AirPlus International Launches Unique Corporate Travel Payment System in Hong Kong

Leading Provider of International Business Travel Management Solutions Opens Regional Headquarters.

AirPlus International, leading provider of international travel management and corporate payment systems, today announced that it has launched its Regional Headquarters  in Hong Kong. By expanding its presence to this region, AirPlus International offers its international business customers a travel payment system which is unique in Asia and provides them with professional power in managing their corporate travel expenses.

Patrick W. Diemer, Managing Director of AirPlus International, said: “We are pleased that we now can provide corporations in Hong Kong with an international payment solution that helps them to manage their global travel-related expenses more efficiently and conveniently than ever before. We have strategically selected Hong Kong as our Asian base for it being the regional hub for many international corporations and its proven financial and legal systems. As the travel market is grow-ing rapidly in China, we see great potential in developing business in the SAR also because of its gateway position in the country. The official launch of our Hong Kong office represents one more decisive step in the creation of a global AirPlus International network.“

The key product of AirPlus International’s corporate travel payment system is the AirPlus Company Account lodged at the company’s travel agency. It is an invoicing system, guaranteeing data of high quality and permitting complete transparency of travel expenses throughout the company. The in-formation obtained in this way provides companies with an excellent basis for price negotiations with airlines and other service providers and helps to improve cash flows within companies spending on a global scale.

The AirPlus Company Account makes it much easier for companies to pay for and analyze business trips. Instead of a large number of individual invoices, companies receive a clear and combined statement that can be broken down by cost centre, project or any other categories. It is also compatible with most accounting systems, making time-consuming reconciliation work unnecessary. The company itself can even make decisions as to the formatting or layout of the statement. This saves a great deal of time in the day-to-day management of business trips.

With the AirPlus Company Account companies and their travel agents will benefit from a wide variety of additional services. Companies can use the system to pay for the whole range of products sold by their travel agent as well as for flights on all international airlines. It is easy to manage and does not require the provision of cash advances for travel purchases.

In addition, companies will have access to a state-of-the-art management information system, the AirPlus Information Manager, which will enable them to create improved customized reports for analyzing the complete range of their global travel expenses.  Using this innovative internet-based tool, companies can set and control travel budgets and policies while maintaining superior data quality. They can collect key travel information across offices, departments, regions and subsidiaries. This information then becomes a powerful tool in negotiating contracts with airlines and other travel companies.

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