In 2021, the top 10 Leisure and Recreation software vendors accounted for nearly 52.2% of the global Leisure and Recreation applications market which grew 15.2% to approach nearly $4.3 billion in license, maintenance and subscription revenues.
Last year Salesforce was the market leader with an 11.7% market share in license, maintenance and subscription revenues, followed by Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle, and NCR Corporation.
We ask the simple question: Who’s buying Leisure and Recreation applications from whom and why? And we provide the answers – supported by decades of research – to our clients around the world. (Sample from our Apps Database)
Through our forecast period, the Leisure and Recreation applications market size is expected to reach $4.8 billion by 2026, compared with $4.3 billion in 2021 at a compound annual growth rate of 5%.
| Exhibit 2: Worldwide Leisure and Recreation Software Market 2021-2026 Forecast, $M | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 2021 | 2026 | 2021-2026 CAGR, % |
| Total | 4298 | 4765 | 5% |
Source: Apps Run The World, September 2022
Top 10 Leisure and Recreation Software vendors
Leisure and Recreation (Gaming, amusement, recreation services, hotels, cruises, lodging facilities) – Property Management, Cash Journaling & Gratuity Automation, Revenue Optimization, Hotel distribution, CRS, Channel management, Inventory Management, Financials, HR, Procurement
Mobile and Cloud apps will become more pervasive among hotels, entertainment venues as resorts and sports arenas aim to deliver more personalized experiences to better differentiate their services against Airbnb and home-entertainment options.
Here are the rankings of the top 10 Leisure and Recreation software vendors in 2021 and their market shares.
| Rank | Vendor | 2020 Leisure and Recreation Apps Revenues, $M | 2021 Leisure and Recreation Apps Revenues, $M | YoY Growth | 2021 Leisure and Recreation Market Share, % | Recent Developments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salesforce.com | Subscribe | Subscribe | 17.8% | Subscribe | In 2021, much of the companie’s focus was on Slack’s integration into Salesforce Customer 360, making its way across the Salesforce stack. Most notably was the Slack Connect feature that allows salespeople running Sales Cloud to generate conversations with colleagues on Slack for best practices. |
| 2 | Microsoft | Subscribe | Subscribe | 9.0% | Subscribe | Microsoft Cloud for Retail accelerates business growth by providing trusted restaurant industry solutions that integrates with existing systems. Through the complete set of capabilities across the Microsoft Cloud portfolio, in addition to partner solutions, it becomes possible to seamlessly connect customers, people, and data. |
| 3 | Adobe | Subscribe | Subscribe | 15.6% | Subscribe | Since Adobe Learning Manager has integrations with Adobe Experience Manager Sites, brands can easily set up learning portals within their existing sites complete with courses, learning paths, and interactive content with little to no code. So far, it has helped the brand to train over 400,000 globally across corporate, restaurants, and franchise staff. |
| 4 | Oracle | Subscribe | Subscribe | 9.7% | Subscribe | Oracle Food and Beverage’s Restaurant Technology Solutions support 350000 POS systems in restaurants across 180 countries, processing 25K transactions per day. |
| 5 | NCR Corporation | Subscribe | Subscribe | 4.1% | Subscribe | NCR Corporation bought up crypto ATM firm LibertyX in August 2021 and digital onboarding start-up Terafina in February 2021. |
| 6 | SAP | Subscribe | Subscribe | -2.5% | Subscribe | More than 5,000 customers are now using SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central. The community of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central customers is made up of organizations of all sizes, industries, and regions |
| 7 | Intuit Inc. | Subscribe | Subscribe | 28.1% | Subscribe | QuickBooks Online accounting revenue grew 34 percent in fiscal Q4 2022, driven mainly by higher effective prices, customer growth, and mix-shift. In fiscal 2022, QuickBooks Online accounting revenue grew 33 percent. |
| 8 | MINDBODY | Subscribe | Subscribe | 9.9% | Subscribe | In 2021, Mindbody acquired ClassPass, a subscription-based fitness marketplace valued at $1 billion. Alongside the acquisition, Mindbody is also has secured a $500 million investment for the merged entity, led by Sixth Street. |
| 9 | UKG | Subscribe | Subscribe | 8.3% | Subscribe | In March 2022, UKG acquired Ascentis, a provider of full-suite HR and workforce management solutions, adding 4,800 HCM customers to their portfolio. |
| 10 | Partech | Subscribe | Subscribe | 24.5% | Subscribe | In April 2021, PAR Technology Corporation acquired Loyalty Provider Punchh for $500MM, Becoming a Unified Commerce Cloud Platform for Enterprise Restaurants. This acquisition makes PAR a unified commerce cloud platform for enterprise restaurants and positions PAR to lead the industry with integrated point-of-sale, back office, payment and guest engagement solutions. |
| Subtotal | Subscribe | Subscribe | 12.0% | Subscribe | ||
| Other | Subscribe | Subscribe | 18.9% | Subscribe | ||
| Total | 3731 | 4298 | 15.2% | 100% |
Source: Apps Run The World, September 2022
Other Leisure and Recreation software providers included in the report are: 7shifts, Agilysys, Atlassian, Arrowstream, Astute Solutions, Autodesk, Avalara, BirchStreet Systems, Ceridian, Constellation Software Inc., Cornerstone OnDemand, Cvent, Deem, Dropbox, Epicor, Eventbrite, Fiserv, Fourth Enterprises, Genesys, Global Payments Inc., Google, Harri US LLC, Heartland Payment Systems, HireRight, IBM, IBS Software Services, HubSpot, Infor, Jolt Software, Medallia, MINDBODY, MYOB, Nuance Communications, Open Text Corporation, Partech, Paycom, Paylocity, Planday, Protel, Quinyx, Revinate, RingCentral, Roper Technologies, Sage, Sprinklr, SAS Institute, Sopra Steria Group SA, ServiceNow, SumTotal Systems, Skillsoft, SurveyMonkey, Travelport, Vonage, Workday, Zendesk, Zoho Corp., Zoom Video Communications, Zuora, and others.
Custom data cuts related to the Leisure and Recreation Applications market are available:
- Top 900+ Leisure and Recreation Applications Vendors and Market Forecast 2021-2026
- 2021 Leisure and Recreation Applications Market By Functional Market (16 Markets)
- 2021 Leisure and Recreation Applications Market By Country (USA + 45 countries)
- 2021 Leisure and Recreation Applications Market By Region (Americas, EMEA, APAC)
- 2021 Leisure and Recreation Applications Market By Revenue Type (License, Services, Hardware, Support and Maintenance, Cloud)
- 2021 Leisure and Recreation Applications Market By Customer Size (revenue, employee count, asset)
- 2021 Leisure and Recreation Applications Market By Channel (Direct vs Direct)
- 2021 Leisure and Recreation Applications Market By Product
Exhibit 4 shows our projections for the enterprise applications market by vertical segment, based on the buying preferences and the customer propensity to invest in new software within those industries as they continue to upgrade and replace many legacy industry-specific applications that have been identified and tracked in our Buyer Insight Database.
Leisure and Recreation Software Purchases Win/Loss Analysis As Part Of Enterprise Applications Buyer Insight Customer Database
On the buyer side, customers are investing in Leisure and Recreation systems based on new features and capabilities that are expected to replace their existing legacy systems. In many cases, competitive upgrades and replacements that could have a profound impact on future market-share changes will become more widespread.
Since 2010, our global team of researchers has been studying the patterns of the latest Leisure and Recreation software purchases by customers around the world, aggregating massive amounts of data points that form the basis of our forecast assumptions and perhaps the rise and fall of certain vendors and their products on a quarterly basis.
Updated continuously, our database features extensive win/loss analysis. Each year our research team identifies tens of thousands of these Leisure and Hospitality customer wins and losses from public and proprietary sources.
The research results are being incorporated into regular updates in our Enterprise Applications Buyer Insight Customer Database. You can access the Quarterly Win/Loss Analysis Scoreboard and our Enterprise Applications Buyer Insight Customer Database by becoming a subscriber.
| Customer | Industry | Empl. | Revenue | Country | Vendor | New Product | Function |
| Hertz Corporation | Leisure and Hospitality | 37000 | $8.80B | United States | Oracle | Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse | Autonomous Database |
| Red Bull Racing | Leisure and Hospitality | 605 | $2.85B | United Kingdom | Ansys | ANSYS Enterprise Cloud | Product Lifecycle Management & Engineering |
| Expedia | Leisure and Hospitality | 18730 | $7.20B | United States | Dropbox | Dropbox Business | Content Management |
| Constance Hotels and Resorts | Leisure and Hospitality | 3000 | $1.50B | Mauritius | IBM | IBM Connections Cloud | Email & Social Collaboration Software |
| Alila Hotels and Resorts | Leisure and Hospitality | 5800 | $1.10B | Singapore | Infor | Infor Hospitality Management | Hospitality Management |
| Kempinski Hotels | Leisure and Hospitality | 24000 | $1.70B | Switzerland | Infor | Infor d/EPM | Enterprise Performance Management |
| The Pavilions Hotels & Resorts | Leisure and Hospitality | 150 | $20.0M | China | Infor | Infor SunSystems | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Travelodge | Leisure and Hospitality | 10000 | $816.0M | United Kingdom | Infor | Infor SunSystems | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Vienna House | Leisure and Hospitality | 2400 | $214.0M | Austria | Infor | Infor Hospitality Management | Hospitality Management |
| Scenic – Luxury Cruises & Tours | Leisure and Hospitality | 300 | $50.0M | Australia | ION Investment Group | Reval Cloud Platform | Treasury and Risk Management |
| MGM Resorts International | Leisure and Hospitality | 78000 | $10.37B | United States | Kronos | Kronos Workforce Ready | Human Capital Management |
| Village Of Rosemont | Leisure and Hospitality | 4236 | $54.0M | United States | Kronos | Kronos Workforce Central | Human Capital Management, Workforce Management |
| TUI UK & Ireland | Leisure and Hospitality | 12500 | $3.20B | United Kingdom | Medallia | Medallia Experience Cloud | Customer Experience |
| Caesars Entertainment | Leisure and Hospitality | 65000 | $4.85B | United States | Oracle | Oracle ERP Cloud | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Chimelong Group Co. Ltd. | Leisure and Hospitality | 10000 | $950.0M | China | SAP | SAP Cloud for Customer | Customer Relationship Management |
| Chimelong Group Co. Ltd. | Leisure and Hospitality | 10000 | $950.0M | China | SAP | SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central | Human Capital Management |
| Chimelong Group Co. Ltd. | Leisure and Hospitality | 10000 | $950.0M | China | SAP | SAP S/4 HANA | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Palladium Hotel Group | Leisure and Hospitality | 12000 | $680.0M | Spain | SAP | SAP Marketing Cloud | Marketing Automation |
| Sabre | Leisure and Hospitality | 9100 | $2.96B | United States | SAP | SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management | Recruiting |
| Rheem | Leisure and Hospitality | 7000 | $1.50B | United States | SugarCRM | SugarCRM | Customer Relationship Management |
| Crescent Hotels & Resorts | Leisure and Hospitality | 6000 | $1.20B | United States | Ultimate Software | UltiPro | Human Capital Management |
| Phoenix Suns | Leisure and Hospitality | 600 | $218.0M | United States | Ultimate Software | UltiPro | Human Capital Management |
| Best Western Hotels & Resorts | Leisure and Hospitality | 5000 | $7.00B | United States | Workday | Workday Financial Management | Financial Management |
| Denny’s | Leisure and Hospitality | 8900 | $529.0M | United States | Workday | Workday Financial Management | Financial Management |
| Denny’s | Leisure and Hospitality | 8900 | $529.0M | United States | Workday | Workday HCM | Human Capital Management |
| Apollo Travel Group | Leisure and Hospitality | 400 | $40.0M | Sweden | Microsoft | Azure Machine Learning | ML & Data Science Platform |
| MGM Resorts International | Leisure and Hospitality | 78000 | $10.37B | United States | Adobe Systems | Adobe Marketing Cloud (ex Omniture) | Digital Marketing Automation Platform |
| Princess Cruises | Leisure and Hospitality | 12000 | $2.50B | United States | Adobe Systems | Adobe Experience Cloud | Marketing Automation |
| Marriott International | Leisure and Hospitality | 177000 | $5.13B | United States | Avaya | Avaya Aura | Customer Service and Support |
| Amadeus IT Group | Leisure and Hospitality | 13000 | $4.30B | Spain | Changepoint | Changepoint | Professional Services Automation |
| Linchris Hotel | Leisure and Hospitality | 600 | $100.0M | United States | Constant Contact | Constant Contact Email Marketing | Email Marketing Automation |
| Palladium Hotel Group | Leisure and Hospitality | 12000 | $680.0M | Spain | Cornerstone OnDemand | Cornerstone HR Suite | Human Resource Management |
| Hard Rock Hotel | Leisure and Hospitality | 2500 | $750.0M | United States | Cvent | Cvent Event Management Software | Event Management |
| Turnstyles Ticketing | Leisure and Hospitality | 30 | $3.0M | United States | Five9 | Five9 Cloud | Customer Service and Support |
| City of Edmonton | Leisure and Hospitality | 11000 | $1.40B | Canada | Genesys | Genesys Customer Experience Platform | Customer Experience Platform |
| TravelClick | Leisure and Hospitality | 1500 | $250.0M | United States | IBM | IBM Kenexa Learning Management System | Learning Management System |
| Wimbledon | Leisure and Hospitality | 200 | $30.0M | United Kingdom | IBM | IBM Web Content Manager | Web Content Management |
| Kempinski Hotels | Leisure and Hospitality | 24000 | $1.70B | Switzerland | Infor | Infor EzRMS | Hotel Revenue Management Software |
| Ideal Living | Leisure and Hospitality | 30 | $3.0M | United States | LiveOps | LiveOps | Cloud Contact Center |
| Pizza Hut | Leisure and Hospitality | 160000 | $64.20B | United States | LiveOps | LiveOps | Cloud Contact Center |
| Orbitz | Leisure and Hospitality | 1400 | $932.0M | United States | LivePerson | LiveEngage | Customer Service and Support |
| Thomas Cook | Leisure and Hospitality | 31000 | $9.50B | United Kingdom | Meta4 | Meta4 PeopleNet | Human Capital Management |
| Assetlink | Leisure and Hospitality | 1000 | $100.0M | Australia | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Auberge Resorts Collection | Leisure and Hospitality | 800 | $180.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Baltimore Orioles | Leisure and Hospitality | 239 | $500.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online | Customer Relationship Management |
| Casino Queen | Leisure and Hospitality | 700 | $124.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Churchill Downs Incorporated | Leisure and Hospitality | 4300 | $882.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Four Points by Sheraton | Leisure and Hospitality | 4000 | $500.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| General Hotels Corporation | Leisure and Hospitality | 1400 | $100.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Statue Cruises | Leisure and Hospitality | 200 | $16.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Steelite International | Leisure and Hospitality | 1000 | $155.0M | United Kingdom | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics AX | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Steelite International | Leisure and Hospitality | 1000 | $155.0M | United Kingdom | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics CRM | Customer Relationship Management |
| Sun Tan City | Leisure and Hospitality | 600 | $55.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| The Bicycle Hotel & Casino | Leisure and Hospitality | 1250 | $500.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Hilton Worldwide | Leisure and Hospitality | 164000 | $11.30B | United States | MicroStrategy | MicroStrategy Analytics | Analytics Platform |
| National Express | Leisure and Hospitality | 41000 | $1.92B | United Kingdom | Nice Systems | NICE Voice of the Customer | Customer Feedback Systems |
| Club Méditerranée | Leisure and Hospitality | 20333 | $1.55B | France | Oracle | Oracle Service Cloud (ex RightNow) | Customer Experience Platform |
| Fortis Healthcare | Leisure and Hospitality | 14351 | $618.0M | India | Oracle | Oracle HCM Cloud | Human Capital Management |
| Hamilton Island | Leisure and Hospitality | 1300 | $250.0M | Australia | Oracle | Oracle Talent Acquisition Cloud | Talent Acquisition |
| Hertz Corporation | Leisure and Hospitality | 37000 | $8.80B | United States | Oracle | Oracle Analytics Cloud | Analytics and BI |
| Hertz Corporation | Leisure and Hospitality | 37000 | $8.80B | United States | Oracle | Oracle EPM Cloud | Enterprise Performance Management |
| Marriott International | Leisure and Hospitality | 177000 | $5.13B | United States | Oracle | Oracle HCM Cloud | Human Capital Management |
| Chimelong Group Co. Ltd. | Leisure and Hospitality | 10000 | $950.0M | China | SAP | SAP Marketing Cloud | Marketing Automation |
| Gebr. Heinemann | Leisure and Hospitality | 6000 | $3.60B | Germany | SAP | SAP EWM (Extended Warehouse Management) | Warehouse Management |
| National Football League (NFL) | Leisure and Hospitality | 1000 | $12.00B | United States | SAP | SAP BusinessObjects Lumira | Data Discovery & Visualization |
| National Football League (NFL) | Leisure and Hospitality | 1000 | $12.00B | United States | SAP | SAP SuccessFactors Talent Solutions | Recruiting, Onboarding, Learning, Performance and Goals, Compensation, Succession and Development |
| Palladium Hotel Group | Leisure and Hospitality | 12000 | $680.0M | Spain | SAP | SAP ERP ECC 6.0 | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Sabre | Leisure and Hospitality | 9100 | $2.96B | United States | SAP | SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central | Human Capital Management |
| Thomas Cook | Leisure and Hospitality | 31000 | $9.50B | United Kingdom | SAP | SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central | Human Capital Management |
| Thomas Cook Airlines | Leisure and Hospitality | 2500 | $980.0M | United Kingdom | SAP | SAP S/4 HANA | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| William Hill plc | Leisure and Hospitality | 16000 | $2.10B | United Kingdom | ServiceNow | ServiceNow PPM | Project Portfolio Management |
| G6 Hospitality | Leisure and Hospitality | 10000 | $1.20B | United States | Tidemark | Tidemark EPM | Enterprise Performance Management |
| Mohegan Sun | Leisure and Hospitality | 3600 | $1.39B | United States | Verint Systems | Verint Engagement Management | Engagement Management |
| Panera Bread | Leisure and Hospitality | 52000 | $2.80B | United States | Workday | Workday Financial Management | Financial Management |
| Panera Bread | Leisure and Hospitality | 52000 | $2.80B | United States | Workday | Workday HCM | Human Capital Management |
| Lonely Planet | Leisure and Hospitality | 677 | $150.0M | United States | Zendesk | Zendesk | Customer Service and Support |
| trivago | Leisure and Hospitality | 1000 | $500.0M | Germany | Zendesk | Zendesk | Customer Service and Support |
Source: Apps Run The World, September 2022
Further Readings
An expanded version of this report covers the top 900+ Leisure and Recreation Software Vendors, offering in-depth analysis of the market dynamics, vendors’ Strengths, Customers, Opportunities, Risks and Ecosystems as well as their ability to gain Shares (SCORES) within their respective space. We also offer win-loss analysis of the quarterly wins of these top vendors and whether incumbents and upstarts pose any real threat to their standing amid shifting market requirements and user preferences.
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