iBooking.com started life in 2003 as Clearfuse Ltd. Originally launched as a general web agency with a focus on bespoke solutions, the focus soon changed to web application development in the travel and hospitality sector. With the acquisition of the remnants of a small technology company who had developed a booking engine for hotels, the company adopted the ASP [Application Service Provider] model and started developing a range of online

Restaurantdiary.com was created as an iBooking product in 2004. Spun out as a separate company later that year, the concept was the result of a meeting in a Glasgow City Centre restaurant with experienced restaurant operator, Mike Conyers. Mike was a fan of using technology to improve restaurant performance and marketing and been an early adopter of web-based reservation systems such as Live Bookings. With iBooking having experience in development