hotel rate

Big Hotel Firms Fight For Midscale Extended-Stay Guests As Use Cases Proliferate

Hoping to capitalize on the work-from-anywhere phenomenon that led to more flexibility for workers, more relocations and longer lengths of stay, big hotel companies are adding new brands in the midscale extended-stay segment. Since last fall, Best Western, Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott and Wyndham each announced new products in the space. They augment these companies’ pre-existing…

Why Corporate Hotel Rates Will Keep Rising

Though some forecasters expect moderation next year, corporate hotel rates continue to rise. There are several reasons, notably inflation, cost pressures and lagging corporate recovery relative to other segments. While several hotel executives in recent weeks said all three challenges were easing, they also described a “normalized” environment featuring elevated pricing levels. Buyers should expect…

Tripbam’s Hotel Sourcing Business ‘Tripled’

[UPDATE, July 20, 2023: We added context around Cvent’s hotel sourcing tech.] The Company Dime‘s Jay Campbell spoke with Eric Friedrichsen, CEO of Emburse, and Steve Reynolds, CEO and founder of Tripbam, about the Wednesday morning news of Tripbam’s acquisition by Emburse. Here are some highlights. • Tripbam will initially run as a division of Emburse,…

Emburse Buys Tripbam

[UPDATE, July 19, 2023: The CEOs of both companies offered some additional details here.”] Spend management provider Emburse on Tuesday agreed to acquire Tripbam, the Dallas-based firm best known for hotel rate assurance. Terms were not disclosed. Founded by corporate travel veteran Steve Reynolds a decade ago, Tripbam also offers airfare reshopping, sourcing services for…

Planning New SME Program, Marriott Sees Corporates Competing For Rates And Availability

Marriott isn’t happy with its offering for small and medium-sized enterprises, so it’s building a new one. The plan comes at a time when customer cohorts are jockeying for rooms and rates, and virtually all intermediaries and suppliers are prioritizing small and midsized enterprises for growth. “This is probably the best time ever” for SMEs,…

Comings And Goings Remake Hotel Request For Proposals Tech Field

Decisions by Sabre and Lodging Logistics to shut down their hotel request for proposals products left some travel buyers researching alternatives. The remaining players include familiar names and new entrants. The keys to succeeding in the complicated, niche space include a dedication to ongoing investment, connectivity to various hotel systems and integration with GBTA’s standard…

Elevance Applies Traxo To ‘Tame’ Real-Time Hotel Rate Audits

Traxo made a name for itself as a fix for program leakage using email parsing. But when Elevance director of travel and events Cindy Heston brought in Traxo, she had a different sort of data-capture use case in mind: real-time hotel rate audits. Elevance, a $157 billion health insurance company with over 100,000 employees, always…

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