It’s summer vacation season, and there’s no shortage of options for consumers and businesses to plan, book and for pay for travel via mobile apps. The PYMNTS Travel Apps page offers a monthly ranking of smartphone Travel Apps, assessing them based on publicly available information...
Ant International has launched an “AI travel companion” called Alipay+ Voyager that is integrated into digital wallets and designed to enhance consumers’ travel experiences. Alipay+ Voyager was introduced on three mobile wallets in Asia — Alipay, AlipayHK and GCash — and will roll out to...
London airport Heathrow said Friday (June 27) that it is seeing “early signs of softness” in business travel from the U.S. due to economic uncertainty across North America. Heathrow said this in an investor report that found that the airport saw growth in U.S. passenger...
American travelers are reportedly delaying or scaling back their vacations in an uncertain economic climate. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (June 15), fewer people passed through U.S. airports in the last 90 days than in the same timeframe in 2024. Air travel has...
The travel industry can call to mind pink sand beaches, loyalty points and upgrades. But behind the scenes, the sector is defined by the way people pay. And there have never been more ways to pay. “As soon as we think we’ve got it covered,...
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...