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Impala

Impala built a single, standardized REST API for the hotel industry — one integration to search availability, read rate plans, and create, amend, and cancel bookings across many property management systems (PMS), so any app could sell hotel rooms and earn commission per booking. Founded in London in 2016 and backed by Speedinvest, Lakestar, and Kima Ventures, Impala shipped a sandbox (with a demo hotel, "The Charleston"), a Postman collection, and PHP/JavaScript wrappers. The company is now defunct: getimpala.com / impala.travel and the API and docs hosts no longer resolve, and the primary domain is held by an unrelated party. This profile preserves the historical OpenAPI (apis.guru impala.travel:hotels 1.003) and pipeline-derived artifacts for the record.

Impala publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Bookings API, Hotels API, and Rate Calendar API. Tagged areas include Company, Hotels, Travel, Booking, and Hospitality.

Impala’s developer surface includes authentication, sandbox, and 12 more developer resources.

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32.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 51/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
3 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyHotelsTravelBookingHospitalityPaymentsDefunct

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 32.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality 14.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 8.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 10.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 51/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Impala Bookings API

Making and managing bookings.

Impala Hotels API

Accessing hotel content, available rooms and rates.

Impala Rate Calendar API

Getting rates for future dates.

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

impala-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Impala Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox
Sandbox

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer
MCPServer
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions
Conventions
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conformance
Conformance
 DataModel
DataModel

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs
 GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 Postman
Postman

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: impala
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/impala.png
name: Impala
description: 'Impala built a single, standardized REST API for the hotel industry — one integration to search availability,
  read rate plans, and create, amend, and cancel bookings across many property management systems (PMS), so any app could
  sell hotel rooms and earn commission per booking. Founded in London in 2016 and backed by Speedinvest, Lakestar, and Kima
  Ventures, Impala shipped a sandbox (with a demo hotel, "The Charleston"), a Postman collection, and PHP/JavaScript wrappers.
  The company is now defunct: getimpala.com / impala.travel and the API and docs hosts no longer resolve, and the primary
  domain is held by an unrelated party. This profile preserves the historical OpenAPI (apis.guru impala.travel:hotels 1.003)
  and pipeline-derived artifacts for the record.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/impala/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- speedinvest
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Hotels
- Travel
- Booking
- Hospitality
- Payments
- Defunct
apis:
- aid: impala:impala-bookings-api
  name: Impala Bookings API
  description: Making and managing bookings.
  humanURL: https://www.postman.com/getimpala/impala-hotel-booking-api/documentation/fdkbiih/impala-hotel-booking-api
  baseURL: https://api.impala.travel/v1
  tags:
  - Bookings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/impala-bookings-api-openapi.yml
- aid: impala:impala-hotels-api
  name: Impala Hotels API
  description: Accessing hotel content, available rooms and rates.
  humanURL: https://www.postman.com/getimpala/impala-hotel-booking-api/documentation/fdkbiih/impala-hotel-booking-api
  baseURL: https://api.impala.travel/v1
  tags:
  - Hotels
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/impala-hotels-api-openapi.yml
- aid: impala:impala-rate-calendar-api
  name: Impala Rate Calendar API
  description: Getting rates for future dates.
  humanURL: https://www.postman.com/getimpala/impala-hotel-booking-api/documentation/fdkbiih/impala-hotel-booking-api
  baseURL: https://api.impala.travel/v1
  tags:
  - Rate Calendar
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/impala-rate-calendar-api-openapi.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/impala-authentication.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/impala-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/impala-packages.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/impala-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/impala-llms.txt
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/impala-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/impala-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/impala-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/impala-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/impala-data-model.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/impala-sandbox.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/GetImpala
- type: Postman
  url: https://www.postman.com/getimpala/impala-hotel-booking-api/documentation/fdkbiih/impala-hotel-booking-api
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence