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Τετάρτη 30 Ιουλίου 2014

Sabre launches virtual payments solution for air travel

SOUTHLAKE, Texas - Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), together with payment services partner Conferma, announced the launch of Sabre Virtual Payments for air travel, providing a true touchless travel payment service built on the most secure payment card technology available.

For travel buyers, Sabre Virtual Payments for Air will increase productivity and security through a streamlined, automated solution that assigns a unique virtual credit card number to each travel segment. In addition, the flexible nature of Sabre Virtual Payments allows corporations to control the exact dollar amount of any single transaction and ensure that only airlines are able to bill to these accounts, which delivers even more fraud protection and increases travel policy compliance.

"The effective management of a corporate travel program is becoming increasingly complex and corporate travel managers face increased pressure to deliver a positive ROI on their travel spend," said Greg Webb, president of Sabre Travel Network. "Virtual payment services are a huge opportunity to realize increased efficiency through automated processes and better data integration."

Sabre Virtual Payments for Air is a streamlined form of payment that allows customers to deploy virtual credit card numbers from a preferred partner bank or credit card at the point of sale. As the initial launch partner of Sabre Virtual Payments for Air with Sabre and Conferma, U.S. Bank is the first to market by adding air travel capability to its Travel VirtualPay solution.

"The addition of virtual card numbers for air is great news for our card program customers who already enjoy the option of VCNs for hotel bookings," said U.S. Bank Travel Product Manager Mary Miklethun. "This makes U.S. Bank Travel VirtualPay even more valuable in allowing clients to capture and manage every travel dollar they spend."

Sabre already offers Sabre Virtual Payments for Hotels, a solution that is used by many travel management companies and corporations today.

Sabre's virtual card technology is focused on seamless integration into the agency workflow, capitalizing on the information already held in a booking record and removing the requirement for third party systems to add or manipulate data.  This methodology reduces cost, enhances the quality of data from booking to ticket issuance, and delivers a unified data reconciliation process.