Press release: Following the IFTM by CDS Groupe Hackathon on October 1st and 2nd, during which several teams competed to develop new services for the business hotel industry, CDS Groupe has positioned itself as a technology and BtoB platform editor. The business hotel marketplace announces its collaboration with the team that won the President’s Award, a special prize for its innovative proposal that meets a need identified by CDS Group.

Business Lab is a hybrid digital agency that redefines customer experiences through the lens of brand, digital and commerce. With 120 employees and four different sites in Paris, Lyon, New York and Switzerland, Business Lab is part of the Arneo brand and brings together all the digital expertise.

CDS Group responds with this collaboration to a market that is not yet addressed. If some products exist, on the hotel part, it is a strong innovation. The hotel reservation marketplace is thus positioning itself on group reservations and adding a significant string to its bow.

The objective of this R&D collaboration for CDS Group, whose main targets will be tour operators, is to improve the user experience in group reservations, to simplify this process and to make it more efficient, in particular with a synchronization tunnel allowing immediate verification of availability. The co-constructed platform will improve the booking process and refine the needs of agencies with the immediate introduction of a highlighted booking process and the possibility of specifying one’s needs in a complementary field.

The hackathon by CDS will therefore give birth to an innovative solution that meets a real need in the first quarter of 2020, thanks to the Business Lab and CDS Group alliance.

About CDS Group:

CDS Group is a French company, dynamic, 100% independent and committed to its customers. Its Marketplace meets the needs of corporate clients, agencies and public administrations. CDS Group provides access to a hotel database with 1.5 million establishments. The CDS Network is composed of an open and dynamic ecosystem, strategic partnerships for the benefit of our clients and a development methodology that is 100% compatible with the industry’s offerings and innovations.

Contact: Ziad Minkara, Managing Director, zminkara@pp.cdsgroupe.com – (+33) 01 80 22 00 22

About Business Lab:

For 20 years, Business Lab has been helping its clients anticipate and optimize the digitalization of consumption. Our strong technological heritage fuels all of our initiatives and allows us to leverage new technologies to support our marketing, communication and sales strategies. We offer our clients a major competitive advantage: agility, boldness and the ability to adapt to a changing environment.

Contact: Nathalie GUIET – General Manager – Business Lab, 37-41 rue Fernand Pelloutier 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt – +33 6 13 18 85 26