STAAH Partners with Valoot to Offer WeChat Pay to Clients

STAAH Partners with Valoot to Offer WeChat Pay to Its Clients

The integration will allow properties on its network to welcome more Chinese consumers who widely use WeChat Pay for their online transactions.

Auckland, Thursday 25 Jan 18: A leading cloud-based hospitality distribution technology specialist, STAAH is taking its reach further by integrating the most popular and preferred choice of payment for Chinese travellers, WeChat Pay, via Valoot’s gateway services.

Hotels from around the world that use STAAH's suite of products can now use Valoot to start accepting WeChat Pay for bookings. Valoot can also help the hotels and properties with creating official WeChat accounts in order to increase their visibility in China and ultimately increase bookings from Chinese travellers. WeChat Pay is by far the most prominent payment gateway in the region, used by more than one billion Chinese consumers.

“Partnering with Valoot to accept WeChat Pay in multiple payment scenarios allows our client properties to provide an integral and seamless payment experience that Chinese consumers are familiar and comfortable with,” says Gavin Jeddo, founding director of STAAH Limited. “We have always put our clients first and as many of them look to expand in the Chinese market, this integration is important.”

Valoot is a Hong Kong-based financial technology company whose solutions also include multi currency pricing at point of sale. It is one of the best gateways for WeChat Pay and Alipay, with a global geographical reach achieved by forging strategic alliances with financial institutions worldwide. It was the first to bring WeChat Pay to the United Kingdom and continues to spread its network at a fast pace.

“We are thrilled to offer our WeChat Pay gateway services on the STAAH platform as it enables us to reach out to potentially thousands of clients in an efficient manner,” says Ovidiu Olea, founder & CEO, Valoot Technologies Limited. “Providing a good customer service with Chinese-tailored solutions is important for hospitality businesses worldwide and payment plays a key role in today's new commerce environment. Valoot shares the common goal with STAAH to bring the innovation of mobile payment to exceed customers' expectations.”

The integration has now been completed and is available for STAAH clients immediately. If you have any queries about how to make the most of this service, contact your account manager at STAAH.

About Valoot Technologies Limited

Valoot is a Hong Kong-based financial technology company aiming to deliver concrete and useful innovation in the area of payments. Founded in 2016, Valoot has already patented a new multi-currency pricing solution for the benefit of retailers and consumers. After being the first to launch WeChat Pay in the UK in early 2017, Valoot continues to expand its WeChat Pay gateway services by creating the largest geographical network of acceptance for this payment method. Most recently, Valoot launched Valoot Pay - a universal payments platform enabling taxi drivers in Hong Kong to accept electronic payment from multiple electronic wallets.

About STAAH Limited

STAAH Ltd is a New Zealand-based technology company that specialises in cloud-based channel management and booking engine for accommodation providers to maximise online revenue. Founded by Gavin Jeddo in 2008, a pioneer in the field of distribution technology, STAAH’s industry-leading technology powers a property’s distribution through online travel agencies (OTA), direct bookings and digital marketing services. STAAH works with more than 5000 partner properties in more than 70 countries through its operations in New Zealand, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and UK.

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