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RateGain Travel Technologies integrated its AI-driven UNO Booking Engine with PayU, boosting secure payments for hotels and supporting India’s digital ecosystem. Shares traded at ₹659.15, down 0.15%.
RateGain Travel Technologies Ltd on Tuesday, December 9, said it has integrated its AI-driven UNO Booking Engine with PayU, giving hotels access to a more secure, frictionless payment stack as the hospitality sector steps up digital adoption.
The tie-up brings together two homegrown tech players and aims to strengthen India's "swadeshi" digital ecosystem by combining AI-led direct booking tools with PayU's diversified payment infrastructure, RateGain said in an exchange filing.
The UNO engine helps hotels convert website traffic into bookings through AI-based personalisation, real-time rate parity checks, a three-step checkout and smart upselling tools, RateGain said. The integration will enable properties to offer guests over 100 domestic payment options, including UPI, wallets, cards and Pay Later, with end-to-end transaction security.
"Hotels today need more than just a booking engine - they need an ecosystem that builds guest trust and drives profitability," said Ashish Sikka, Business Head, UNO Platforms at RateGain. The partnership with PayU strengthens this by merging seamless checkout with secure payments, he added.
PayU’s Chief Growth and Marketing Officer Vineet Sethi said the move aligns with the company's strategy of powering India’s travel sector with scalable payments solutions. Combining PayU's checkout capabilities with RateGain's AI-powered booking engine will help hotels of all sizes deliver direct, "frictionless and secure" booking experiences, he noted.
RateGain said the integration supports its broader push to build AI-first, India-made solutions for the global hospitality industry while helping local hotels stay competitive and self-reliant amid rapidly evolving digital travel trends.
Shares of RateGain Travel Technologies Ltd were trading 1.45% in the green at ₹669.7 at 13:37 pm. The stock has gained close to 49% in the past six months.
Earlier this month, RateGain launched Rev-AI Clarity, an AI-powered revenue assistant, designed to help car rental operators make faster pricing and demand decisions across markets. The tool, part of the company’s Rev-AI suite, aims to simplify the fragmented dashboards used by revenue and commercial teams.
Last month, the company partnered with hotel management solutions provider Arpón Enterprise to create an all-in-one platform to maximise revenue and streamline operations for hotels in a competitive market by automating decisions, ensuring price parity and driving higher profitability in real time.
The company reported a 2.3% drop in its consolidated net profit at ₹51 crore, in the September quarter, from last year's ₹52.2 crore. Its revenue was up 6.4% at ₹295, while its EBITDA declined 11% to ₹53.6 crore from the previous year. Its EBITDA margin contracted to 18.2% from 22% in the year-ago period.
