# Hotel Engine

> Engine, formerly Hotel Engine, is a Denver-based business travel marketplace and management platform for hotels, flights and rental cars. Its roots in project and crew lodging show up in consolidated billing, job-level spending controls, incidental coverage and optional paid cancellation protection. The core platform is free to join, funded by hotel commissions; its newer products include meeting-space discovery, a corporate charge card and booking infrastructure for other travel platforms.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Denver, United States
- **Founders:** Elia Wallen (Founder and CEO)
- **Products:** Engine travel platform, Direct Bill, Flex and FlexPro, Engine Groups, Partner Hub
- **Notable:** Reached a $1.3 billion financing valuation in 2021 and $2.1 billion in 2024., The 2024 funding announcement reported profitability and 70% year-over-year revenue growth., The September 2026 Navan announcement reports nearly two million travelers.

## Products & services

- **Engine travel platform** — Web and mobile booking for lodging, flights and rental cars, with policy controls and reporting. Flights and cars were added in October 2024.
- **Direct Bill** — Consolidated travel invoicing and centralized folios; eligibility and payment terms apply.
- **Flex and FlexPro** — Optional paid flexibility: per-booking protection or company-wide hotel subscription, subject to deadlines and exclusions. FlexPro launched in 2023.
- **Engine Groups** — Specialist-assisted room blocks and extended stays; designed for groups needing nine or more rooms.
- **Partner Hub** — Hotel-facing reservation, marketing and traveler-management tools.
- **Insights+** — Hotel analytics for pricing, market demand and booking performance.
- **Engine Spaces** — U.S. meeting and event space discovery with estimated pricing and direct hotel inquiries.
- **Engine X** — Business charge card with physical and virtual cards, spend controls and tiered rewards; issued by Fifth Third Bank on Visa.
- **Omni** — Hotel booking API and infrastructure for embedding search, reservations, payments and support into other platforms.
- **Roomblocks** — Dedicated wedding room-block service, distinct from the corporate Groups offering.
- **TMC online booking tool** — Agency-focused booking software being developed alongside the Options Travel acquisition.

## Achievements

- Reached a $1.3 billion financing valuation in 2021 and $2.1 billion in 2024.
- The 2024 funding announcement reported profitability and 70% year-over-year revenue growth.
- The September 2026 Navan announcement reports nearly two million travelers.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Launched Engine Spaces for discovering and inquiring about meeting and event venues.
- **2026-03** — Introduced the Engine X corporate charge card.
- **2026-07** — Announced acquisition of Options Travel and TempoTrip to support agency booking software.
- **2026-09** — Announced Navan partnership powered by Omni; initial rollout scheduled for September with additional features to follow.

## Links

- Website: https://engine.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/engine
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/gowithengine
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gowithengine
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gowithengine

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Last updated: 2026-09-30