The acquisition includes Uversa’s ondemand spend management platform which helps corporations in the sourcing and
management of transient preferred hotel rates.
“We are delighted that Uversa is joining Lanyon. This transaction represents great value for all stakeholders” explained Todd E. Tyler, President & CEO of Lanyon. “Uversa’s corporate clients gain immediate access to our entire Total Hospitality Spend Management suite and Lanyon’s hotel clients gain access to an impressive additional corporate client base through their existing Lanyon RFP subscription.”
“We are extremely happy to finalize this deal with Lanyon” said Jo Ann Baynes, former President and co-owner of Uversa. “Given our customer base and position in the marketplace, we attracted interest from a number of different parties. We gave careful consideration to all offers, but selected Lanyon because we felt that the interests of our employees and customers are best served with this them."
Uversa co-owner and System Architect, Sean Shelton said "Lanyon’s Total Hospitality Spend Management solution is an amazing leap forward for this category as well as a huge benefit to our clients. We are looking forward to working with Todd and the team to drive the much needed change in our industry.”
Lanyon’s Total Hospitality Spend Management solution offers corporations and agencies the only automated and centralized method to manage the entire spend category. From sourcing of preferred properties (transient, engagement, meetings), custom online traveler resources, negotiated rate auditing and availability checking, to robust
benchmarking, compliance and savings reports, Lanyon provides the only integrated procurement automation solution to manage a company’s travel and entertainment spend.
About Lanyon
For 26 years, Lanyon has been delivering exceptional content distribution technologies to the travel industry. Today, Lanyon is the recognized leader in content management solutions for the global hotel industry, and in sourcing and procurement solutions for corporate travel buyers. From its early success with
GDS publishing and productivity
tools to its
RFP solutions for hotels, consortia and corporations, Lanyon solutions are used globally to reduce data management costs, effectively manage and distribute hotel content, and efficiently connect corporate travel buyers with hospitality suppliers.
Established in 1984 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, many car rental companies, travel management companies, agencies, airlines, and hotels worldwide use Lanyon for their RFP and content management needs.