Conferma, Barclaycard Commercial And Portman Travel Win Business Travel World Award

23/01/2009

On Monday 19 January, the Business Travel World Awards 2009 took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. This event is now in its 15th year and is attended by senior people from across the industry.

Conferma, together with partners Barclaycard Commercial and Portman Travel, won the award for best Business Travel Product for Barclaycard Hotel Tracker, beating off competition from Carlson Wagonlit Travel, GetThere and Thetrainline.com.

Working with Barclaycard Commercial, who provide the financial services, and Portman Travel, the first major travel management company to adopt the technology, Conferma created Hotel Tracker, a corporate hotel booking tool which helps streamline hotel payments for corporate companies, booking agencies and hotels alike. It provides numerous benefits to the customer, including:

the ability to quickly check bills against negotiated rates
easy monitoring of individual spend and adherence to expenses policies
reduced requirement for employees to carry corporate cards
simple implementation and integration with accounting systems

Paul Raymond, Director of Strategic Relationships at Conferma, said:
"This award has demonstrated the value of a true business partnership. Barclaycard’s flexible attitude allied to Portman’s entrepreneurial approach has underpinned the successful delivery of this product."

Neil Radley, Managing Director of Barclaycard Commercial, said:
"For me, this is a great example of how we are working with our business partners to make life simpler for our customers which is central to our vision of the future."

Graham Flack, Managing Director, Portman Travel, said:
"The Hotel Tracker lowers our customers’ costs, reduces their security risks and radically streamlines the whole process of booking and staying in hotels. It is an excellent service for our customers and we believe the Business Travel World award is very well deserved."