The HRS Partnership Marks UATP's First
Venture into Wide-Scale Hotel Payment Acceptance and
Corporate Lodging
WASHINGTON, March 17,
2025 /PRNewswire/ -- UATP, the global network
that enables organizations to simplify payment processes and expand
their payment capabilities, announced that HRS, the leading
global corporate lodging and payment technology platform, is a new
UATP Merchant. By joining the UATP network, HRS will be able to
accept UATP payments for individual business travelers, meeting
attendees, and crews, expanding their growth opportunities across
UATP's vast portfolio of corporate issuers and airline clients.
For UATP, the partnership with HRS represents its first
foray into wide-scale hotel acceptance, UATP travel merchants and
corporate account holders will have direct access to HRS' unmatched
array of business-travel ready hotels, many available with
compelling corporate rates via HRS' AI-infused platform. Perhaps
more importantly, the partnership offers newfound synergies for
UATP clients and merchants, as the integration of HRS provides them
with invoice automation, billing and reconciliation from a singular
provider. For typical corporate programs, this accounts for the
vast majority of their total travel expenditures.
"We see a lot of synergies in our partnership with UATP,"
says Alexander Olsen, Vice
President Spend Management & Payment Consulting, HRS. "By
joining forces, we're creating a truly complete ecosystem for
business travel, bridging the complexity of procurement and booking
quality hotels with seamless payment and financial reporting. Our
combination of innovative automation and hotel expertise also
provides a new option for travel suppliers as they seek more
cost-effective, streamlined lodging options for their global
workforces."
The companies announced the partnership one day
before UATP's Airline Distribution® 2025, beginning
on Tuesday in Budapest. UATP
Chairman, President & CEO Ralph
Kaiser will host HRS CEO Tobias
Ragge on stage on Wednesday
March 19 to further discuss the new partnership.
As a member of the UATP Network, HRS can optimize a
dynamic ecosystem of corporate account holders, Issuers and
Merchants. For many businesses and corporate travel managers - HRS'
core market - UATP accounts are their preferred method of payment.
With payment efficiency identified as a key component in driving
program compliance and use of preferred hotel suppliers, the
partnership enables UATP to be used for those payments and expand
their footprint at a time of surging corporate travel demand.
"In their commitment to creating efficient, digital and positive
experiences for corporate travelers and their embrace of
technological innovation, HRS shares many of the same core values
of UATP," said Zach Ornelas,
SVP Commercial, UATP. "HRS' expertise, particularly when it comes
to the automated payment processes that govern expedient payment to
hotels from corporate enterprises, makes them the perfect partner
for our expansion in the hotel and meeting sector. We expect a long
relationship marked by extensive mutual benefit."
Captains of Corporate Travel Come Together
HRS is a leading name in corporate travel. The company's
AI-powered platform technology covers procurement, booking and
payment, giving corporate hotel program leaders complete worldwide
visibility across every element of a hotel booking. The company's
automation enables real-time tracking of local and regional hotel
trends, exposing savings and performance opportunities for
transient, meetings and longstay segments. HRS lodging content
offers the broadest inventory of GDS and non-GDS properties, and a
broad collection of chain-direct and independent hotels.
These capabilities are complemented by UATP's payment,
transaction data, and settlement expertise. Both UATP and HRS
provide corporate travel managers with access to customized and
detailed reports, including Level III data, expense integration,
automated billing and reconciliation, as well as improved cost
controls.
For more information about the UATP and the partnership
with HRS or to speak with a UATP company executive, please contact
Wendy Ward at wendy.ward@uatp.com.
Those seeking more information about HRS can contact Michael Brophy at michael.brophy@hrs.com.
ABOUT UATP
UATP is the global network simplifying payments in complex
industries. We make it easy for businesses to make or accept any
type of payment; open new markets, drive growth, and reduce costs
for Issuers, Merchants, vendors, agents, aggregators, and more.
UATP is continually innovating to connect companies to new forms of
payment (AFPs), and our easy-to-use data tools,
DataStream® and DataMine®,
provide comprehensive account details to Issuers and Corporate
Account Holders. Our team has decades of experience with the
ever-changing payments landscape, and our reliable and proven
technology ensures our global customers get more from every payment
experience. Learn more at uatp.com.
Accepted as a form of payment for corporate business travel
worldwide by airlines, travel agencies and
Amtrak®; UATP accounts are issued by Aeromexico;
Air Canada (TSE: AC); Air China; Air New Zealand (ANZFF.PK); Air
Niugini; AirPlus International a wholly owned subsidiary of SEB
Kort; American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL); APG Airlines;
Austrian Airlines; Avianca Airlines; BCD Travel; China Eastern
Airlines (NYSE: CEA); Delta Air Lines
(NYSE: DAL); EL AL Israel Airlines; Etihad Airways;
Fareportal; Frontier Airlines; GOL Linhas Aereas inteligentes S.A.
(NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4); Hahn Air; High
Point Travel; Japan Airlines (9201:JP); JetBlue Airways; LATAM
Airlines; Link Airways; Qantas Airways (QUBSF.PK); Shandong
Airlines; Sichuan Airlines; Southwest Airlines; Sun Country
Airlines; TUIfly GmbH; Turkish Airlines (ISE: THYAO); United
Airlines (NASDQAQ: UAL) and WestJet.
ABOUT HRS
HRS is a global technology company focused
on leveraging Artificial Intelligence to create fully digital
lodging experiences for corporations and their travelers. The
company's platform-based solutions are reinventing end-to-end
travel management and the traveler experience for transient,
meetings and workforce segments for Fortune 500 companies
worldwide. HRS' award-winning Green Stay Initiative enables hotels
to showcase their sustainable attributes while helping companies on
their quest towards NetZero travel. HRS has an unsurpassed network
of ecosystem relationships, with secure API integrations to hotel
suppliers, digital payment facilitators and booking solutions. More
information at www.hrs.com and on LinkedIn.
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