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24 | www.travelweekly-asia.com THE COMPANY: From booking the best rates to payment and annual sourcing, HRS provides end-to-end automation and consultative services to more than 40,000 companies. It is also the world's largest hotel content provider, offering five million rooms in 350,000+ hotels in 190 countries available through global distribution systems and online booking tools. It helps balance corporate hotel programmes with access to independent hotels–which make up more than 70% of the world's supply. Launched at its headquarters in Cologne, Germany in 1972, HRS today has 27 offices, with regional locations in London, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo. MILESTONES IN ASIA • In 2017, HRS added to its suite of solutions with products such as multisource and intelligent sourcing. • Moved travel booking to mobile devices with optimised experience through machine learning. • With HRS AI technology, data can be picked directly from the database for real time analysis. THE AWARD: Best Travel Management Solutions Provider HRS – Global Hotel Solutions "HRS foresees the AI revolution and new trends, and constantly strives to develop future- sighted technology. With two established R&D centres, HRS continues to develop intelligent products such as multisource and intelligent sourcing. In this way, HRS is helping all partners to move to the next level in this rapid AI transformation era." – Kimi Jiang, vice president of APAC PHOTO CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES