http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1062309/1/.html
SINGAPORE : Guests staying at The Regent Singapore will no
longer need to fork out cash for their taxi rides.
Instead, all they have to do is flash a card to the taxi driver and
wait to receive the bill at the end of their hotel stay.
Called the Hotel Cabcharge card, the new offering by ComfortDelGro
is a world's first.
Hotel guests are given the option of applying for the card when
they check in.
Guests then present it at the end of any Comfort or CityCab taxi
trip and the fare details will be sent electronically to the hotel
billing system.
Guests then pay the taxi fares as part of the final hotel bill when
they check out.
They pay a 10 per cent administrative fee on top of the metered
fare.
This will be shared between ComfortDelGro and the hotel to defray
operating costs.
ComfortDelGro said it took about three months to integrate its
Cabcharge card system to The Regent's reservation and billing
system.
It says it's in discussion with close to a dozen other hotels on
the system. - CNA/jy
It's a good thing for the industry .
Let's hope this move make more cabbies switch to Comfort &
CityCab , and in the end , non-CDG taxi company come out with more
perks to attract more cabbies to join them .
As a TransCab driver , beside the CNG hike that scare off some
CNG drivers , and the current benefit of $656 ( previous $716
) scare off some too .....
This move would actually wake up their idea .
