Hospitality company Accor has selected financial infrastructure platform Stripe as its primary payments partner globally. After using multiple payment gateways with different providers, Accor is...
Just as banking-as-a-service (BaaS) and software-as-a-service (SaaS) have reshaped their respective industries, a new “as a service” model is emerging in the travel and tourism...
European hospitality provider Accor is debuting an AI-powered travel assistant through Amazon Web Services (AWS). Announced Wednesday (Nov. 30), the tool comes at a time when a number of...
The hotel industry may be struggling in the wake of COVID-19, but a new deal by two major global operators shows there is still lots of life...
Despite the economic damage inflicted by the pandemic, hoteliers expect sub-Saharan Africa to remain a hot market for big-time lodging development, the Wall Street Journal...
That there was a lot of action and motion in the payments and commerce ocean this week is not much of a surprise, as that...
In today’s top news, Alibaba has made almost $3 billion in loans available for companies hurt by the coronavirus, and Japan’s recent sales tax triggers...
There has been no shortage of new takes on card-based loyalty schemes — especially in the last decade as digital has exploded and the competition...
Property builders are constructing kitchens in empty malls to help fill food-delivery orders, a new strategy to service the flourishing business segment of driving restaurant...