Dubai Duty Free Integrates Alipay+ Solutions
The integration will enable international visitors to access promotions and pay with their home digital apps at duty-free stores in Dubai and Al Maktoum International Airports.
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Dubai Duty Free has announced its partnership with Alipay+ to offer a seamless travel and checkout experience for international visitors.
The integration will enable consumers from South Korea, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Mongolia, and Italy as well as the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao are now able to access promotions and pay with their home digital apps at duty-free stores in Dubai and Al Maktoum International airports.
Guoming Cheng, general manager of Ant Group in Europe and the Middle East, said, “We are thrilled to launch Alipay+ cross-border payment technology and marketing solutions at fast-growing global retailers like Dubai Duty Free to support convenient digital payment options so that international passengers can enjoy a seamless experience just the same way they do at home. From Dubai taxis to Dubai Duty Free and more tourism facilities, we are looking forward to upgrading the checkout experience across the region and support the growth of smart travel.”
Dubai Duty Free Executive Vice Chairman & CEO, Colm McLoughlin, said, “At Dubai Duty Free, we strive to provide a convenient and excellent shopping experience for our customers. We are therefore very excited about this partnership with Alipay+ to provide a seamless travel and checkout experience for them. For key travellers from Asia and Europe, it is of great advantage to be able to use their choice of payment, which they already use at home, without any exchange of cash.”
In Dubai, the vast majority of international tourists are now able to pay for their taxi fares, and shop cashless at big malls downtown and at airports with their home e-wallets and banking apps, in-home currencies. Upon scanning the QR code at merchants’ end or pulling out their individual QR code to be scanned, the purchase would be completed within seconds, with transaction details displayed at their home digital app in real-time.
