Marriott’s Business Access to ease travel

In order to ease travel management process for small to medium-sized businesses, Marriott International launches ‘Business Access by Marriott Bonvoy’. The programme combines the benefits of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio with a suite of travel tools to seamlessly book, manage, and expense business travel, says Drew Pinto, the Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue and Technology Officer.

TT Bureau

Marriott International has announced the launch of Business Access by Marriott Bonvoy™, a comprehensive online travel booking programme designed as a direct channel for small to medium-sized businesses. The programme combines an expanded booking experience with benefits and rewards available only through Marriott Bonvoy’s award-winning travel programme and portfolio of brands. Business Access by Marriott Bonvoy is available to small to medium-sized businesses based in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America and is anticipated to expand to other regions.

According to a global survey commissioned by Marriott Bonvoy® and conducted by Wakefield Research among business travellers at small to medium-sized businesses in the US, UK, Canada, and Mexico, 75 per cent report experiencing frustrations with their travel booking platforms. About 56 per cent say they are difficult to use, 27 per cent are unhappy with the inability to book travel and hotels from the same place, and more than a quarter (27 per cent) express disappointment with the platforms’ lack of integration with their travel expense programmes. In fact, 58 per cent are so unwilling to work within their current programmes that they would rather ask for forgiveness than permission for booking outside their companies’ travel management platforms.

With Business Access by Marriott Bonvoy companies have the ability to book hotels in the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio at a discounted rate, as well as flights, rail, and rental cars, within one easy-to-use multilingual tool. The programme includes additional features that satisfy business needs, such as access to live traveller data, real-time reporting, and expense management. “We recognise the significant value small businesses provide to the hotel industry, which is why we are excited to combine the benefits of our award-winning travel programme with a comprehensive suite of tools in Business Access by Marriott Bonvoy,” said Drew Pinto, Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue and Technology Officer, Marriott International. “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,” Pinto added.

Companies can take their travel to the next level and benefit from the features, such as discounted Marriott Bonvoy rates and awards, elevated shopping experience, customisable travel policies, global travel policy management and reporting, traveller health and safety monitoring, and expense management solutions.

Employees of small and medium-sized businesses who join Business Access by Marriott Bonvoy will have full access to the offerings of Marriott Bonvoy, Marriott International’s award-winning travel programme and marketplace.