Corporate Housing Providers Association - CHPACorporate Housing Providers Association - CHPASan Diego, February 12th, 2024 – OWL, a collaborative global marketplace for the sourcing and procurement of temporary housing, is thrilled to announce that it has been awarded the Tower of Excellence 2024 for Company of the Year (Provider/Agency) from the Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA).
“We are incredibly grateful for this honor of being named Company of the Year,” says Alex Shahabe, President of OWL. “Thank you for trusting us and being part of creating a global marketplace to bring efficiency to our industry. The collaboration between sourcing, supplier companies, and OWL has been unique and impactful for all users.”
The “Company of the Year” category from the CHPA Tower of Excellence Awards 2024 recognizes CHPA members that have proven activity exceeding provider/client expectations in their business, achieving sound financial results, and have contributed locally, nationally, and internationally to the corporate housing industry.
Since its founding in 2020, OWL has provided a global marketplace for providers to source and be sourced for long and short-term temporary housing. The company has experienced incredible growth and has incorporated innovations that have revolutionized collaboration within the global temporary housing industry.
Highlights of OWL’s achievements include:
“We are committed to bringing the most robust and efficient technology to change the way the temporary industry sources and procures temporary housing globally,” added Alex Shahabe. “Our main objective is to bring trusted technology that provides efficiency while optimizing labor costs and reducing layering costs.”
The OWL team is honored to receive this award and would like to thank the CHPA team for this renowned recognition and for organizing this relevant annual event and awards that recognize the best of the temporary industry.
For more information or a demo of the OWL technology, email info@owlmarketplace.com or visit www.owlmarketplace.com.
About OWL
Founded in 2020 by Alex Shahabe, San Diego-headquartered OWL provides a global marketplace for providers to source and be sourced for long and short-term temporary housing. OWL launched to facilitate a new level of convenience by offering all temporary housing providers complimentary access to fill vacancies and bid on housing requests that best fit their companies’ inventory style.
About CHPA
The Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA) is a professional trade association exclusively dedicated to supporting corporate housing providers around the world. CHPA is the only trade association dedicated to the corporate housing industry, providing networking, educational, and informational opportunities to corporate housing providers globally.
London, United Kingdom — AltoVita, the award-winning global corporate accommodation platform, has launched EcoStats.
The free-to-use tool accurately estimates the CO2 emissions for each night’s stay in any of the accommodations listed on AltoVita, offering a transparent and reliable measure of environmental impact.
When searching for corporate accommodation on the AltoVita platform, the user inputs the specifics of the stay, including location, duration and accommodation type. EcoStats then assesses various sustainability metrics such as; certifications, renewable energy usage, carbon tracking, efficient lighting, single plastic use, recycling, responsible sourcing, and more. The search results (property profiles, quotes, and booking confirmations) will all show the calculated volume of CO2 emissions per night.
As a result, AltoVita EcoStats gives clarity in understanding the environmental impact of accommodation options, helping users to compare CO2 emissions performance as easily as rates and amenities.
AltoVita EcoStats follows reporting processes consistent with practices used in research such as the Cornell Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking Index. In partnership with Thrust Carbon, the tool is grounded in scientific accuracy and adheres to internationally recognised sustainability standards.
The launch coincides with upcoming European Union legislation — the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive — which will soon require large companies and listed companies to publish regular reports on the social and environmental risks they face, and on how their activities impact people and the environment.
This EU directive is being phased in from next year through 2029.
“EcoStats is a sustainability suite, and eventually it will not just include CO2 quantities, but multiple indicators, such as length of stay, seasonality and the number of guests, that help businesses and travellers make more informed decisions,” said Mikhail Lortkipanidze, Senior Product Manager at AltoVita. “We’re thinking long-term, to make it compliant with the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.”
Companies today are more than aware of the need to reduce emissions within their mobility and travel programs. According to a recent survey, 54% of travel managers say their company has set either internal or public targets to reduce Scope 3 emissions, which include those from business travel. Another 23% are planning to set such reduction targets, based on the findings in “The State of Climate Action in Business Travel – Global Industry Barometer 2023,” published by the Global Business Travel Association in June 2023.
And according to Harvard Business Review and NTT, companies that prioritise sustainability outperform their peers by 44% in the long run.
AltoVita EcoStats makes it easier for companies to hit their sustainability goals.
For more information, visit www.altovita.com/ecostats
About AltoVita
AltoVita delivers smart and sustainable corporate housing solutions to employees anywhere in the world.
AltoVita’s unique offering sets us apart in the market, providing a network of 7 million+ verified and vetted properties that are all duty of care compliant, backed by a four-tier quality control process, located in over 35.000 cities & 165 countries world-wide. With our award-winning enterprise software and human-centric approach, we deliver smart and sustainable solutions to global talent mobility & business travel managers worldwide.
Our Client Development team plays a vital role as trusted advisors and partners to our clients. Embodying our consultative philosophy, this dedicated team proactively shares new market insights, analyses data, and empowers our clients with the tools and knowledge to make informed decisions, ensuring our clients are always equipped to make the best choices for their corporate housing needs.
AltoVita’s technology provides a cloud-based bridge between the highly fragmented property distribution system and multinational Global 2000 companies. A proprietary two-way API integration with a standardised sourcing process reduces the legacy, inefficient 48-to-72-hour bidding process down to a few minutes, saving valuable time and money.
Corporate clients love the bespoke user interface seamlessly configured to their mobility policies, and employees enjoy a greater sense of choice and support in their relocation journey.