The benefits world seems to be upping their game these days.  Hotel Engine, a company that provides hotel booking solutions for business, officially launched in the employee benefits space last month.

People can now use Hotel Engine for their own personal travel as a benefit, with zero cost to the employee or the employer.  People can take advantage of discounted hotel prices that mirror corporate rates for leisure travel.

Sonia Reid, vice president of marketing and communications at Hotel Engine, said the product is already receiving lots of positive feedback. 

“It’s one of the benefits that more and more employees are looking for, and so being able to offer them these deeply discounted rates to use when they have vacation is huge,” Reid said.

Hotel Engine also helps outs on the implementation and marketing side of things to make sure a new rollout goes smoothly for the employer.  Taking things one step further, Hotel Engine offers employees traveling for leisure the same level of customer service as they do for business travel clients. The only caveat is you have to work at a business which offers this as a benefit.

Hotel Engine saw a hole in the market and filled it up.  It will therefore be interesting to see how many employers adopt something like this in the future.