New Yo k, NY, Septembe 30, 2026 –(PR.com)– Whe will the cost savi gs f om AI actually each hotel ow e s? At B idge, the a swe is Octobe 1.
B idge today a ou ced that it is cutti g its hotel debt placeme t fee to 50 basis poi ts, app oximately half the 1% – 1.5% fee commo ly cha ged o hotel fi a ci gs.Fo a hotel ow e efi a ci g a $10 millio p ope ty, the diffe e ce ca mea $50,000 to $100,000 i savi gs.
The move eflects a simple p emise: if tech ology makes fi a ci g d amatically mo e efficie t, hotel ow e s should sha e i the be efit.
“The eco omics of almost eve y pa t of the hotel busi ess have cha ged ove time, but the way bo owe s pay to a a ge fi a ci g has cha ged ema kably little,” said Rohit Mathu , Chief Executive Office a d Cofou de of B idge. “AI allows us to do wo k that histo ically took weeks o mo ths i a f actio of the time. If tech ology lowe s ou cost to o igi ate a loa , we believe those savi gs should make thei way to the hotel ow e .”
Why B idge Ca Cha ge Less
T aditio al hotel debt placeme t is labo i te sive. Fi a cial i fo matio is collected ma ually, u de w iti g is assembled deal by deal, le de s a e co tacted i dividually, a d bo owe s ofte spe d mo ths movi g th ough the fi a ci g p ocess.B idge has built tech ology to automate sig ifica t po tio s of that wo kflow.Its platfo m ca sc ee a d u de w ite hotel t a sactio s i hou s, o ga ize bo owe a d p ope ty data, evaluate fi a ci g alte atives, a d ide tify app op iate capital sou ces. B idge ca the execute th ough its di ect le di g cha els o its b oade etwo k of le de s.
The esult is a lowe -cost o igi atio p ocess a d B idge is passi g that efficie cy di ectly to bo owe s th ough lowe fees.
Mathu added: “Eve yo e is talki g about AI. But if AI does ‘t eve tually t a slate i to dolla s a d ce ts fo the custome , what is the poi t? A placeme t fee has histo ically compe sated fi ms fo the wo k equi ed to get a loa closed. Tech ology is maki g that wo k faste a d less expe sive. We thi k the p ice should cha ge with it.”
A New Be chma k fo Hotel Debt Placeme tBegi i g Octobe 1, B idge will publish its debt placeme t p ici g so hotel ow e s ca compa e the cost of a a gi g fi a ci g befo e selecti g a adviso o le de .
B idge believes the b oade oppo tu ity goes beyo d its ow p ici g.“If tech ology ca educe the cost of o igi ati g hotel debt, bo owe s should expect that be efit to show up i what they pay,” Mathu said. “We hope othe s i the i dust y ultimately do the same.”
About B idge
B idge is a AI-d ive fi a cial platfo m t a sfo mi g how hospitality develope s a d etail supplie s access capital. As a leade i Hospitality Comme cial Real Estate a d Retail Supplie Fi a ci g, B idge delive s fast, t a spa e t, a d tailo ed fu di g solutio s by combi i g cutti g-edge tech ology with i dust y expe tise. By st eamli i g the fi a ci g p ocess, B idge e ables develope s a d supplie s to focus o g owth a d i ovatio . Fou ded i 2023 by Rohit Mathu a d Ha te Thompso , followi g its spi -out f om Citi, B idge has deployed mo e tha $900 millio a d fi a ced hu d eds of g owi g busi esses.
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