BACKGROUND
Hotel Emma is an independently owned and operated boutique hotel in San Antonio’s Historic Pearl Neighborhood. Known for providing exceptional service, extensive amenities, and impeccable attention to detail. They have also been honored with the prestigious Five Diamond Award from AAA, recognizing it as one of the best hotels in the country.
Shortly after opening Hotel Emma in 2015, executives realized that there were opportunities to upgrade the standard Accounts Payables paper check process.
All payments were manually processed using paper checks, which was time-consuming and slowed down the payment cycle to valued vendors. Every check had to be routed for approval, cut, stamped, and a two-signature system required tracking down multiple people before getting payments in the mail.
The time had come to supplement an outdated and inefficient AP process with a more modern payment solution.
Once introduced to CSI Paysystems, the decision to come onboard was almost immediate. “There were absolutely no hesitations, recalls Jon Sakshaug, VP of Finance for Hotel Emma. “We knew automating our accounts payables was the most logical decision we could make for our business.”
SOLUTION
The integration to CSI Paysystems was virtually seamless and the time investment required to make the transition was minimal.
CSI worked directly with Hotel Emma’s vendors to get them enrolled and provided comprehensive training to the staff to ensure they felt comfortable and confident using the electronic payments platform.
“We work with many local vendors who had no prior experience receiving electronic payments,” Sakshaug revealed.