Dubai Duty Free has announced it has added the Alipay+ payment solution for international visitors at duty-free stores at Dubai and Al Maktoum International airports.
Consumers from South Korea, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Mongolia, Italy as well as Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao are now able to access promotions and pay with their home digital apps at both locations.
The deal makes Dubai Duty Free the latest retailer and tourism facility to leverage the payment solution in the UAE where a range of Alipay+ e-wallet and bank partners are accepted including Alipay, AlipayHK, MPay (Macao SAR, China), GCash from the Philippines, Kakao PayNaver Pay and Toss Pay from South Korea. Additional partners include OCBC from Singapore, TrueMoney from Thailand, Hipay from Mongolia and Tinaba from Italy.
In Dubai, the vast majority of international tourists are now able to pay for their taxi fares, and shop cashless at big malls in 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.
The partnership follows the celebration of Dubai Duty Free’s 40th Anniversary in December when it unveiled a series of promotions and pre-Christmas deals for several popular retail categories.
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 travelers 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.”
Guoming Cheng, general manager of Ant Group in Europe and 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.”
He added: “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.”
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