Share Off-channel booking capture provider Traxo and price assurance specialist Smart Hotel Rate have teamed up for a new service to automatically ensure corporate hotel rates are applied to reservations made directly with preferred hotels, the companies announced. The service, which the companies describe as a "first-of-its-kind" solution, combines Traxo's email reservation parsing capabilities—which power its previously existing off-channel booking-capture tool—with the price assurance platform of Smart Hotel Rate. Launched in 2019 by New York City-based business travel technology startup Ansero Inc, Smart Hotel Rate compares a travel buyer's negotiated rates and amenities for a given supplier with actual bookings to determine if the offered rate was correct.