eTranzact Ghana Limited and Amadeus Ghana have entered into a strategic partnership that will enable travellers and travel agencies to make payments online, for travel reservations, over a secured and efficient network.
The agreement, which allows both companies to complement and extend the range of services they currently provide to their customers in the country.
With the partnership, eTranzact brings a secured payment platform for travel agencies using the Amadeus online booking engine, Amadeus epower.
George Babafemi, Chief Operating Officer, eTranzact Ghana said: “this collaboration is one of many solutions that eTranzact aims to offer its valued customers.”
“The company will only achieve its goals if it can provide convenient, secure and cost-effective solutions to its customers, criteria that have been met in this agreement.
“We have moved from simply checking availability of seats, to booking a seat, and now we are at online payment and receipt of airline tickets.
“Customers of Unibank, Intercontinental Bank, United Bank for Africa, Zenith Bank, Amalgamated Bank will be able to use their Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards to make the online purchases, while non-customers of the these banks can use eTranzact Cedi Card to effect the online payment,” he said.
Amadeus, on the other hand, brings proven world-class solutions to the market’s travel and tourism industry.
Serving over 217 markets world-wide and a markets leader in the country and the West Africa region, Amadeus draws on its local market knowledge and partnerships to customise and deliver cost-effective solutions to its business partners.
Amadeus epower, an advanced online booking engine, eases the booking process for both travel agents and travelers, allowing them to make airline, hotel and car reservations in the comfort of their homes, schools and offices.
As a result of the partnership, travellers and travel agents will be able to book and pay online for airline ticket.
Birger Bjornhof, Regional General Manager of Amadeus Ghana and Nigeria, said: “At Amadeus, we aim to provide the right solutions for every organisation.
“As a technology partner to the travel and tourism industry, our clients vary in their scope of business as well as their capacity and requirements. It is imperative that we focus on their different needs and be innovative.
“For this reason, we decided to partner with eTranzact Ghana Limited to provide us with an online payment platform to support our on-line booking engine with a secured and efficient network,” he said.
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