HLT News & Events

Navan (NAVN) plans to launch a hotel-Travel Management Company, or TMC, direct connection to modernize the corporate hotel booking experience. This new capability, co-created between Navan and Hilton (HLT), combines Hilton's distribution framework with Navan's travel technology, marketplace, and booking platform. Navan will be the first TMC to integrate directly with Hilton's Central Reservation System and content services, enabling real-time shopping, booking, and access to source-of-truth hotel content. The integration is enabled through Hilton-developed APIs, implemented and optimized in partnership with Navan's travel marketplace platform.

Hilton announced the launch of Undergraduate by Hilton, a new upper-midscale brand developed to serve a broader range of college and university markets. Building on the success of Graduate by Hilton, the brand introduces a complementary expression of college-town hospitality. Undergraduate will extend Hilton's presence with a flexible model designed to unlock development opportunities at scale and a cost structure suited to the demand in more campus-driven markets. The brand has long-term expansion potential of 400-500 hotels, with the first property anticipated to open in 2027. This is in addition to market opportunities identified for the Graduate brand.