How Innisfree Hotels Kept Paying Vendors During COVID-19
Challenges are part of business. But some challenges are bigger than others.
COVID-19 created enormous challenges for the hospitality industry. For Innisfree Hotels, one of those challenges involved a routine but critical task: accounts payable. Vendors still needed to be paid, but the team that normally handled those payments couldn't access the office, making it more difficult to maintain those vendor relationships.
A proactive partnership when it mattered most
OneSource Virtual (OSV) recognized the challenges coming for the hospitality industry and didn't wait to be asked for help. People at all levels of the company — from consultants and analysts to account executives and even OSV's CFO — contacted Innisfree to ask a simple question: “Are you guys okay? Does anyone need help?”
“OSV was so proactive,” says Joshua Herron, Director of Platform Technology & Business Intelligence at Innisfree Hotels. “They saw the COVID issues coming for us in our industry, and they preemptively came to us and said, ‘How can we help you with this?’”
That proactive approach made all the difference. Because OSV's Managed AP and Invoice Pay services are delivered within Workday, Innisfree's accounts payable work could continue even when their team couldn't access the office. Invoices were scanned, coded, and processed, and payments were made to vendors, relieving the team of a huge burden.
For Joshua, this experience illustrated what true partnership looks like — not just providing services but anticipating challenges and proactively stepping up.
Hear more from Joshua on Innisfree's journey with OSV

