Überlingen – Honours at the German SME Summit: Ranga Yogeshwar pays tribute to Berlin-based ehotel AG in recognition of its success in the TOP 100 innovation competition. The awards ceremony, held as part of the summit, took place on Friday evening, 24 June, in Frankfurt am Main for all SMEs that were awarded the TOP 100 seal at the start of the year. The science journalist is accompanying the innovation competition, now in its 29th 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 sixth time.
The TOP 100 company profile published to mark the award states (excerpt):
They are pioneers in online booking: ehotel® was founded in 2000 with the aim of simplifying the world of business travel, from booking to settlement. The company brings together travel managers, buyers, hotels and business travellers on a single platform and, thanks to digital innovations, makes the whole process as convenient as possible. “We are actually a technology company. The services we offer streamline our customers’ administrative processes,” says CEO Fritz Zerweck.
At the heart of its operations lies meta-search technology. This ensures that only offers that are actually bookable are considered – a particular advantage during the coronavirus pandemic. More than a million hotels worldwide are connected to this search engine. The digital tool also utilises data from around 600 other booking systems and identifies all available rooms at the best rates in real time.
Click here for the full profile: ehotel AG – TOP Innovator. TOP 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 include the Fraunhofer Society for the Promotion of Applied Research and the BVMW. manager magazin and impulse are media partners supporting the company comparison. More information at www.top100.de. 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.
