DayBlink GPO Partners with OneJourney to Turn Everyday Hotel Payments into a New Revenue Stream for Luxury Independent Properties

McLean, VA — DayBlink GPO, the largest hospitality buying consortium supporting luxury independent hotels worldwide, today announced a strategic partnership with OneJourney, the embedded-payments company behind SwiftPay, a hospitality-first B2B payment platform. With DayBlink representing over 1,100 luxury independent hotels, this partnership provides a new way for their members to generate incremental revenue and operational savings from the payments they already make every day.

For more than a decade, DayBlink GPO has helped independent hotels compete more effectively with the major brands, not only by reducing costs through stronger supplier contracts and collective buying power, but also by driving top-line performance through revenue-generating partnerships and distribution solutions. This partnership extends that mission from how hotels buy to how they pay.

Through SwiftPay, hotels can transform routine supplier and operating payments into a recurring income stream, while automating much of the back-office work that surrounds them. The platform combines virtual commercial card payments, supplier payment workflows, AI-driven invoice and reconciliation automation, cashback on eligible spend, and clear transaction reporting, all delivered at no cost and with no added risk to the hotel. In short, DayBlink members already save on what they buy, and now they can also earn on how they pay.

“Most GPOs focus exclusively on cost savings. DayBlink has built its platform around helping independent hotels improve both profitability and revenue growth,” said Michael Wong, CEO and Founder of DayBlink GPO. “This partnership with OneJourney furthers that vision by creating a new, recurring revenue stream from payments hotels are already making. It’s a natural extension of our mission to help luxury independents compete more effectively with the global brands.”

Under the partnership, OneJourney joins DayBlink GPO’s curated platform of trusted supplier and technology solutions. Member hotels can adopt SwiftPay through DayBlink’s standard, no-cost onboarding model, with implementation and ongoing support handled directly by OneJourney. The companies plan to roll the program out to DayBlink’s membership over the coming months and to collaborate on education, events, and co-marketing across the luxury independent segment.

“Hotels have never truly owned the payment layer of their own business, and they’ve left enormous value on the table because of it,” said Brian Dass, Co-Founder and CEO of OneJourney. “With DayBlink GPO, we can put SwiftPay in front of some of the finest independent hotels in the world and show them how everyday supplier payments can become hard cash and AI-driven savings. This is the kind of partner that can move the entire category forward.”

For more information, please visit dayblinkgpo.com or one-journey.com.

About DayBlink GPO | DayBlink GPO is a strategic sourcing provider for independently owned and operated luxury hotels in the hospitality sector. DayBlink GPO combines years of expertise to help members improve their bottom line and performance efficiency. As an ambassador on behalf of hoteliers, DayBlink GPO negotiates superior agreements with multinational companies across major hotel spend categories by leveraging billions of dollars in member purchasing power. These deals bring instant value, create cost savings, and deliver efficiencies at little to no added effort for our members. For more information, visit https://dayblinkgpo.com/

About OneJourney | OneJourney is an embedded-payments company built for hospitality. Its flagship platform, SwiftPay, helps hotels convert the payments they already make — to suppliers, vendors and partners — into incremental revenue and automated savings, with no cost and no added risk to the property. By combining virtual commercial cards, supplier payment workflows, AI-driven invoice and reconciliation automation, cashback on eligible spend, and transparent reporting, OneJourney gives independent hotels ownership of a payment layer they have historically left to others. OneJourney is operated by Hotel Direct, LLC (d/b/a OneJourney and Swift Services), based in Miami Beach, Florida.

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