ARLINGTON, Va., July 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Airlines
Reporting Corp. (ARC) is pleased to announce that it is now
offering airlines the ability to accept Alipay as a form of payment
for tickets sold through the travel agency channel. Alipay is a
mobile and online payment platform based in China with more than 500 million users. ARC's
new offering to agencies is made possible by its partnership with
Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP).
"Alipay is widely recognized as one of the largest payment
platforms in the world, and as people from China travel to the U.S. they want to use
their preferred payment method," said Chuck
Fischer, ARC's managing director of airline services. "For
airlines that choose to accept Alipay, ARC now provides the means
to extend this payment platform to the agency channel. ARC
continues to work with UATP to enable other payment options for
airlines and agencies that can be easily integrated into their
revenue accounting systems."
As airlines and online travel agencies seek ways to enhance the
customer experience, providing payment options that are familiar
and seamless is key to gaining and retaining those customers. ARC
anticipates that its airline and agency customers will desire to
accept Alipay in the very near future. And when they are ready, ARC
will be ready to support them.
"Customer demand for Alipay, and other payment options continues
to grow and we want to fulfill that demand," stated UATP's VP of
Business Development, Tom
Cunningham. "Having the agency channel ready for
Alipay acceptance is crucial; naturally, working with ARC is
fundamental to meet this demand."
About ARC:
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) is the premier driver of
air travel intelligence and commerce in the travel industry with
leading business solutions, travel agency accreditation services,
process and financial management tools and high-quality data. In
2017, ARC settled $88.5 billion worth
of airline ticket transactions for more than 7,000 travel agencies
with 12,000 points of sale. Established in 1984, ARC is an ISO
27001 certified company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with offices in
Louisville, Kentucky, Tampa, Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico. For more information,
please
visit www.arccorp.com and www.twitter.com/arctalk.
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About UATP
UATP is a global payment solution owned and
operated by the world's airlines and accepted by thousands of
merchants for air, rail and travel agency payments. UATP connects
airlines to Alternative Forms of Payment which can expand reach and
generate incremental sales globally. UATP offers easy-to-use data
tools, DataStreamSM and DataMineSM, which
provide comprehensive account details to Issuers and Corporate
Subscribers for accurate travel management.
Accepted as a form of payment for corporate business travel
worldwide by airlines, travel agencies and Amtrak®; UATP accounts
are issued by: Aeromexico; Air Canada (TSE: AC) Air New Zealand
(ANZFF.PK); Air Niugini; American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL); APG
Airlines; Austrian Airlines; China Eastern Airlines (NYSE: CEA);
Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL); EL AL Israel Airlines; Etihad Airways;
Frontier Airlines; GOL Linhas aereas inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL
and Bovespa: GOLL4); Hahn Air; Japan Airlines (9201: JP); JetBlue
Airways; Malaysia Airlines; Qantas Airways (QUBSF.PK); Shandong
Airlines; Sichuan Airlines; Southwest Airlines; Transavia
Airlines; TUIfly GmbH; Turkish Airlines (ISE: THYAO); United
Airlines (NYSE: UAL) and WestJet. AirPlus International issues the
UATP-based Company Account for Lufthansa German Airlines.
Contacts:
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Hillary
Smith
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Wendy Ward
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ARC
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UATP
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703.341.1207
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202.774.5017
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hsmith@arccorp.com
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wendy.ward@uatp.com
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