Travel and tourism businesses have very specific needs when it comes to choice of a payment gateway. The payment gateway needs to be secure and reliable first and foremost and as a result of the 24/7 international nature of the travel and tourism industry, it is imperative that travel and tourism clients can pay at any time of the day or night.
Fraud and risk management are essential for travel and tourism payment gateway merchants so good, industry-specific fraud and risk screening is a must if merchants want to maximise their revenue and minimise losses. A product like PayProtector provides accommodation establishments and airlines with the ability to validate their customers and cardholders during credit card processing.
PayGate payment gateway services over 10 local and international airlines and a number of travel agents and accommodation establishments in the Southern African region and has specific capability as a payment gateway serving the travel and tourism industry.
PayGate payment gateway recently launched a new billing product called PayBill specifically for the travel and tourism industry who would like to use their payment gateway to bill their customers by email. Their cardholders simply click a link in the mail and pay them securely. A payment notification is sent automatically by the payment gateway to the merchant and the cardholder.
Choose a payment gateway who is reliable, secure, has a variety of products to choose from to suit your specific travel and tourism needs, and who have a good range of payment solutions. A reliable payment gateway is the best possible asset to travel and tourism merchants who want to trade 24/7 and maximise their revenue.
