Partnership Enables Business Travel Clients to Utilize Virtual Payment System

Omni Hotels & Resorts today announced it has become the first North American hotel brand to partner with Conferma, a leading financial technology company specializing in virtual card innovation. This partnership will enable Omni to offer its business travel customers a virtual payment solution.

All Omni properties will utilize Conferma’s technology program Conferma Connect, the secure virtual card delivery service, as a way for customers to pay for corporate travel. Conferma Connect is a proprietary solution that automatically finds the best way to securely transmit virtual card information, while making the transaction process simple, more efficient, and provides travel managers real-time data on current travel spend.

“Over the last 18 months, our travel management company partners have increasingly inquired about our brand compatibility with a virtual payment solution – we have taken that feedback seriously, and today are proud to be able to offer them our connectivity with Conferma as a solution,” said Kelly Gagne, global director of travel industry partnerships for Omni Hotels & Resorts. “Our partnership with Conferma, a first of its kind for a North American hotel brand, is important as it provides another layer of security and eases reconciliation for our partner travel management companies and their clients.”

Until Conferma introduced its Connect solution in September 2016, the only PCI compliant way to transmit virtual card details was via fax. Although that had remained the most secure method of payment technology, continuing to rely on fax transmission has proved challenging to business efficiency and budgets.

“We estimate that the total cost of managing expenses is almost $33 billion for leading U.S. businesses; and that 90 percent of businesses report difficulties reconciling payments,” said David Wood, Head of Integrations and Communication for Conferma. “We’re proud to have Omni Hotels & Resorts as a partner, and we know that the brand’s travel management company clients will quickly realize the savings impact of the virtual card solution.”