With HRS Connect, companies finally have one unified platform to manage all lodging categories — transient, longstay, meetings, and groups. For the latter in particular, this means moving away from fragmented email chains, spreadsheets, and manual processes into a structured, automated, and transparent workflow. From sourcing venues to booking and payment, every step is digitized. For procurement leaders, this translates into end-to-end visibility and control, while for bookers, it delivers a streamlined and intuitive experience that drives adoption across the company.

The business case is clear: Connect centralizes all meeting activities, eliminates inefficiencies, and ensures compliance. Procurement teams gain transparency into total spend, while automation reduces manual workload for both planners and suppliers. Embedded policy enforcement ensures employees book within company guidelines, and sustainability metrics are available for every venue through the HRS Green Stay program. By consolidating meetings & groups with lodging into one ecosystem, companies achieve measurable cost savings, increased compliance, and tangible reductions in CO₂ emissions.

Connect provides decision makers with a curated and policy-compliant supplier ecosystem. Instead of scattered sourcing and negotiations, companies define which suppliers are available for bookers, ensuring quality, compliance, and alignment with corporate strategy. Performance tracking is built into the platform, allowing procurement to evaluate suppliers based on response times, rates, and sustainability performance. Most importantly, companies can now bring meetings & groups into the same strategic supplier management framework as lodging, consolidating negotiations and driving stronger partnerships.

The meetings & groups workflow in Connect is designed to be as intuitive as booking a hotel room. Bookers can search for venues based on company-approved filters, compare offers side by side in a structured dashboard, and finalize bookings with payment and compliance automatically applied. This simplicity removes the friction of manual sourcing and negotiation, while clear communication, in-platform tutorials, and “train-the-trainer” enablement ensure a smooth rollout across the organization. The result is high adoption rates without the need for complex training.

Yes. One of Connect’s strongest differentiators is its ability to consolidate data across all lodging categories. Decision makers gain a holistic view of spend, supplier performance, and sustainability impact across transient, longstay, and meetings & groups. This unified reporting not only enables better contract negotiations but also provides the transparency needed for governance and budgeting. By breaking down the silos between meetings and transient travel, Connect gives companies true end-to-end visibility.