AirPlus wins Business Travel World Award

Payment provider triumphs with innovative solution

AirPlus International, the leading global travel payment solutions provider was presented the award for Best Expense Management Process at the prestigious Business Travel World Awards held last night in London. AirPlus fought off competition from Barclaycard to win the award, which recognizes processes that expedite and improve the corporate expense management process.

AirPlus’ entry to this year’s awards highlighted its new software solution, A.I.D.A. (AirPlus Integrated Data and Acceptance), which enables the purchase of any travel service with the AirPlus Company Account, while capturing all the extensive additional data demanded by customers. Previously, universal acceptance combined with full data capture had been near impossible, which is why the AirPlus Company Account is now considered to be the most powerful lodge card in the world.

“We are delighted that we have won this respected award again. To us it means that the industry recognizes our efforts in providing our customers with the best service possible,” said Richard Crum, president, AirPlus International Inc. “A.I.D.A. has been a breakthrough in our ability to provide a payment product for all business travel services – from low cost carriers, to rail, hotels and beyond. All with the outstanding data quality that clients have come to expect from us. We look forward to introducing A.I.D.A. to the North American market within the next 12 months.”

AirPlus International is a global leader in business travel payment solutions, offering central payment accounts, corporate cards and online management information tools. AirPlus is the preferred payment partner of airlines around the world, including Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL), British Airways (NYSE:BAB), Lufthansa German Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines and TAP Portugal. AirPlus is the world’s largest issuer of UATP. Visit www.airplus.com for more information.

For more information, contact: Amy Padgett at (703) 373-0947 or apadgett@airplus.com