Green Stay Audit Platform automates data collection at no cost to hoteliers

HRS, the corporate lodging and payment technology platform, announced that it has launched the Green Stay Audit Platform, automation offered at no cost to hoteliers worldwide. The solution, according to the announcement,  is designed to help the hotel community as they take steps to reduce emissions and more efficiently convey their attributes as they compete for corporate room nights, including transient and meetings-related segments.

Hotels, according to the announcement,  continue to be challenged in four specific areas in their quest to justifiably make investments in more sustainable on-property practices: capturing and generating verifiable data on their carbon emissions; efficiently communicating their data during corporate RFP processes, using concise, repeatable and standardized methods that conform with regulatory requirements; getting educated on achievable steps a hotel can take to further reduce/remove emissions; and resource constraints impacting their ability to progress on these items.

Hotels in more than 180 countries, including more than 600 chains, participate in Green Stay today. Properties at the Advanced and Professional levels in Green Stay respectively earned 15 and 19 percent more room night bookings from HRS clients over the past year, according to the company.

The new Green Stay Audit Platform – featuring the Green Stay Assistant – elevates HRS’ provision of timely, effective information and services to the hotel community, according to the announcement.  The platform makes it easier and faster for hotels to complete sustainability assessments, even those with limited resources. This is vital for corporate travel executives during RFP processes, leading to: higher hotel participation, increasing the share of properties with verifiable footprint data; broader data across markets and categories, improving procurement and booking decisions;  more visibility into hotel program performance, enabling better steering and  auditable reporting; and enhanced RFP compliance via automation, which reduced friction in the sourcing process.

Martin Biermann, chief product officer of HRS, said the new platform “represents one more leap forward, giving hoteliers a wealth of information and resources at their keyboard. Beyond helping hotels compete for and win more corporate transient and meetings-related room nights, this enhancement also moves the ecosystem forward on the primary goal of reducing the emissions related to corporate lodging.”