which allows client
companies to capture travel transaction data
regardless of booking channel.
Participants will include hotel companies Best Western International, Choice
Hotels International, InterContinental Hotels Group, La Quinta Inns &
Suites, Marriott International and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, and
car rental companies Avis and Hertz. According to Concur, they "will be
able to link a traveler's Concur Travel profile with the respective loyalty
accounts, enabling the supplier to automatically confirm and grant access to a
corporate discount—even when the booking occurs on the hotel or car rental
website." Concur executive vice president Michael Koetting added, "whether
they acknowledge it or not, even the best run programs see a meaningful
percentage of their hotel and car bookings happen outside of the corporate
booking tool."