Hotel Engine to Offer Sonder Inventory

Hotel Engine has added short-term rental provider Sonder’s inventory to its offerings, the companies announced Tuesday. The inventory will be available “beginning October 2021,” the companies said, without further detail.

The companies didn’t immediately return a request for clarification.

“The addition of Sonder provides more choice and flexibility in how our members travel and stay for work in some of the top cities around the world,” said Hotel Engine VP of supplier relations Anwar Musa in a statement.

Sonder in July added its inventory to the major global distribution systems following its May announcement that it intends to go public by merging with special purpose acquisition company Gores Metropoulos II with a valuation of $2.2 billion. Hotel Engine, a no-contract, free-to-use corporate travel booking and management platform, raised $16 million in funding in September 2019. It claims to provide rates that are up to 60 percent less than public rates.

Hotel Engine has more than 550,000 individual members across 35,000 businesses, with 700,000 hotels in more than 185 countries, according to the company. Sonder’s portfolio includes 250 properties with 5,000 units in more than 35 cities across nine countries, according to the company.

Donna M. Airoldi www.businesstravelnews.com