Already partners on the booking side, Booking.com and Amadeus are expanding their joint offering with a new partnership with the specialist in virtual payment Conferma Pay. All this to offer business travellers a simplified payment process at check-out, without having to take out their credit card.
80% from establishments distributed by Booking.com can now be paid for using the Amadeus Hotel Billback solution, which avoids employees having to spend money on their personal card. " With the integration of Booking.com content into Amadeus Hotel Billback, which is based on Conferma Pay, TMCs and their corporate customers have an opportunity to use virtual payment for all their hotel bookings. "says Kelly Cleeton, Director of Global Business Development at Conferma Pay. Another advantage of using this solution is that it reduces the risk of fraud, improves reconciliation for travel agents and, as a result, reduces the risk of fraud, better monitoring of expenditure for companies.
In practice, when business trips are organised via Amadeus Selling Platform Connect, Amadeus Web Services and Amadeus Cytric Travel & Expense, Conferma Pay automatically generates a virtual card numberwhich Booking.com then sends to the hotel. At the time of payment, the hotel loads the reservation onto the virtual card, and the reservation and payment data are then reconciled. Amadeus facilitates communication between Conferma Pay and Booking.com, which can now contact each hotel directly and provide payment information.
