Zip Partners Sabre to Enable Buy Now Pay Later Options for Travel

(09 Dec 2021)  Zip, a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) company, has entered the travel market via a partnership with Sabre.

Using Zip’s Single Merchant Integration (SMI), Sabre has integrated Zip into its Global Distribution System, enabling any global travel partner to accept Zip in all current or future countries in which Zip is available.

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Colin Baines, Commercial Director at Zip said, ‘We are thrilled to be partnering with Sabre as Zip steps into the global travel industry. This agreement presents an incredible opportunity for us to truly showcase our global capabilities in this space through our Single Merchant Integration. We want Zip to be the first payment choice everywhere and every day and working with leaders like Sabre will help us get there sooner.”

The integrated solution, which was introduced in November, creates a new payment option at checkout.

Jeff Hayward, Senior Vice President, Product Management, Sabre, said, “Sabre is committed to enabling our travel partners to create truly personalized travel experiences, and how and when a traveller is able to pay for their trip is an important part of that personalization. That’s why we’re delighted that Zip has chosen to work with Sabre to offer Buy Now, Pay Later options at this critical time for travel industry recovery, so that we can provide new payment choices through our airline partners.”