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Hotel Engine serves businesses by managing lodging through a single platform that offers exclusive rates at over 700,000 hotels worldwide. Companies can book and manage all their lodging without contracts, commitments, or minimum spend, making it accessible for businesses of any size. Revenue comes from negotiated exclusive rates tied to booking volume, enabling discounts while sustaining profitability. The product’s strengths are its ease of use and responsive customer service, helping transform complex corporate travel into a simple, manageable process. The company aims to help organizations save money and time on lodging, streamline travel management, and scale their lodging programs across North America.
About Engine
Industries
Enterprise Software
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$221M
Headquarters
Glendale, California
Founded
2013
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- July 2026 Omni and Trimble integrations expose Engine to 800,000 transport customers.
- April 2026 Salesforce Agentforce cut support handle time 15% and automated half of chats.
- July 2026 Engine Groups booked 460,000 room nights, growing more than fivefold year-over-year.
What critics are saying
- A 2026 FLSA collective action in Colorado targets unpaid overtime for sales staff.
- Navan, TravelPerk, and SAP Concur attack Engine’s core booking and expense workflows directly.
- If supplier discounts tighten, Engine’s margin engine collapses and growth becomes uneconomic.
What makes Engine unique
- Engine unifies lodging, flights, cars, payments, approvals, and duty-of-care in one workflow.
- Its Omni API and SAP Concur integrations embed booking inside partner workflows.
- Engine Groups and Options Travel acquisition deepen coverage from SMB self-serve to TMC operations.
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$221M
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↓ -12%Engine has acquired Options Travel, a corporate travel management company with over 30 years of experience. Options Travel will continue operating independently under its current leadership, with all employees joining Engine. The acquisition follows nine months of collaboration, during which Engine identified significant technology gaps in the travel management company sector. Engine is now developing an AI-native online booking tool for the industry, featuring booking, payments, reporting, and customer management in a single dashboard. The new platform reduces booking times to 2.5 minutes, compared to the industry average of nearly 15 minutes. According to the Global Business Travel Association, nearly a third of corporate travel buyers are reconsidering their travel management company this year, primarily due to outdated technology rather than service quality. Engine will demonstrate the new platform at the GBTA Convention in Chicago from 3–5 August.
Engine, a travel and spend management platform, has launched Omni, a free hotel booking API that allows companies to integrate Engine's booking capabilities into their own platforms. The API provides access to over one million properties worldwide with sub-second search performance, real-time rates and 24/7 support. Trimble, a global industrial technology company, is the first adopter, integrating Omni into Trimble Places, Trimble Road Call and Trimble CoPilot. These solutions serve nearly 800,000 customers across North America, primarily truck drivers who will gain seamless hotel booking access within their existing tools. Engine, backed by Telescope Partners, Blackstone, Elefund and Permira, serves over one million travellers and 30,000 businesses. The Omni integration with Trimble Places is currently available in North America, with other integrations expected soon.
Engine, a business travel platform serving over one million travellers, has expanded its collaboration with Salesforce, deploying Agentforce and Slack to manage complex travel operations. The company now handles over 800,000 annual customer support cases, with 50% resolved autonomously by its AI agent Eva. Engine built Eva using Agentforce Vibes in just 12 days. The system handles complex tasks like modifying group bookings and has reduced average handle time by 15% whilst improving customer satisfaction scores. Slackbot serves as the interface, enabling sales teams to access real-time traveller intelligence and reduce research time by 40%. The platform processes thousands of daily trip modifications, with group travel doubling over the past year and 80% of trips booked within seven days of departure. Engine's deployment is built on Salesforce's Data 360 and Trust Layer.
Engine, a business travel platform serving over one million travellers, has integrated with SAP Concur to expand hotel inventory and streamline expense reporting for corporate travel. The integration makes Engine's network of more than 900,000 global hotel properties available to Concur Travel users via Hotel Connector. Business travellers can now access Engine's hotel inventory and rates through the Concur Travel interface, with bookings processed seamlessly whilst maintaining existing workflows. Companies retain full visibility and control over travel spend within policy. For Engine customers using Concur Expense, the integration automatically transfers receipts from Engine's booking platform to SAP Concur, eliminating manual uploads and reconciliation. Both the Hotel Connector and Concur Expense integrations are now live and available to eligible users.
Engine, a booking platform, has grown into a multi-billion-dollar business, valued at $2.1 billion after a $140 million Series C funding round in 2024. Originally a side project of Travelers Haven, Engine now offers hotel, flight, and car rental bookings. It targets unmanaged SME travel programs, earning revenue through transaction fees and optional products like "Flex" and "FlexPro." Engine has expanded its workforce from 700 to over 1,000 employees this year and is focusing on group travel and sales efforts.
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About Engine
Industries
Enterprise Software
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$221M
Headquarters
Glendale, California
Founded
2013
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