Kiwi.com is a OTA headquartered in Czech Republic. Vervotech connects to its Tequila API (Kiwi.com) and maps every property to canonical IDs, so you call Kiwi.com alongside 78+ other suppliers through one REST endpoint.
Hand-rolling the Tequila API (Kiwi.com) integration takes weeks: XML schema mapping, content normalization, ID reconciliation against every other supplier you already ship. Vervotech does that work once, and keeps it fresh.
Tequila by Kiwi.com, commonly called the Tequila API, is Kiwi.com's B2B interface for flight search, multi-city routing, virtual interlining, and booking. It powers travel apps that need Kiwi.com's signature Nomad and Multicity search across low-cost carriers, legacy airlines, buses, and trains. In 2024 Tequila closed public self-serve access; new integrations now go through the B2B partner channel at tequila.kiwi.com.
Vervotech customers reach Tequila through the same REST endpoint they use for hotel suppliers, so flight itineraries from Kiwi return alongside hotel rates from Expedia Rapid, Hotelbeds, and any other supplier you have enabled. One unified request contract for a full package.
Kiwi.com at a glance
- Type
- OTA
- Headquartered
- Czech Republic
- Founded
- 2012
- Inventory
- n/a
- API
- Tequila API (Kiwi.com)
- Regions
- Global
Czech-based travel search and booking platform known for flight combinations also offering hotel bookings via Tequila API
Tequila API endpoints, mapped through Vervotech
The Tequila platform exposes six primary endpoints for search, routing, booking, and passenger checks. Vervotech consumes all six and returns Kiwi results with canonical trip and passenger schemas.
| Endpoint | What it does |
|---|---|
/locations | Autocomplete for cities, airports, and stops. Vervotech unifies IATA and Kiwi location IDs so your UI works across every flight and hotel supplier. |
/search | One-way and return itinerary search across low-cost carriers, legacy airlines, and ground transport. Vervotech returns Kiwi rates in the same shape as every other supplier. |
Multicity API | Multi-city itineraries where the traveler visits several cities in order. Vervotech exposes this as a single itinerary call. |
Nomad API | Kiwi's signature open-order routing, where the traveler wants to visit N cities in any sequence for lowest total price. Available directly through the Vervotech Nomad endpoint. |
/booking | Price re-check, save booking, initiate the payment flow, confirm the ticket. Vervotech handles the Kiwi state machine and returns clean confirmation records. |
VISA API | Checks whether a passenger needs a visa for a specific country. Vervotech surfaces this as an inline field on the itinerary response. |
Webhooks | Real-time updates on booking state changes. Vervotech forwards Kiwi webhooks to your configured endpoint using our canonical event schema. |
How Vervotech maps Kiwi.com
- Ingest. We pull static and dynamic content directly from Tequila API (Kiwi.com) on a daily refresh cycle.
- Normalize. Schema, currency, and language are unified to Vervotech's canonical model.
- Map. Properties are resolved to canonical hotel IDs across every supplier you connect, at 99.998% accuracy on 3M+ properties.
- Deduplicate rooms. Identical room types across suppliers collapse to one canonical room.
- Expose. One REST endpoint returns the merged, deduplicated inventory ready for booking.
How you connect Kiwi's Tequila API through Vervotech in 5 steps
- Step 1. Register a Vervotech account. Sign up on vervotech.com. 7-day free trial, no credit card. Grab your Vervotech REST API key.
- Step 2. Enable Kiwi.com in your dashboard. Toggle Kiwi.com on. If you already have Tequila B2B credentials, plug them in. Vervotech customers without Kiwi credentials can request an introduction through our supplier onboarding team.
- Step 3. Point your flight-search UI at Vervotech. Replace your Kiwi search call with the Vervotech flight-search endpoint. Multi-city and Nomad are supported natively.
- Step 4. Route bookings through Vervotech. Kiwi bookings run through Vervotech's booking endpoint. We follow Kiwi's price re-check and save-booking flow on your behalf.
- Step 5. Subscribe to Vervotech webhooks. One webhook endpoint on your side receives status updates from Kiwi and every other supplier in Vervotech's canonical event format.
Kiwi.com XML API, translated to REST
Most legacy hotel supplier APIs, including Kiwi.com, expose XML over SOAP or plain HTTPS POST. Every field is nested inside supplier-specific elements, dates are in supplier-specific formats, and rate rules are buried inside repeating groups you have to unwind before you can even read them.
Vervotech reads the Kiwi.com XML directly, parses the schema, normalizes fields to a canonical JSON model, and exposes the result as a single REST endpoint. You never touch the XML. If the Kiwi.com schema changes, we absorb the change on our side without breaking your integration.
- No SOAP envelopes, no XML namespaces, no XSD parsing on your side
- Canonical hotel and room IDs across every supplier you connect
- Currency, language, and date fields already unified
- Rate rules, cancellation policies, and inclusions flattened into readable JSON
Who can access the Tequila API in 2026
Since May 2024, Kiwi.com restricts Tequila to B2B partners only. Self-serve API-key registration is closed. Existing partners keep their access. New partners must apply through tequila.kiwi.com/portal and typically need a live travel product or an established distribution use case.
Vervotech customers can request a Kiwi introduction through our supplier onboarding, which shortens the qualification process. The commercial relationship still sits directly between the customer and Kiwi.com.
Kiwi Tequila API direct vs. through Vervotech
| Concern | Direct integration | Through Vervotech |
|---|---|---|
| Access approval | Apply directly, self-serve closed since 2024 | Introduction through Vervotech supplier team |
| Search-plus-hotel bundling | Two separate integrations | One canonical response with flights and hotels together |
| Passenger and payment schema | Kiwi-specific fields | Canonical passenger schema across every supplier |
| Nomad and Multicity | Requires calling separate Tequila endpoints | Single Vervotech search call with route mode |
| Booking state changes | Poll or run your own webhook receiver | Vervotech normalizes to one webhook event schema |
| Total suppliers reached | 1 (Kiwi) | 400+ suppliers across flights and hotels |
Common use cases
- OTAs consolidating wholesale + direct + bedbank inventory into a single searchable index
- Travel agencies looking for best-rate retrieval across multiple suppliers in <500ms
- Corporate booking tools standardizing on a single hotel ID schema across vendors
- Hotel rate intelligence platforms tracking competitor pricing across distribution channels
- Tour operators packaging hotel + flight + activity with deduplicated property catalogs
Frequently asked questions
What is the Kiwi.com hotel API?
- The Tequila API (Kiwi.com) is Kiwi.com's programmatic interface for searching, pricing, and booking hotel inventory. It returns static content, live rates, and availability for its full catalog of properties.
How does Vervotech integrate with Kiwi.com?
- Vervotech ingests Kiwi.com on a daily refresh, normalizes the schema, and maps every property to canonical hotel IDs that match all your other suppliers. You hit one REST endpoint instead of integrating Kiwi.com directly.
How long does a Kiwi.com integration take through Vervotech?
- Most customers are live in days, not weeks. There is no XML mapping work and no per-supplier ID reconciliation, because Vervotech already maintains the canonical schema across 400+ suppliers.
Does the Kiwi.com XML API expose all inventory that the REST API returns?
- Vervotech reads directly from Kiwi.com's primary API feed, so you get the same static content, live rates, availability, and booking capabilities you would get integrating the Kiwi.com XML natively. The difference is you consume it as REST JSON, and the same request pattern works across every other supplier in your stack.
What happens if the Kiwi.com XML schema changes?
- Vervotech absorbs the schema change on our side. Your integration keeps working. Our team maintains the schema-to-canonical mapping continuously, which is the single largest hidden cost in every in-house XML API integration.
Can I rate-shop Kiwi.com against other suppliers?
- Yes. Because Kiwi.com properties share canonical IDs with every other supplier in Vervotech, you can compare rates, route bookings to the best margin, and rebook automatically when prices drop with Profit Maximizer.
How much does it cost?
- Hotel Mapping starts at $499 a month with a 7-day free trial. Package discounts run up to 50% off when you bundle multiple suppliers.
Is the Tequila API free?
- Tequila registration itself is free for approved B2B partners, but revenue-share terms apply on completed bookings. Public self-serve access closed in 2024, so new integrations run through the tequila.kiwi.com partner portal or through a partner like Vervotech.
What is virtual interlining?
- Virtual interlining is Kiwi.com's signature feature. Kiwi combines flights from carriers that do not have interline agreements and provides its own guarantee if a connection fails. The Tequila /search endpoint returns virtual-interlined itineraries by default. Vervotech surfaces these itineraries with an explicit virtual_interline flag.
What is the Nomad API?
- Nomad is a Tequila endpoint for open-order routing. The traveler specifies a set of cities and a total date window; Tequila returns the cheapest combination visiting all of them in any order. Vervotech exposes this as a route_mode=nomad parameter on the flight-search endpoint.
Can I book hotels through Tequila?
- Tequila is primarily a flight-and-ground-transport API, not a hotel API. Hotel bookings should route through hotel suppliers like Expedia Rapid, Hotelbeds, TBO, or Amadeus. Vervotech lets you combine Kiwi flights with hotel supplier rates in one request.
What replaced Tequila's self-serve access?
- The B2B partner channel at tequila.kiwi.com/portal. Self-serve was closed in May 2024 to focus on qualified travel businesses. Kiwi's affiliate program via Travelpayouts is available for MAU-qualified sites but is a separate product from Tequila.
Official Kiwi Tequila documentation and mentions
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