InterContinental Hotels Group Selects realtimemerchant From Global Card Services as its Newest Credi
ORLANDO, FL, June 14, 2005. nterContinental Hotels Group has selected realtimemerchant from Global Card Services, Inc., as its newest payment processing solution to facilitate credit and debit card processing. The solution can be implemented at any of the IHG branded hotel properties that use the Micros-Fidelio OPERA and OPERAXpress Property Management Systems.
The realtimemerchant solution is a high-performance, advanced payment-processing gateway that delivers online, real-time control over all aspects of credit card processing through a single Web interface. realtimemerchant leverages GCS's proprietary systems and Internet connectivity to provide unprecedented performance and control over all transactions and the data related to them.
"Our properties value the real-time authorizations and automatic solution delivers," said Angela Brav, InterContinental Hotels Group's senior vice president. "Our goal is to deliver reliable payment processing middleware solutions that provide excellent support and competitive pricing - and our partnership with Global Card Services allows us to accomplish just that."
"We are extremely excited and pleased that InterContinental Hotels Group has chosen Global Card Services as a provider of payment gateway services," said Mark A. Silverman, president of Global Card Services. "The realtimemerchant product brings InterContinental Hotels Group owned, managed and franchised locations a fully integrated solution with the Micros OPERA Property Management System and the flexibility to take advantage of the most cost-effective card processors without impacting their existing operations. Realtimemerchant is a true Application Service Provider (ASP) offering supported by a central data repository and represents the latest in payment gateway technology designed specifically for the travel and entertainment industry."
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