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HotelEngine (Engine)Revolutionizing Business Travel

Engine is a no-cost travel booking and management platform that gives organizations one place to book hotels, rental cars, and flights while centralizing billing and visibility across teams and locations.

Through OMNIA Partners, members get access to pre negotiated hotel rates and built in policy controls, so bookings stay consistent and aligned with procurement expectations. There is no platform fee to get started.

Better hotel rates, fewer receipts to reconcile, and clear visibility into lodging spend, all in one system.

What That Looks Like in Practice:
●    Pre negotiated hotel rates that help reduce nightly costs
●    Centralized billing options, including Direct Bill, to simplify reconciliation and support cash flow
●    Booking controls that help keep travel consistent and policy aligned
●    Real time reporting and trends that shows hotel, rental car, and air fare spend and usage clearly
 

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    K-12 Education
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    Higher Education
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    State & Local Government

With over 230,000 eligible rooms nationwide, we offer rates that meet or beat GSA standards. With our platform, you get visibility of GSA thresholds based on county lines, enabling easy compliance with budgetary requirements. Bake in your travel policies and get full visibility of itineraries across departments, enhancing team coordination and travel oversight. We’re proud to support the public sector with our easy-to-use platform, which gives you more control over your business travel while helping you save on hotels.

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Lodging That Works the Way Public Sector Travel Actually Happens

Travel is a necessary part of education and government work. Teams are on the road for conferences, training, inspections, site visits, interagency collaboration, and program delivery. And while the purpose of travel is important, managing lodging often becomes harder than it needs to be.

Through OMNIA Partners, Engine provides education and government organizations with a centralized way to manage hotel stays tied to official travel. The result is less administrative lift, better visibility into lodging spend, and more consistent pricing across departments and locations.

Engine’s relationship with OMNIA is supported by a competitively solicited contract through the University of Nebraska, making it easier for public sector organizations to adopt a structured lodging solution without running their own sourcing process. OMNIA members gain access to GSA rates, hotel savings, and a platform offered at no cost.

How Engine Fits into Education and Government Workflows

Procurement teams get a structured way to manage hotel spend.
Finance teams get clearer data and easier reporting.
Departments and travelers get a straightforward way to book compliant lodging.

In practice, that looks like:

  • Centralized lodging purchasing across departments, campuses, and agencies
  • Access to GSA rates and pre-negotiated hotel pricing
  • Less reliance on independent hotel sourcing or one-off RFPs
  • Consolidated reporting to support audits, compliance reviews, and budgeting
  • Average hotel savings of 26% that can be clearly measured
  • A platform available to OMNIA members at no cost
University of Nebraska Case Study
State of Nebraska Case Study

Why Procurement Chooses Engine

  • Competitively solicited, OMNIA-approved lodging solution that reduces the need for independent sourcing or RFPs
  • Centralized purchasing control for hotel spend across departments, campuses, and agencies
  • Built-in access to GSA rates and pre-negotiated pricing, ensuring compliant and defensible purchasing
  • Average savings of 26%, helping procurement teams demonstrate measurable cost avoidance
  • Spend visibility and reporting to support audits, budget planning, and supplier management
  • No-cost platform for OMNIA members, eliminating implementation and subscription barriers

Your Travel Before

  • Decentralized hotel booking across departments, campuses, or agencies
  • Individual departments sourcing hotels independently
  • Inconsistent or non-compliant hotel rates
  • Limited visibility into total lodging spend
  • Difficult to demonstrate cost savings or avoidance
  • Manual reconciliation of hotel invoices and receipts
  • High administrative burden managing multiple lodging vendors
  • Budget leakage from unmanaged or off-contract bookings
  • Added cost for travel management tools or contracts
  • Limited data to support budgeting and forecasting

Your Travel With OMNIA Partners and Engine

  • Centralized lodging purchasing through a single, OMNIA-approved platform
  • Competitively solicited solution through OMNIA Partners, eliminating the need for separate RFPs
  • Built-in access to GSA rates and pre-negotiated pricing
  • Consolidated reporting across departments and locations
  • Average hotel savings of 26%, enabling measurable procurement outcomes
  • Streamlined booking records that support audits and compliance reviews
  • Simplified supplier management through a single lodging solution
  • Policy-aligned booking workflows that reduce maverick spend
  • Platform offered at no cost to OMNIA members
  • Actionable spend data to inform budget planning and negotiations

Where Public Sector Travel Gets Easier with Engine and OMNIA Partners

Contact Information

 

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omnia@hotelengine.com

(855) 567-4683

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