Lodging Source

What Lodging Source does

Lodging Source, LLC is a privately held Virginia-based corporate lodging agency founded in 2004 that sources, books, and manages hotel reservations for companies with group, project, and extended-stay travel needs. Its core offering pairs a dedicated Travel Manager (an assigned human point of contact) with a proprietary reservation and billing-tracking database that clients can access for real-time reporting on reservations, folios, and in-stay changes. Target customers span horizontal verticals — restaurants, retail, specialty construction, environmental services, and relocation — all of which require multi-traveler, multi-night, or project-based temporary housing rather than standard point-to-point business travel.

The company operates on a commission-based revenue model: corporate clients pay no fees, no service charges, and face no minimums or contracts, while Lodging Source is compensated by hotels from negotiated rates claimed to average 20%+ below best-available rates. Go-to-market is sales-led, combining a self-service website inquiry funnel with direct outreach and dedicated account handling by Travel Managers who also manage billing setup, changes during stays, and reconciliation. Distribution is global in scope via hotel group relationships, but the formal operating geography is listed as the United States, with a McLean, VA mailing address as headquarters. The company has no app, no public API, no disclosed integrations, and operates with a lean public footprint (President Daniel Angel, Vice President Jayme Moylan).

Name

Lodging Source

Legal name

Lodging-Source, LLC

Website

https://lodging-source.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lodging Source is a Virginia-based corporate lodging agency founded in 2004 that sources, books, and manages group, project, and extended-stay hotel reservations for companies in construction, environmental services, retail, restaurants, and relocation, paid via hotel commissions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Travel & Lodging Services

NAICS

Travel Agencies (561510)

akta.pro primary industry

Program Performance, Compliance & Traveler Adoption (Lodging) (THACAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hotel Program Management (Corporate Lodging) (THAKAMAI), Supplier Content, Contracting & Rate Management (RFP, Negotiated Rates) (THALAGAH), Lodging Reservations (Hotels, Vacation Rentals) (HSACALAI)

Keywords

• Corporate lodging services
• Hotel booking management
• Extended stay accommodations
• Group travel lodging
• Hotel rate negotiation

Headquarters

HQ city

Mount Pleasant

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Hotel Commission Revenue: Lodging Source's hotel booking service is completely free for customers. The company is paid by the hotels through commissions rather than charging service fees to clients. They negotiate deeply discounted rates with hotel groups worldwide and earn a commission from those hotels for bookings placed through their service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Lodging Source is a corporate lodging management company that sources hotels, negotiates discounted rates, books reservations, sets up billing, manages in-stay changes, and handles folio reconciliation on behalf of business clients needing group, extended stay, and project lodging. Each client is assigned a dedicated Travel Manager, and clients receive access to a proprietary database for real-time reservation, billing, and reporting visibility. The service is offered free of charge to corporate clients, with the company compensated through commissions paid by the hotels.

Product overview

Lodging Source offers a unified corporate lodging management platform focused on group, extended stay, and project travel. The core offering combines a Dedicated Travel Manager service with a proprietary database and reporting platform. Services include hotel sourcing and rate negotiation (averaging 20%+ savings), reservation management, billing setup, folio reconciliation, and real-time data tracking. The platform is free to corporate clients, with hotels compensating Lodging Source through their established partnerships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate Lodging Services
• Dedicated Travel Manager Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Average savings of more than 20% off best available rates

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hotel Engine: Hotel Engine is a tech-enabled business lodging platform that negotiates discounted rates with hotel chains and serves corporate clients with group, project, and extended-stay bookings — directly overlapping Lodging Source's core offering.
• Corporate Lodging Consultants: A niche corporate lodging intermediary focused on group, extended-stay, and project-based accommodations, mirroring Lodging Source's specialization and high-touch Travel Manager model.

Broad incumbents

• AMEX Global Business Travel (Amex GBT): One of the largest corporate travel management companies globally, offering integrated hotel sourcing and policy compliance tools that overlap with Lodging Source's corporate lodging program support.
• BCD Travel: A major global TMC with corporate lodging sourcing, rate negotiation, and reporting capabilities that compete with Lodging Source across enterprise and mid-market segments.
• CWT (Carlson Wagonlit Travel): A long-established corporate travel management company that includes hotel program management, negotiated corporate rates, and traveler reporting as part of a broad TMC offering.
• TravelPerk: A modern business travel platform offering self-service booking with negotiated hotel inventory and integrated expense management, increasingly competing for the same corporate lodging demand.
• Engine (formerly TripActions): A corporate travel and expense platform with negotiated hotel rates and group travel tools aimed at mid-market and enterprise customers — overlapping Lodging Source's booking and reporting value proposition.
• SAP Concur: A widely deployed corporate travel and expense platform that integrates hotel booking, policy controls, and reporting — a structural competitor to Lodging Source's reporting and reconciliation tools.
• Booking.com for Business: A self-service business lodging offering from a major OTA with negotiated rates and reporting features for corporate customers, providing an alternative path to group and extended-stay bookings.

Emerging players

• HRS Group: A corporate hotel sourcing and payment platform focused on negotiated rates, content aggregation, and corporate lodging programs for enterprises — a comparable, more tech-forward player.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lodging-source-llc
• Facebookfacebook.com/LodgingSource

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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