Marriott International has unveiled a travel management platform called Business Access by Marriott Bonvoy.
The online booking tool serves as a one-stop shop for small to medium-sized business travelers to compare, book, manage, and change Marriott Bonvoy hotel, flight, rail, and car rental reservations all within one integrated platform that supports compliance with their companies’ travel policies.
The program includes additional features that satisfy business needs, such as access to live traveler data, real-time reporting, and expense management.
Travelers can choose to integrate the program with existing expense management platforms and submit payments with virtual credit card. They can also automate expense reports based on set policies, making it easy for managers to approve and reconcile expenses.
Travel managers can use the platform to customize travel policies and ensure compliance with spending limits. From setting clear guidelines for their unique needs to managing expenses, the self-service tool makes it easy for managers to make changes.
Real-time analytics empower managers with detailed insights on travel spend, sustainability reporting and behavior so they can make policy adjustments.
According to a Marriott survey, business travelers at small to medium-sized businesses in the U.S., UK, Canada, and Mexico were experiencing frustrations with their travel booking platforms including difficulty of use and lack of integration with their travel expense programs.
“Whether small to medium-sized businesses are looking for convenient online booking capabilities for their employees or better expense management solutions, the all-in-one platform, merged with our portfolio of hotel brands around the world, provides everything they need to manage their business travel needs,” said Drew Pinto, Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue and Technology Officer, Marriott International.
The platform is powered by travel-focused tech company Spotnana. It is now available across the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, with further expansion to follow.
