Freecharge becomes the first digital wallet to partner with India’s leading F&B retail operator Travel Food Services (TFS)
- Now customers can pay in less than 10 seconds with Freecharge at a wide host of TFS operated food counters across major airports
- Freecharge wallet to power digital payments at the TFS operated‘Rail Dhaba’ at Pune and Vishakhapatnam railway stations
Chennai, 29 August, 2016: In an industry first initiative, Freecharge, India’s leading digital payments platform, has announced a partnership with India’s largest travel retail operator Travel Food Services [TFS]. Through this association, passengers will be enabled to pay with Freecharge wallet for their food orders in a swifter and secure way at select food outlets across Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Mangalore and Bangalore airports. In addition, the F&B centres called the ‘Rail Dhabas’ at Pune and Vishakhapatnam railway stations operated by TFS will also offer digital payment facilities through Freecharge.
In line with its vision of ‘transforming travel’ and constant efforts to improve the experience of people on the move, TFS has enabled the tremendous convenience of cashless transactions with Freecharge wallet at busy ports of travels. Travelers can pay using their phone and registered mobile number with Freecharge and complete the transaction with the OnTheGo Pin in less than 10 seconds. With this partnership, Freecharge creates another milestone in its journey to make consumers move from cash to e-cash.
Furthermore, Freecharge is also creating an end-to-end digital payments experience for passengers by also enabling their ride to airports and railway stations cashless. The company is in the process of on-boarding taxis across India and as part of the pilot program over 15,000 taxis across Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore are already accepting payments via Freecharge wallet.
Commenting on the partnership, Mr. GovindRajan, CEO, Freecharge said, “Freecharge is a customer centric company that strives to offer unmatched payment solutions to its customers. Food counters by Travel Food Services are the go-to dining options for travellers during transit. Our partnership with TFS will greatly benefit passengers, as they don’t have to worry about paying in cash or searching for change in the urgency of boarding their flight or train. With this partnership, customers will stand to benefit from a swift, secure and hassle-free digital payment experience. Our aim is to bring on board merchants where the digital payments will remove friction and help expedite the process of payments at the counter. We are excited to be contributing towards Government’s vision of less cash economy.”
Mr. Varun Kapur, Executive Director, Travel Food Servicessaid “Our association with Freecharge is a great step forward to offer more convenience to our traveling customers and in providing a swifter and secure payment option at ports of travel that are busy and warrants such initiatives that will save passengers’ time. This partnership will benefit users offering more convenience through the effective use of technology. This endeavor is aligned to our commitment to transform the experience of travelers and promises to enhance customer satisfaction while on the move.”
Customers of TFS can also avail a cash back benefit in their first transaction at TFS operated outlets at major airports, as well as at Pune and Vishakhapatnam railway stations.
TFS operates F&B outlets at major airports including Cafeccino, Dominos, Subway, Idli.com, Curry Kitchen, Cafe Coffee Day, Dilli STREAT, Swich, Noodle Wok, Mumbai STREAT, KFC among many others which can now offer the Freecharge convenience to travelers.
The Rail Dhaba at Pune and Vishakhapatnam railway stations will also now offer the Freecharge option to passengers to pay for their meal at the outlets located there that include Andhra Kitchen, Curry Kitchen, Maroosh and Noodle Work among others, in a swifter and secure way.
About Freecharge:
Freecharge is India’s fastest growing digital payments platform. Consumers across the country use Freecharge to make prepaid, post-paid, DTH and Electricity bill payments for numerous utility service providers in addition to leading online and offline merchants. Freecharge is PCI DSS compliant for information security and is at the forefront of the mobile commerce revolution with over 90 per cent of transactions originating from mobile. Freecharge Go, the virtual card was launched in January 2016, making Freecharge wallet the universally accepted wallet in India.
For more details, please visit https://www.Freecharge.com or download the Freecharge app.
About Travel Food Services:
Travel Food Services Limited (TFS) is India’s leading dedicated F&B concessionaire in the travel infrastructure segment. It is one of the largest airport F&B Concessionaires in India with major operations at Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata and New Delhi Airports. With a commitment to transform the F&B experience for travellers, the company has created a superlative portfolio of some of the best brands to cater to discerning passengers at travel locations including proprietary brands DilliStreat, Terminal F, Cafeccino, Idli.com, Curry Kitchen, Noodle Wok, Swich as well as global& national favorites such as KFC, Domino’s Pizza, Haagen-Dazs, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, and Cafe Coffee Day, to name a few. The GVK Lounge by TFS and Performa at T2, CSIA was also recognised as the World’s Leading Lounge. TFS is a part of K Hospitality Corp – one of India’s largest F&B groups that include iconic F&B brands such as Copper Chimney, Bombay Brasserie, Irish House and Blue Sea among others. Drawing upon the group’s extensive heritage in the Indian F&B industry, Travel Food Services is committed to transforming the F&B landscape within large scale travel infrastructure projects across the entire region. www.travelfoodservices.com
