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Te Payment Pain Point
echnology has tremendously simplified travel over recent years. Today’s traveller is constantly
connected and travel arrangements are easier and more flexible than ever. We just need our smartphone and a bunch of Apps to book our trip, board planes, hail a cab and even open hotel doors. Easy and convenient, right? So, why is it that we still rely on decades-old technology to settle our bills?
Hotel payments and invoicing can still be heavily reliant on manual processing. It’s likely you leave the hotel with a thick invoice in an envelope. And, if you’re away on business, you’d better not lose it. Seasoned business travellers are well accustomed to the reimbursement of expenses after returning to the office. According to research conducted by the Global Business Travel Association, over half of travellers (54%) use their personal credit cards to pay for their business travel.
Back at the office, travel managers are faced with a bombardment of invoices from multiple hotels and chains. For companies with high travel demands, reconciliation can easily evolve into an administrative nightmare. Behind every single booking there are a myriad of tasks —from collection of hotel invoices and expense claims, to submission of receipts and filing of documents.
A better travel experience Travellers seek convenience and travel
managers expect compliance. But, where does payment fit in this process? With hotels being paid in different ways depending on the person booking it, payment duties pose a key problem. Lack
of clarity or complex bureaucracy can easily steer travellers away from travel policy and the recommended booking tools, causing unnecessary paperwork.
Time to automate
payments Travelport Hotelzon, a leading hotel booking and management portal for business travellers, has developed a fully integrated payment solution to solve this problem. The idea is simple. Hotelzon offers an account-based payment option that will seamlessly integrate into their hotel booking portal (desktop and mobile App). From booking to book- keeping, the process is streamlined into one single platform, which also includes policy settings, negotiated rates and a suite of reporting options. Travellers can forget about carrying credit cards or collecting receipts, enjoying faster check-outs and focusing on business.
With this new process in place hotel reservations become guaranteed by virtual credit card automatically. Securely sent and receipt confirmed by the hotel, there’s no payment required for travellers on check-out.
At the end of the month customers receive an itemized invoice detailing all the company’s hotel stays, along with a breakdown of taxes, charges and additional purchases. Then, there’s just a single payment to make!
For more information about Hotelzon’s Payment Solutions: call +44 (0) 20 3880 8521 or visit
www.hotelzon.com to request a demo.
Talking Numbers
• Almost half of travel managers and travellers want to reduce booking time.
• 54% of travellers use their personal credit cards as their business travel form of payment.
• 64% percent of business travellers use their mobile at least once per day to check their travel arrangements.
• Hotelzon estimates that the administration associated with a single hotel booking consumes up to 24 minutes of time!
call +44 (0) 20 3880 8521 or visit
www.hotelzon.com to request a demo
Research conducted by GBTA.
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