Pay-by-bank provider Trustly has launched a partnership with travel technology company Sabre Direct Pay. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (May 13), is designed to bolster payment solutions for U.K. and European travel agencies, letting Sabre offer direct bank payments to travel providers. Sabre will also recommend Trustly’s technology to its customers....
Americans are increasingly taking road trips amid an inflation- and tariff-related decline in consumer confidence. That’s according to a Monday (May 12) report from Bloomberg News, citing AAA figures showing that roughly 39 million Americans will drive this Memorial Day weekend. That’s a 3.1% gain from 2024...
Pay later platform Affirm has launched a partnership with airline-owned network UATP. The collaboration, announced Thursday (May 1), allows merchants on the UATP network — which include airlines, rail carriers and travel agencies — to offer customers Affirm’s pay-over-time plans. “Travel is 10% of all...
European airlines are reportedly seeing a decline in bookings for trips to the U.S. due to uncertainty around American border policy, tariffs and the broader economy. Air France-KLM, Lufthansa and Virgin Atlantic have noted in this in recent remarks, though they have maintained their full-year forecasts due to their...
Emburse has launched a new travel and expense mobile app incorporating Emburse AI to make it easier for employees to submit expenses and for managers to approve them. The newly refreshed Emburse Enterprise app uses artificial intelligence to accurately capture receipts, autopopulate expense details, streamline expense reporting...
Travelers browsing Airbnb will now see the total price — including all fees and in some cases taxes — in search results, the company said in a Monday (April 21) press release. Airbnb first launched this “total price display” in parts of Europe, Australia, Canada and Korea in...
The travel industry is facing some headwinds headed into the peak season for getting away from it all. Inflation’s still with us, and several recent economic reports from the likes of the University of Michigan and the Federal Reserve have shown that consumers across all...
Airlines are reportedly focusing on roomier seats and other perks for wealthier leisure travelers as other customer segments cut back on their spending. Spirit Airlines is marketing its “Big Front Seat” that offers more legroom and other perks for a price that can be three...
Travel agents have long gone the way of video store clerks, and consumers haven’t walked into an airport or hotel to make a flight or room reservation in more than a generation. Booking travel, whether a short Uber ride across town or vacation abroad, first...