Engine

Engine is a US platform that companies use to book and manage work travel, from single hotel nights to large group trips. It traded as Hotel Engine until 2024, when it added flights and car hire and shortened its name. The business separated from the corporate housing company Travelers Haven in 2018 to stand alone.

What Engine offers

• Travel booking — hotels, flights and rental cars reserved through one account.
• Group travel — coordination for crews, teams, events and larger parties, including long stays.
• Meeting space — venues for offsites, retreats and conferences.
• FlexPro — an option that lets travellers change or cancel hotel stays.
• Engine X cards — company cards issued instantly with limits set by the business.
• Billing and reporting — a single itemised invoice, trip and spend dashboards, and links to ERP and HR tools.

Who it works with

Engine says more than 30,000 businesses use it. It serves sports teams, building crews, event organisers, disaster relief groups, schools and public bodies, and names Pepsi, PNC, WeWork, Whole Foods and NBC Universal as clients.

Key facts

• Based in: United States
• Founded: 2018 as a standalone company
• Former name: Hotel Engine, until 2024
• Partnership: a tie-up with Navan announced on its site
• Support: round-the-clock, US-based