Sabre and CellPoint Digital Strengthen Airline Payments Ecosystem with Strategic Agreement
Sabre (NASDAQ: SABR) and CellPoint Digital have formed a strategic partnership to enhance airline payment solutions. The agreement enables airlines using SabreSonic and Radixx platforms to access diverse payment methods and value-added services.
The integration provides airlines with access to multiple payment options including:
- International card networks
- Digital wallets
- Non-card-based methods
- Deferred payment solutions
- Mobile-based solutions
- Direct bank-to-bank transfers
The collaboration aims to streamline payment processes, enhance user experience, and reduce operational costs for airlines. Through a single connection, airlines can now implement various payment methods while supporting local market needs and reducing checkout friction to improve conversion rates.
Sabre (NASDAQ: SABR) e CellPoint Digital hanno stretto una partnership strategica per migliorare le soluzioni di pagamento delle compagnie aeree. L'accordo consente alle compagnie aeree che utilizzano le piattaforme SabreSonic e Radixx di accedere a diversi metodi di pagamento e servizi a valore aggiunto.
L'integrazione offre alle compagnie aeree l'accesso a molteplici opzioni di pagamento, tra cui:
- Reti di carte internazionali
- Portafogli digitali
- Metodi non basati su carta
- Soluzioni di pagamento differito
- Soluzioni basate su mobile
- Trasferimenti diretti tra banche
La collaborazione mira a snellire i processi di pagamento, migliorare l'esperienza dell'utente e ridurre i costi operativi per le compagnie aeree. Attraverso una singola connessione, le compagnie aeree possono ora implementare vari metodi di pagamento, supportando le esigenze del mercato locale e riducendo l'attrito al momento del checkout per migliorare i tassi di conversione.
Sabre (NASDAQ: SABR) y CellPoint Digital han formado una asociación estratégica para mejorar las soluciones de pago de las aerolíneas. El acuerdo permite a las aerolíneas que utilizan las plataformas SabreSonic y Radixx acceder a diversos métodos de pago y servicios de valor añadido.
La integración proporciona a las aerolíneas acceso a múltiples opciones de pago, incluyendo:
- Redes de tarjetas internacionales
- Bolsillos digitales
- Métodos no basados en tarjetas
- Soluciones de pago diferido
- Soluciones basadas en móvil
- Transferencias directas entre bancos
La colaboración tiene como objetivo agilizar los procesos de pago, mejorar la experiencia del usuario y reducir los costos operativos para las aerolíneas. A través de una única conexión, las aerolíneas ahora pueden implementar varios métodos de pago, apoyando las necesidades del mercado local y reduciendo la fricción en el proceso de pago para mejorar las tasas de conversión.
사브레 (NASDAQ: SABR)와 셀포인트 디지털이 항공사 결제 솔루션을 개선하기 위해 전략적 파트너십을 체결했습니다. 이 계약은 사브레소닉 및 라딕스 플랫폼을 사용하는 항공사가 다양한 결제 방법과 부가가치 서비스를 이용할 수 있도록 합니다.
통합은 항공사에 다음과 같은 여러 결제 옵션에 대한 접근을 제공합니다:
- 국제 카드 네트워크
- 디지털 지갑
- 비카드 기반 방법
- 지연 결제 솔루션
- 모바일 기반 솔루션
- 은행 간 직접 이체
이번 협력은 결제 프로세스를 간소화하고 사용자 경험을 향상시키며 항공사의 운영 비용을 줄이는 것을 목표로 합니다. 단일 연결을 통해 항공사는 이제 다양한 결제 방법을 구현할 수 있으며, 현지 시장의 요구를 지원하고 결제 과정의 마찰을 줄여 전환율을 개선할 수 있습니다.
Sabre (NASDAQ: SABR) et CellPoint Digital ont formé un partenariat stratégique pour améliorer les solutions de paiement des compagnies aériennes. L'accord permet aux compagnies aériennes utilisant les plateformes SabreSonic et Radixx d'accéder à divers moyens de paiement et services à valeur ajoutée.
L'intégration offre aux compagnies aériennes l'accès à plusieurs options de paiement, y compris :
- Réseaux de cartes internationaux
- Portefeuilles numériques
- Méthodes non basées sur carte
- Solutions de paiement différé
- Solutions basées sur mobile
- Transferts directs entre banques
La collaboration vise à simplifier les processus de paiement, améliorer l'expérience utilisateur et réduire les coûts opérationnels pour les compagnies aériennes. Grâce à une connexion unique, les compagnies aériennes peuvent désormais mettre en œuvre divers moyens de paiement tout en soutenant les besoins du marché local et en réduisant les frictions lors du paiement pour améliorer les taux de conversion.
Sabre (NASDAQ: SABR) und CellPoint Digital haben eine strategische Partnerschaft gegründet, um die Zahlungslösungen für Fluggesellschaften zu verbessern. Die Vereinbarung ermöglicht es Fluggesellschaften, die die SabreSonic- und Radixx-Plattformen nutzen, auf verschiedene Zahlungsmethoden und Mehrwertdienste zuzugreifen.
Die Integration bietet Fluggesellschaften Zugang zu mehreren Zahlungsoptionen, darunter:
- Internationale Kartennetzwerke
- Digitale Geldbörsen
- Nicht-kartenbasierte Methoden
- Aufgeschobene Zahlungslösungen
- Mobile Lösungen
- Direkte Banküberweisungen
Die Zusammenarbeit zielt darauf ab, Zahlungsprozesse zu optimieren, die Benutzererfahrung zu verbessern und die Betriebskosten für Fluggesellschaften zu senken. Durch eine einzige Verbindung können Fluggesellschaften nun verschiedene Zahlungsmethoden implementieren, während sie die Bedürfnisse des lokalen Marktes unterstützen und die Reibung beim Checkout reduzieren, um die Konversionsraten zu verbessern.
- Integration streamlines payment processes and reduces operational costs
- Expanded payment options may increase conversion rates
- Single connection simplifies implementation of multiple payment methods
- Partnership enhances service offering for existing SabreSonic and Radixx customers
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Insights
Sabre's strategic agreement with CellPoint Digital represents a significant enhancement to its airline payment ecosystem. The integration brings extensive payment options to airlines using SabreSonic and Radixx platforms, including international card networks, digital wallets, alternative payment methods, and bank-to-bank transfers.
This partnership addresses two critical pain points for airlines: payment complexity and cost reduction. By streamlining payment processes through a single connection point, Sabre is enhancing its value proposition in an increasingly competitive travel technology landscape. The unified solution significantly reduces integration barriers that typically hamper airlines from adopting new payment methods.
From a competitive standpoint, this move strengthens Sabre's position against other Global Distribution System (GDS) providers by enhancing core product functionality. Payment orchestration has become a strategic differentiator in travel technology as airlines seek to optimize conversion rates and reduce transaction costs.
The partnership creates potential revenue benefits through three mechanisms: improved client retention by enhancing platform stickiness, potential transaction-based revenue streams depending on the commercial arrangement, and increased attractiveness to prospective airline customers seeking payment flexibility.
While financial details aren't disclosed, this collaboration represents a targeted improvement to Sabre's core airline offering at a time when payment optimization is increasingly important for airline profit margins and customer experience.
This Sabre-CellPoint Digital partnership directly addresses a significant operational challenge for airlines. Payment optimization has become increasingly critical as carriers struggle with thin margins and seek to maximize conversion rates across global markets.
The agreement delivers three key benefits to airlines: expanded payment options to meet local market preferences, reduced operational costs through simplified integration, and enhanced customer experience by reducing checkout friction.
Airlines using SabreSonic and Radixx (Sabre's passenger service systems) now gain access to payment orchestration capabilities through a single connection rather than managing multiple payment integrations independently - a historically resource-intensive process requiring substantial IT investment.
The timing is particularly relevant as airlines expand into new markets where payment preferences diverge significantly from traditional credit card usage. Carriers operating in emerging markets often face conversion challenges when unable to offer locally preferred payment methods, potentially losing bookings to competitors with more flexible payment options.
For airline technology officers, this integration eliminates the typical trade-off between payment method diversity and integration complexity. The pre-integrated nature of the solution means airlines can quickly deploy new payment options without custom development work, accelerating time-to-market for payment strategy adjustments across different regions.
The collaboration will provide airlines with improved payment solutions, enhance user experience, and reduce costs
Thanks to the integration of Sabre and CellPoint Digital, airlines now have the freedom to choose from an extensive range of payment options, including international card networks commonly used for global transactions, digital wallets and other non-card-based methods that offer consumers more flexibility at checkout, alternative ways to pay that might include deferred payment or mobile-based solutions, and direct bank-to-bank transfers enabled by real-time or open banking systems, to name a few.
This agreement underscores Sabre's commitment to delivering solutions that evolve alongside the growing complexity and interconnectivity of distribution and payments in the airline and broader travel industry. By bringing CellPoint Digital's capabilities into Sabre's platform, airlines now have a simple, unified solution that makes it easier to adopt new payment options and cut through the usual barriers.
"We are excited to work with CellPoint Digital to offer airlines flexibility and choice in payment solutions," said Nicolas Ortiz Luengo, Senior Director, Travel Payments Product at Sabre. "This agreement highlights our commitment to helping airlines improve their payments strategies by enhancing the user experience and reducing costs. Seamlessly integrating CellPoint Digital helps airlines optimize their payment strategies, ensuring secure transactions and support for increasingly used alternative forms of payment. With a wide variety of payment options available, the collaboration drives greater efficiency and satisfaction in the airline industry."
"This agreement gives airlines access to a wide range of pre-integrated methods through a single connection," said Kristian Gjerding, CEO at CellPoint Digital. "It simplifies the expansion of their payment mix, supports local market needs, and reduces friction at checkout — all of which contribute to higher conversion rates. As the role of payments grows in both customer experience and cost management, this integration offers greater flexibility and control."
This collaboration will help airlines enhance and customize their payment strategies. With a wide range of payment options available, Sabre and CellPoint Digital aim to give airlines the tools they need to meet both consumer expectations and evolving business needs.
About Sabre Corporation
Sabre Corporation is a leading technology company that takes on the biggest opportunities and solves the most complex challenges in travel. Sabre harnesses speed, scale and insights to build tomorrow's technology today – empowering airlines, hoteliers, agencies and other partners to retail, distribute and fulfill travel worldwide. Headquartered in Southlake, Texas,
About CellPoint Digital
CellPoint Digital is a fintech leader in payment orchestration and optimisation. CellPoint Digital's main solution is a powerful Payment Orchestration Platform that optimises digital payment transactions from cards or alternative payment methods and accelerates the deployment of new payment options. Merchants can easily scale their own payment ecosystem across the world, unify the customer payment experience across their website, mobile apps and other channels, optimise the routing of each transaction, increase conversion rates and minimise payment costs. CellPoint Digital has offices in
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