ReserveAmerica, provides online campsite reservations and license processing for state, provincial, private, and local government parks,

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, and conservation agencies in North America.

History

ReserveAmerica was founded in 1984 as a

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company specializing in reservations for the local recreation industry. In 1992, the company developed a reservation system for state and federal park systems. ReserveAmerica provided reservations services for the

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starting in 1997. In 1999, the company contracted with the state

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. In June, 2005, the

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contracted with the company to provide a single-source federal recreation information and reservation service. In addition, ReserveAmerica also served the

, the

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, the

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, the

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won the federal contract in 2016. In 2001, it was acquired by

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. In 2009, InterActiveCorp sold ReserveAmerica to ACTIVE Network. In 2017,

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acquired the Communities and Sports divisions of ACTIVE Network. ACTIVE Network's Outdoors division, including ReserveAmerica, spun off to become the independent company Aspira, headquartered in

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, with nine offices in the United States, Canada and Asia.

References

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