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Making tourism easier with local e-wallet ticket purchases

Singapore ticketing company GlobalTix’s new platform supports e-wallets across Asia

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Bernadette Toh

Published Wed, Apr 26, 2023 · 02:35 PM
    • GlobalTix co-founders Chan Chee Kong (left) and Chan Chee Chong aim to work with more payment gateways so GTPay can support more e-wallets.
    • GlobalTix co-founders Chan Chee Kong (left) and Chan Chee Chong aim to work with more payment gateways so GTPay can support more e-wallets. PHOTO: GLOBALTIX

    EVEN without a credit card, tourists from one Asian country can buy online tickets for attractions in another – thanks to payment platform GTPay, which lets them use their local digital wallet. A tourist from Indonesia could use OVO, for instance, while one from Singapore can use PayNow or GrabPay.

    Home-grown digital ticketing company GlobalTix came up with the idea of GTPay last year, during the pandemic.

    Travel was one of the hardest-hit industries, but the two brothers who co-founded GlobalTix refused to slow down. As chief executive officer Chan Chee Chong put it: “We said, ‘Let us imagine the future of travel.’”

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