose sub-agents book on the move and want notifications for ticketing and refunds
- Consumer travel brands that run app-install campaigns and push offers
- Tour operators who want travellers to carry vouchers, itineraries and support contacts offline
Features included
Search and book
Flight, hotel, bus and package search with the same filters, fare rules and ancillaries as the website, in a layout designed for one-handed use on a phone.
Bookings wallet
All upcoming and past trips in one place with e-tickets, vouchers, PNR status, cancellation options and add-to-calendar.
Push notifications
Ticket issued, schedule change, check-in reminder, refund processed and promotional messages, each with its own opt-in.
Payments
Your payment gateway inside the app, with UPI intent, cards, net banking and wallet options where the gateway supports them, plus saved payment methods under the gateway's tokenisation rules.
Offline itinerary
Tickets, vouchers, hotel addresses and your support number cached on the device so travellers can show them without a connection.
Accounts and travellers
Login by phone OTP or email, saved traveller profiles with passport details, and shared accounts between the website and the app.
Publishing under your own developer accounts
The app is published from Apple and Google developer accounts that belong to you, not to us. Both stores require that the account holder is the business behind the app: Apple's App Store Review Guidelines restrict apps that are simply re-skinned templates unless they are submitted by the organisation they represent, and Google Play's developer policies require accurate developer identity on the listing. Publishing from your accounts keeps the listing, the reviews, the install history and the signing keys under your control, and it means the app does not disappear if you change vendors later.
You enrol in the Apple Developer Program and Google Play Console in your company name; we prepare the builds, store listings, screenshots, privacy labels and data-safety forms, and submit on your behalf with access you grant and can revoke. Enrolment fees are paid by you directly to Apple and Google at their current rates. [TO CONFIRM: nothing further needed from Globitude on the client's store accounts beyond delegated access]
One set of APIs, two channels
The app does not get its own supplier connections. It talks to the same platform backend that serves your website, which in turn calls your suppliers through the integrations described under travel API integration. That has three practical consequences. A markup changed in the admin panel applies to the app immediately. A supplier added for the website, for example a second flight consolidator, is available in the app without an app update. And the customer database is one database, so loyalty, wallet balances and booking history match on every channel.
| Layer | Website | App |
|---|---|---|
| Supplier connections | Shared | Shared |
| Markups, fees and promo codes | Admin panel | Same admin panel |
| Customer accounts | Shared | Shared, with device login |
| Payment gateway | Your merchant account | Same merchant account, mobile SDK |
| Branding | Domain, design, emails | Icon, splash, store listing, push |
| Updates | Deployed by us, no user action | Store release; backend changes need no update |
Maintenance and OS updates
Mobile apps need ongoing care that a website does not. Apple and Google ship major OS versions every year and periodically raise the minimum SDK level an app must target to stay listed; payment gateway SDKs and push notification services change too. Our maintenance plan covers those updates, store policy changes, crash monitoring and a regular release so the app stays installable and compliant. Feature updates to the shared platform reach the app in the same cycle. [TO CONFIRM: maintenance plan scope and release cadence to publish]
Process and timeline
Scope and quote
We confirm which modules the app will carry, the markets and languages, and whether a website is already live. You receive a fixed written quote.
Developer accounts
You enrol with Apple and Google in your company name and grant us delegated access for builds and submissions.
Branding and build
App name, icon, splash screen, colour theme, store screenshots and the notification set are prepared and the branded builds are generated.
Testing
Internal testing through TestFlight and Google Play internal tracks, with live test bookings and payments on real devices.
Store review and launch
Submission to both stores, response to any review questions, then release. Post-launch monitoring covers crashes and failed payments.
Build and branding are measured in days when the website platform is already live. Store review times are set by Apple and Google and vary. [TO CONFIRM: typical end-to-end timeline to promise]
What you need before we start
- A live or in-progress white label portal, or a flight booking whitelabel, so the app has inventory and accounts to use
- Apple Developer Program and Google Play Console enrolment in your company name
- A payment gateway account that offers a mobile SDK
- App name, icon artwork and a short store description, or let us draft them
- A privacy policy URL on your domain, which the stores require
Pricing approach
We quote a fixed fee for branding, building and publishing the app on both platforms, plus a recurring maintenance fee for OS, SDK and policy updates. The price depends on the modules included, languages and whether custom screens are needed beyond the standard flow. Store enrolment fees are separate and paid to Apple and Google. [TO CONFIRM: whether to publish starting prices]
Frequently asked questions
What is a white label travel app?
It is a native iOS and Android booking app built by a technology vendor and released under your brand, with your name, icon and store listing. It uses the same supplier inventory, markups, payment gateway and customer accounts as your booking website, so bookings made on either channel appear in one admin panel and one customer history.
Do I need my own Apple and Google developer accounts?
Yes. Apple and Google both expect the app to be published by the business it represents, and publishing from your own accounts keeps the listing, reviews, signing keys and install base under your control. You enrol in your company name and pay the store fees directly; we prepare and submit the builds with delegated access that you can revoke at any time.
Does the app need separate supplier API integrations?
No. The app calls the same platform backend as your website, which holds the supplier connections. Adding a supplier, changing a markup or updating fare rules on the website applies to the app immediately, and new suppliers do not require an app store update.
Can the app work offline?
Searching and booking need a connection, but tickets, vouchers, itineraries, hotel addresses and your support number are cached on the device so travellers can show them at a counter or to a driver without data. Bookings refresh automatically when the phone is back online.
What happens when iOS or Android releases a new version?
Apple and Google raise their minimum SDK requirements regularly, and gateway and notification SDKs change too. Our maintenance plan covers rebuilding and resubmitting the app for new OS versions, updating third-party SDKs, responding to store policy changes and monitoring crashes, so the app stays listed and working without a new project each year.
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Tell us which modules and markets the app should cover. You will receive a written scope and fixed quote within two business days.