ReserveAmerica
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ReserveAmerica of Ballston Spa, New York is a company that provides online campsite reservation processing for private, state and federal campgrounds in the United States. They claim to be the "#1 Access Point for Outdoor Recreation", processing more than 3.5 million camping reservations per year, with more than 150,000 campsites available.
The company was founded in 1984 as a software development company specializing in reservations for the local recreation industry. In 1992, the company developed a reservation system for state and federal park systems, which they claim processed the industry's first online reservation in September, 1997. In 2001, they were acquired by InterActiveCorp, which owns Expedia, Ticketmaster and Match.com.
ReserveAmerica has provided reservations services for the National Park Service since 1997. In June, 2005, the United States Forest Service awarded the company a $97 million contract to provide a single source federal recreation information and reservation service. Beginning in December, 2005, the reservation service will offer centralized information for more than 57,000 campgrounds, cabins, parks and tours of national sites, historic homes and caves through a single Web-based portal at www.recreation.gov. Besides the Forest Service, participating agencies include the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
