Agoda Partners With Carte Bleue To Give Members More Payment Options

Agoda.com, a arch Asian auberge booking website and a allotment of Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN), today appear a affiliation with Carte Bleue, alms Agoda’s French associates an added adjustment of defended online purchase. Operated by Groupement des Cartes Bancaires CB, Carte Bleue or ‘Blue Card’ is an chip debit agenda arrangement that links to the card-holder’s called case accounts and allows for quick and defended purchases above assorted platforms.

A ‘smart card’ that acts like an ATM card, the micro-chipped, PIN-protected Carte Bleue is acclimatized about universally above France and handles about 220 actor all-embracing affairs a year. Carte Bleue holders can use their agenda to pay for aggregate from busline tickets to domiciliary account bills – it’s acclimatized in a lot of shops and restaurants aural France and Visa-partnered cards can be acclimated to abjure money from automated tellers internationally. Thanks to this affiliation with Agoda, Carte Bleue holders can now use their agenda to book abatement allowance ante through the Agoda website.

CEO of Agoda, Michael Kenny, commented on the partnership: “The accession of Carte Bleue to the Agoda website is allotment of our charge to maximizing accessibility and aegis for our members. Agoda afresh added PayPal and the Chinese debit agenda iPS to the site, and will abide to add added transaction options to ensure travelers from all locations of the apple feel defended if they book through Agoda.com.”

Listing added than 103,000 backdrop worldwide, Agoda gives its associates abandon of best if it comes to booking abatement allowance ante and continues to advance the spirit of absolute biking through accretion its alternative of transaction methods.

For added advice apropos Agoda, amuse acceptance its website at http://www.agoda.com or acquaintance the Agoda aggregation via e-mail at info@agoda.com.

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About Agoda Company Pte Ltd:
Agoda Company Pte Ltd (www.agoda.com) is a leading, Asia-based, online auberge anxiety company, which specializes in accepting the everyman abatement auberge prices. Agoda.com is allotment of Priceline.com (Nasdaq:PCLN). Agoda's arrangement includes over 7,000 hotels in Asia-Pacific and added than 100,000 worldwide. The bunch agents of 350 professionals, amid throughout Asia, provides a first-rate catch account that abnormally combines bounded ability and bounded access to accommodate the best auberge deals to both business and leisure travelers.

In addition, Agoda barter participate in the Agoda Rewards Program, earning added discounts and chargeless stays. Unlike programs that absolute travelers to a individual chain, the Agoda Rewards Program allows barter to redeem Rewards Points at bags of hotels about the globe, at any time. A affiliate of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), Agoda's aim is to advance biking by authoritative it added affordable and added accessible to added people.