2009 Articles
11 May 2009
TravelDaily
UATP partners with TravelDaily to present the 2009 China Travel Innovation Summit
Article in TravelDaily
TravelDaily (www.traveldaily.cn), China’s leading online publisher and event
organizer with emphasis on the distribution, marketing and technology trends in the travel and
tourism industries, today announced that it has welcomed UATP as a key partner for the 2009
China Travel Innovation Summit, to be held in Beijing on May 12-13.
UATP is a low-cost travel payment network that provides travel managers with unparalleled
detailed data, central billing, thorough tracking and maximum control over travel spend.
Issued by airlines around the world, UATP lowers distribution costs for airlines and merchants.
UATP is accepted worldwide by over 250 airlines, over a thousand travel agencies, and also
connects airlines to non-traditional forms of payment such as PayPal and Ukash.
“We are proud to have UATP sponsor the 2009 China Travel Innovation Summit,” said Eva He,
Event Director of TravelDaily. ”UATP's involvement will bring significant value to this summit
and our fellow attendees. By working together with UATP, we are confident we will make this
conference a great success.”
UATP Regional Manager, Asia-Pacific, Steven Luan, will join the Executive roundtable: Online
TMC vs. Offline TMC on 13 May discussing how UATP works within the business traveler
environment, the growth of the online travel agent and how the corporate traveler environment
both within China and worldwide is changing and responding.
UATP, the first charge card accepted for domestic air purchases within China, currently has the
following airline merchants who accept UATP as a form of payment: Air China, China Eastern
Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Grand China, Hainan Airlines, Shandong Airlines, and
Shenzhen Airlines.
The 2009 China Travel Innovation Summit will be held at the Hotel New Otani Chang Fu Gong,
Beijing. For more information about this summit, please visit the event website.
http://www.traveldaily.cn/Innovation/select.asp
