# S4BT - Solutions for Business Travel

> S4BT is a France-based business travel technology group serving corporations, travel management companies and hotels. Its eight brands connect hotel sourcing and booking, multimodal travel tools, payments, invoicing, ERP software, outsourced support and hotel media. Founded as a group identity in 2025 around CDS, it expanded internationally with the 2026 acquisition of HotelHub.

- **Founded:** 2025
- **Headquarters:** Saint-Cloud, France (Paris metropolitan area)
- **Founders:** Ziad Minkara (Founder and Group CEO; founder of CDS in 2001)
- **Products:** CDS, Corporate Rates Club (CRC), Goelett, SIAP, Methodica
- **Notable:** As of the February 2026 HotelHub acquisition, reported eight brands, 700 employees, more than $5 billion annual hotel booking value, over 60,000 daily hotel bookings and access to more than two million properties., Goelett received an EcoVadis Bronze medal in 2025, according to S4BT., Expanded its UK and international TMC presence by acquiring Travel Centric Technology, HotelHub’s parent, in February 2026.

## Products & services

- **CDS** — Corporate hotel sourcing, booking and payment technology for companies and TMCs; founded in 2001.
- **Corporate Rates Club (CRC)** — Hotel booking portals, payment services and VAT recovery, with a focus on Germany, Austria and Switzerland; operating since 1998.
- **Goelett** — SaaS booking and travel management for hotels, air, rail and rental cars, with corporate policy, approval and reporting functions.
- **SIAP** — Modular ERP and travel software for agencies, tour operators and corporate travel operations; founded in 1983.
- **Methodica** — Outsourced back-office administration, booking management and multilingual customer support for travel businesses.
- **Travel Media Solution (TMS)** — Sponsored placements, banners and other hotel visibility services within business travel channels.
- **Trevium** — Financial platform joining payments, invoice capture and validation, reconciliation, VAT reclaim, reporting and sustainability data; launched January 2026.
- **HotelHub** — Multi-source hotel distribution and booking technology for TMCs; operating since 2008 and acquired by S4BT through Travel Centric Technology in February 2026.
- **Guaranteed Transaction Enrichment** — Trevium and Pliant capability announced July 2026 to assemble complete finance-ready transaction data before billing, initially for hotel payments.

## Achievements

- As of the February 2026 HotelHub acquisition, reported eight brands, 700 employees, more than $5 billion annual hotel booking value, over 60,000 daily hotel bookings and access to more than two million properties.
- Goelett received an EcoVadis Bronze medal in 2025, according to S4BT.
- Expanded its UK and international TMC presence by acquiring Travel Centric Technology, HotelHub’s parent, in February 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published a BT4Europe webinar replay on the EU business travel agenda with S4BT participation.
- **2026-07** — Trevium and Pliant announced Guaranteed Transaction Enrichment, initially focused on hotel payments.
- **2026-06** — CDS announced MCP access for AI assistants and enterprise agents; expansion across S4BT solutions is intended to follow.
- **2026-03** — Announced a SQUAKE partnership for emissions data and reporting.
- **2026-02** — Acquired Travel Centric Technology, parent of HotelHub.
- **2026-01** — Launched Trevium following client demand for integrated travel financial operations.

## Links

- Website: https://sforbt.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sforbt-solutions-for-business-travel

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Last updated: 2026-10-21