Why Hyatt “Checked In” to MasterCard’s Corporate Travel Solution

Between room charges, meals, business center fees and other charges, managing employees’ travel expenditures is no vacation. Marcie Verdin, group head, Global Commercial Products Standards and Market Integration at MasterCard, reveals to PYMNTS.com in this exclusive NEXTcast interview how the company’s enhanced hotel folio data program can help corporations manage T&E expenses and also discusses the recent addition of Hyatt to the program.

Related: Hyatt Joins the MasterCard Worldwide Enhanced Folio Data Program

Marcie Verdin (Group Head, Global Commercial Products Standards and Market Integration for MasterCard)

Marcie Verdin is group head, Global Commercial Products Standards and Market Integration. She is responsible for the development, management and growth of commercial product solutions targeted to the Large and Middle Market Segments, which is comprised of Corporations, Public Sector entities, and Multi National enterprises.

Ms.Verdin joined MasterCard in 2005 and brings nearly 20 years of product development, management and marketing experience. She joined MasterCard after running America’s Marketing for Galileo International, a travel distribution company. She was responsible for marketing, product and program management, consulting services, sales support and customer message management.

Prior to Galileo, Ms. Verdin worked for a start-up focusing on online invoicing and payment services. The startup was purchased by VeriSign where Marcie ran enterprise trust services marketing. In this role, she redesigned the entire suite of digital trust services, launched the first web services security specification and served as a founding member of The Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) organization. (Read more)