I-Saber Corporation, umhlinzeki we-software nobuchwepheshe, kanye ne-Conferma Pay, inkampani ye-fintech yomhlaba wonke esebenza ngobuchwepheshe bokukhokha, namuhla imemezele ubudlelwano obusha ne-Mastercard ukuze kusheshiswe ukusetshenziswa kwamakhadi abonakalayo ezinkokhelweni zokuhamba zebhizinisi ukuya kwebhizinisi (B2B).
Isimemezelo sanamuhla sakhela ekutholweni kwe-Conferma Pay kwa-Sabre ngo-Agasti 2022. Ukusebenzisana ne-Mastercard kuyisinyathelo esilandelayo ekuthuthukiseni umgomo wakwa-Sabre wokudala uhlelo oluvulekile noluzimele lokukhokha kwezohambo.
Ukufakwa kwedijithali kwezinkokhelo zokuhamba ngamakhadi abonakalayo kusiza ukubhekana nezinselele zomlando ezihlotshaniswa nezinkokhelo ze-B2B zokungcebeleka nezinkokhelo zokuhamba zebhizinisi. Izinombolo zekhadi ezikhiqizwa ngokuvikelekile, ezisetshenziswa kanye zinikeza isixhumanisi phakathi kokubhuka nezinkokhelo ezihambisanayo kubahlinzeki bezinkampani zangaphandle. Ngakho-ke abathengi bezokuvakasha nabahlinzeki bempahla bayakwazi ukulandelela kalula nokuvumelanisa izinkokhelo, futhi bazuze emananini avumelana nezimo, izinketho zezimali, nokuphepha okuthuthukisiwe ngeziqinisekiso zokukhokha amakhadi.
"Imboni yezinkokhelo iphakathi kwezinguquko futhi kunesidingo esikhulayo sezinkampani zokuhamba ukuze zilawule kangcono isipiliyoni sokukhokha," kusho u-Roshan Mendis, iPhini Likamongameli Ophethe kanye Nomphathi Omkhulu Wezohwebo, i-Saber Travel Solutions. “Izinkampani ezisendaweni yokuvakasha - okuhlanganisa izinkampani ezilawula ezokuvakasha, izinhlangano zezokuvakasha, izinkampani, abakhiphi nabalingani bezobuchwepheshe - zidinga izixazululo eziyinkimbinkimbi nokuxhumana okungenazihibe. I-Saber ithatha izinyathelo zamasu ukufeza izidingo zomkhakha wethu, kuqala ngokutholwa kwe-Conferma Pay. Manje, ubudlelwano obusha ne-Mastercard buzosiza i-Conferma Pay yakhe amakhono edijithali amasha nathuthukisiwe kumakhadi abonakalayo, kuguqule ulwazi lokukhokha kwabakhiphayo.”
Njengengxenye yesivumelwano, i-Mastercard ivumile ukutshala izimali ezincane ku-Conferma Pay, ezoqhubeka nokusebenza ngokuzimela futhi isebenzele yonke imboni yezokuvakasha nangale kwayo. Ukutshalwa kwezimali kwe-Mastercard ku-Conferma Pay kungaphansi kwemibandela evamile yokuvala.
"Inhlanganisela yesipiliyoni, ubuchwepheshe kanye namakhono kuzosheshisa ukusungulwa kokukhokha kwezokuvakasha futhi kuqhubekisele phambili ukukhula okubandakanyayo nokusimeme kulo mkhakha," kusho uChris Fendley, iPhini Likamongameli Ophethe, Ukubambisana Kwamabhizinisi kwa-Mastercard. "Amakhadi abonakalayo aletha ukubonakala, akhulisa imali futhi akhulise ukulawula ukuhamba kokukhokha kwe-B2B, athuthukisa amasu okukhokha futhi anikeze amandla izinhlangano kulo lonke uchungechunge lwenani lokuhamba ukuze ziqhube, zikhulise futhi zivikele ibhizinisi labo, elingakaze libaluleke kakhulu."
I-Conferma Pay ixhuma abakhiphi nezinkampani zokuphatha zokuvakasha ezingaphezu kuka-700, zonke izinhlelo ezinkulu zokusabalalisa emhlabeni wonke kanye namathuluzi okubhuka ku-inthanethi angaphezu kwe-100. I-Conferma Pay ihlanganiswe ngokugcwele nazo zonke izikimu zamakhadi ezinkulu futhi isiza ozakwethu basebhange abangaphezu kuka-50, abakhipha amakhadi abonakalayo akhiqizwe yi-Conferma Pay cishe ngezinhlobo zemali eziyi-100.
"Sesivele senze izinguquko ezinkulu endaweni yokuhamba ye-B2B ngokusebenzisana no-Sabre," kusho uMartin Cowley, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Conferma Pay. “Sijabule ngokutshalwa kwezimali okusha. Lokhu, kuhlangene nobudlelwano bethu obuqinile obukhona, kuzokwenza i-Conferma Pay ikwazi ukwakha endaweni yethu yomhlaba wonke futhi ibe sekhaleni lokubhekana nezinselelo namathuba embonini.”
I-Sabre's Virtual Payments izoqhubeka ihlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ze-Conferma Pay - ngamakhono anyusiwe asiza abathengi bokuvakasha, ama-ejensi kanye nezinkampani zisekela kangcono izidingo zamakhasimende zokuhamba. I-Saber Virtual Payments iyisixazululo esiyingqayizivele, esivikelekile, esizenzakalelayo futhi esihlanganisiwe sokukhokha esiklanyelwe ukwenza lula nokwengeza inani emisebenzini eyenziwa ama-TMC, ama-OTA, izikhungo zezokuvakasha, izinhlangano nabahlinzeki bezokuvakasha nsuku zonke. I-Saber Virtual Payments ithatha wonke amakhono e-Conferma Pay kanye nenethiwekhi yabakhiphi futhi iyihlanganise nokuhlanganiswa okungenazihibe kuyo yonke imikhiqizo ye-Saber yabathengi bokuvakasha abaxhumene, ama-ejensi nezinkampani.
