hotel reservation

"For people who travel a lot, it's extremely important to be recognised by hoteliers, to be able to find their preferences, and to benefit from added services based on their status. While mobile executives are often members of loyalty programmes on a personal basis, whether or not to include this subject in corporate contracts is...

"Companies need solutions that accept all forms of payment. On the one hand, to be able to reconcile data on all hotel expenditure and, on the other, to simplify the payment of overnight stays. Because, as legend has it, not all travellers have a corporate card. Frequent travellers do, but not those who...

"Corporate is the most important segment for our group. So our aim is to cover 100 % of business travellers' expectations. We have a sales department dedicated to large companies, which negotiates preferential rates with them, as well as dynamic rates, in a wide choice of hotels ranging from economy to top-of-the-range....

"At the end of the day, it's the traveller who decides. But travellers tend to want to find the same booking experience, the best prices and the same exhaustive content in the professional world as in B2C. The idea is to provide them with all this, but in an organised way. Our platform deduplicates the different sources of content...

While hotel reservations are now largely automated, the same is far from true for an important component of the business: meetings and seminars. The day we get there, it will be a big step forward," says Paul-Édouard Le Bret of Louvre Hotels. But, for the moment, it's still...

Complex, fragmented, disrupted... the corporate hotel reservation market has been thoroughly shaken up in recent years. Whether through the rise of online travel agencies - the famous OTAs such as Expedia and Booking - or the emergence of specialist platforms such as HRS and HCorpo. Just 10-15 years ago,...

The SAP Concur survey of 1,250 European business travellers reveals a decline in the number of direct hotel and air bookings. From 2017 to 2018, these bookings fell from 79 % to 68 % and from 83 % to 70 % respectively. "62 % business travellers consider that...

Booking.com is strengthening its integration into the world of business travel by teaming up with AirPlus International. Using virtual cards issued by the German specialist in corporate payment solutions, companies can now generate a unique Mastercard number enabling their employees to pay for their accommodation via the Booking.com for Business platform. "This collaboration...

Long layovers, plane delays, last-minute cancellations of appointments: the journey of business travellers is punctuated by hazards that can be a source of stress and reduced productivity. In these conditions, more than one mobile professional has no doubt wished to enjoy the comfort of a hotel room instead of wandering from hotel lobby to airport lounge to consult...

With the simultaneous acquisition of iAlbatros and Xpenditure in March 2017, Sodexo's offensive into the business travel market was only a matter of time. Since 5 June, it's official: a new player has made a remarkable entry into the business travel ecosystem, despite being used to 'disruptive' announcements. Rydoo - as it is called - intends to embody...

CDS Groupe wants to put an end to empty rooms during the day. On 18 May, the business hotel expert announced that it had signed an agreement with Dayuse.com, a specialist in this type of service. "This collaboration with Dayuse.com will enable us to identify, control and monitor expenses relating to daytime accommodation", says Ziad Minkara, CEO of the...

Blockchain is one of the buzzwords of the moment. The general public's main impression of this technology with a bright future is that it is the basis of bitcoin, the famous crypto-currency. A decentralised computer system, the blockchain enables transactions to be validated in the form of...

It is generally accepted, in the world of leisure as in that of business travel, that early booking is synonymous with savings. The latest Concur study challenges this logic, at least in the business hotel sector. According to the travel and expense management specialist, the cost of a room...

Just over three years after its arrival on the French market, TripSource has taken a major step forward by integrating a new function: hotel reservations. BCD Travel made the launch of this new option official on 16 November, and it will be available in seven countries: Germany, Benelux, France, Ireland, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom and...

AccorHotels has announced its acquisition of Gekko, parent company of the HCorpo reservation platform, to create the world leader in B2B hotel distribution. The French hotel group is aiming to strengthen its position in the strategic business travel sector. Business travel is a key segment for AccorHotels," says...

Having content is great. Being able to distribute it effectively to its target audience is much better. That's why MagicStay has joined forces with CDS Groupe, with a view to strengthening its emerging position in the business travel market. The two BtoB partners, who specialise in flat rental and hotel distribution respectively, will therefore...

French employees love business trips, and are increasingly looking to make the pleasure last during a bleisure break. This is confirmed by the study published on 25 January by Booking.com Business, which found that 49% of French people enjoy their business trips, and that one out of every two travellers (49%) has extended his or her trip in...

HRS has announced the integration of a price comparator, called Multisource, into its reservation solution. From now on, each time a search is carried out, the offers proposed by the hotels in the database of this key player in corporate hotel reservations will be compared with those of numerous affiliated partners such as Expedia Affiliate Network, eLong or...

The post-Brexit slaughter predicted across the Channel has not really affected the British hotel industry. At least, that's the conclusion of a study published on 16 August by Trivago. The hotel booking platform - which is more geared towards the general public than business travellers - took a close look at the average rate for overnight stays, and above all how it changed between 9 June and...