Weimar – Recognition at the German SME Summit: Ranga Yogeshwar congratulates Berlin-based ehotel AG on being awarded the TOP 100 seal. The award ceremony, held as part of the summit, will take place on Friday 28 June in Weimar for all SMEs that received the TOP 100 seal at the start of the year. The science journalist is accompanying the innovation competition, now in its 31st year, as a mentor. In the scientific selection process, ehotel® particularly impressed in the ‘Innovation Success’ category. The company has now been named among the top innovators for the eighth time.
Source: © KD Busch / compamedia | Top 100 awards ceremony: Ranga Yogeshwar (left) and Fritz Zerweck (CEO of ehotel AG)
The TOP 100 company profile published to mark the award states (excerpt): When entrepreneurs and employees travel, there are different issues to clarify in advance compared to annual leave: Can bookings be made quickly and in accordance with company guidelines? Can travel bookings be integrated into the company’s own administrative systems? ehotel® specialises in the specific requirements of business travellers. In 2000, the company was one of the first to enable bookings via mobile devices using WPA technology. Even today, this top innovator remains a technological pioneer.
“Using our proprietary, AI-powered meta-search technology, we aggregate and analyse data from OTAs, GDSs, wholesalers and chain CRS systems, thereby offering over seven million accommodation options with competitive prices and maximum availability,” says CEO Fritz Zerweck. In addition, users receive transparent information about a hotel’s carbon footprint and access to 16 leading sustainability certification providers. “Sustainability is also playing an increasingly important role in business travel,” explains Zerweck. Equally important is the ability to integrate a company’s own compliance guidelines into the ehotel® software.
The result for customers is efficient booking processing that saves time and reduces costs. Furthermore, ehotel® offers a scalable central billing solution with global VAT display and seamless integration into corporate systems.
Click here for the full profile: TOP 100 – The Top InnovatorsTOP 100: the competition Since 1993, compamedia has been awarding the TOP 100 seal to medium-sized companies for exceptional innovative strength and above-average innovation success. Prof. Dr Nikolaus Franke has been the scientific director since 2002. Franke is the founder and director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. The mentor for the TOP 100 is science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar. Project partners are the Fraunhofer Society for the Promotion of Applied Research and the BVMW. The magazines manager magazin and impulse support the company comparison as media partners, whilst ZEIT für Unternehmer is a cooperation partner. More information at TOP 100. The hotel booking platform ehotel® aggregates accommodation offers from all providers worldwide on a single platform using meta-search technology. The Berlin-based company focuses its business strategy on providing comprehensive support for hotel bookings and related services for business customers. By integrating tools and services into the systems of the respective companies, alongside proprietary payment and billing solutions, ehotel® ensures optimised processes, seamless expenditure control, compliance and cost savings for its clients. The booking platform has repeatedly been recognised for its service quality by, among others, the German Institute for Service Quality and the market research institute ServiceValue.
