Hotel AP automation

Automate hotel invoice intake before AP gets messy.

Atrium is a cloud-based invoice intelligence platform that helps hotels capture supplier invoices, extract line items, flag duplicate invoice risk, track due dates, and give finance teams cleaner AP visibility — without replacing your accounting system.

Forward invoices. Track what is due. Catch what needs review.

Atrium AP · Invoice #78104

Invoice received

Sysco · Invoice #78104

Due in 7 days

Line items extracted

42 products

Subtotal, tax, fees, and total matched

AP status

Needs review

1 duplicate risk flagged

Payment visibility

$18,420 outstanding

$4,850 due this week

Activity timeline

Created
Reviewed
Approved
Marked as paid
The problem

Hotel AP breaks down when invoices live everywhere.

Hotel invoices arrive from foodservice, linen, cleaning, amenities, maintenance, coffee, and local suppliers. Some arrive as PDFs. Some are scans. Some are forwarded emails. Some are buried in a manager's inbox. By the time invoices reach accounting, teams are often chasing approvals, checking duplicates manually, and trying to understand what is due, what is overdue, and what changed.

  • Supplier invoices are scattered across inboxes and attachments.
  • Finance teams spend hours entering invoice details manually.
  • Duplicate invoices are hard to catch before payment.
  • GMs and controllers lack line-item visibility.
  • Approvals happen in email threads and side conversations.
  • Overdue invoices are discovered too late.
  • Accounting sees totals, but not the operational story behind them.
What it means

What is hotel AP automation?

Hotel AP automation helps finance and operations teams capture supplier invoices, structure invoice data, track review status, flag duplicate risk, and keep a clear record of what needs approval, dispute, or payment. Atrium focuses on the step before accounting gets messy: turning hotel invoices into clean, reviewable, searchable AP data.

Invoice intake

Capture invoices from email, PDFs, scans, images, attachments, and plain-text invoice messages.

AP visibility

See invoice status, due dates, overdue invoices, outstanding totals, and payment progress.

Review workflow

Approve, dispute, mark as paid, add notes, and keep an activity timeline for every invoice.

Free invoice audit

See where your AP workflow may be leaking time or money.

Forward 10 recent supplier invoices. Atrium will structure the invoice data and show duplicate invoice risk, missing fields, due dates, supplier spend, price changes, and invoices worth reviewing.

Get a free invoice audit

No accounting migration required. Start with the invoices you already receive.

  • Which invoices may be duplicated
  • Which invoices are missing important fields
  • Which suppliers have the highest outstanding balances
  • Which invoices are due soon or overdue
  • Which recurring items changed in price
  • Which departments are creating the most invoice volume
  • Which invoices need review before payment
How it works

From forwarded invoice to clean AP visibility.

Atrium starts with the invoice workflow your team already has.

01

Forward invoices

Forward supplier invoices manually, or set up an inbox rule once. Atrium captures PDFs, scans, images, attachments, and plain-text invoice emails automatically.

02

Extract the AP details

Atrium extracts supplier, invoice number, invoice date, due date, line items, subtotal, taxes, fees, discounts, total, and payment terms.

03

Flag what needs review

Duplicate invoice risk, missing fields, unusual totals, supplier discrepancies, and low-confidence data are surfaced before the invoice moves forward.

04

Track status through review

Teams can approve, dispute, add notes, mark invoices as paid, and keep an activity timeline around every invoice.

AP automation

Clean invoice workflows without replacing accounting.

Atrium gives hotel teams the invoice visibility they need before data moves into accounting, exports, or payment workflows.

Invoice capture

Bring supplier invoices into one cloud-based workspace from email, PDFs, scans, images, and attachments.

Line-item extraction

Extract products, SKUs, quantities, unit prices, taxes, fees, totals, categories, and departments from every invoice.

Due date tracking

See what is due soon, what is overdue, and what still needs review.

Duplicate invoice checks

Flag exact and near-duplicate invoices using supplier, invoice number, dates, totals, line items, and attachment patterns.

Approval workflow

Approve, dispute, mark as paid, and keep each invoice moving with clear status tracking.

Notes and activity timeline

Keep internal notes, status changes, review history, and payment references attached to the invoice.

Payment status visibility

Track whether invoices are pending, approved, disputed, ready to pay, paid, or overdue.

Accounting-friendly exports

Export clean invoice and spend data for finance workflows without forcing a system migration.

Beyond automation

AP data that helps hotels make better purchasing decisions.

Atrium does more than organize invoices. Once invoices are structured, your team can see the supplier, department, budget, and price signals hiding inside AP data.

Outstanding invoice visibility

Know how much is currently outstanding, what is due this week, and which invoices are overdue.

Supplier spend visibility

See which suppliers are driving the most AP volume and spend.

Department-level spend

Understand which departments are creating invoice volume and budget pressure.

Price drift inside AP

Catch recurring item price increases from invoices before they quietly affect margins.

Invoice exceptions

Flag missing fields, unusual totals, duplicate risk, substitutions, and invoices that need human review.

Portfolio AP visibility

For hotel groups, compare invoice activity, outstanding balances, supplier spend, and budget pressure across properties.

Workflow

A cleaner review path for every invoice.

Atrium helps hotel teams move invoices from received to reviewed, approved, disputed, ready to pay, or paid — with the context finance teams need.

Received
Needs review
Approved
Disputed
Ready to pay
Paid
Overdue

Every action can be tracked with notes, actor history, labels, and an activity timeline, so teams know what happened and why.

Supplier invoices

Works with the invoices your suppliers already send.

Atrium captures invoices from national vendors, regional distributors, and local suppliers. Your team can keep existing supplier relationships and accounting workflows while improving AP visibility.

Foodservice and breakfast
Linens and laundry
Guest amenities
Cleaning and janitorial
Maintenance and repair
Coffee and beverage
Paper goods
Local contractors

No supplier switch required. No accounting migration required.

For hotel groups

AP visibility across every property.

Atrium gives hotel operators a portfolio-wide view of invoice activity, outstanding balances, supplier spend, overdue invoices, and budget pressure across properties.

  • See outstanding invoice totals by property
  • Compare supplier spend across hotels
  • Track overdue invoices by location
  • Review department-level AP activity
  • Spot duplicate risk across properties
  • Ask portfolio-level AP questions in plain English

Example insight

One property has $8,400 more outstanding with the same supplier than the rest of the group.

Surfaced automatically once invoices from each property land in Atrium.

Natural language AP

Ask your AP data questions.

Every supplier, invoice, due date, status, department, and property becomes queryable in plain English.

Which invoices are due this week?
Which invoices are overdue?
Did we receive any duplicate invoices?
Which supplier has the highest outstanding balance?
What did housekeeping spend last month?
Which invoices are still waiting for approval?
Which property has the most overdue invoices?
Which supplier raised prices this month?
Start simple

Start with AP visibility. Expand into procurement intelligence.

Atrium starts by cleaning up invoice intake and AP visibility. From there, it can expand into spend dashboards, Price Watch, budget monitoring, multi-property reporting, supplier intelligence, approvals, reconciliation, and optional catalog-based ordering.

Invoice capture
Line-item extraction
Due date tracking
Duplicate detection
Approval workflow
Notes and activity timeline
Payment status
Spend dashboards
Price Watch
Budget monitoring
Multi-property reporting
Optional supplier catalogOptional

The supplier catalog is optional. AP visibility works with the invoices you already receive.

FAQ

Hotel AP automation FAQ.

Clean up hotel AP without changing accounting systems.

Forward a few recent supplier invoices and see how Atrium turns them into structured AP visibility, duplicate invoice checks, due date tracking, and spend intelligence.

Or book a 30-min call →

Forward invoices. Track AP. Catch what needs review.