hospitality

The Kessler Collection Teams With BitPay To Allow Crypto Payments At Hotels
The Kessler Collection Teams With BitPay To Allow Crypto Payments At Hotels
March 10, 2021  |  Travel Payments

Luxury hotel group The Kessler Collection is teaming with BitPay to accept digital currency as a payment method, according to an announcement on Tuesday (March...

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Kayak Aims To Give Travelers Digital Path To Small Hotels
Kayak Aims To Give Travelers Digital Path To Small Hotels
March 09, 2021  |  Travel Payments

The travel search service Kayak has unveiled a new feature that allows guests at independent hotels to choose their room, check in or order a...

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European Hosts Drop Airbnb Listings, Move Toward Longer-Term Rentals
European Hosts Drop Airbnb Listings, Move Toward Longer-Term Rentals
March 08, 2021  |  Travel Payments

The number of Airbnb listings across Europe has dropped off significantly since the pandemic’s start in 2020, with hosts favoring longer-term rentals over shorter holiday...

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Indian Hotel Platform Oyo Rolls Back Global Expansion Plans
Indian Hotel Platform Oyo Rolls Back Global Expansion Plans
March 01, 2021  |  Cross-border Payments

Indian hotel platform Oyo is scaling back its international ambitions as it pulls out of the U.S. and European markets and severs its Latin American...

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Oyo Hotels Cuts Staff In Latin America, Pivots To Other Markets
Oyo Hotels Cuts Staff In Latin America, Pivots To Other Markets
February 12, 2021  |  Cross-border Payments

Oyo Hotels & Homes is taking a step back from its Latin America market as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to decimate travel across the globe,...

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Deep Dive: Why Digital ID Solutions Could Be Key To Helping The Travel And Tourism Sectors Take Flight
Deep Dive: Why Digital ID Solutions Could Be Key To Helping The Travel And Tourism...
February 08, 2021  |  Authentication

The pandemic has ushered in innumerable changes for businesses of all stripes, but few have been hit as hard as those in the travel and...

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Marriott Slashes Staff at NYC’s Times Square Hotel
Marriott Slashes Staff at NYC’s Times Square Hotel
December 15, 2020  |  Personnel

The pandemic has hammered the hotel industry right from the start. Marriott International, for example, furloughed “tens of thousands” of workers back in March as...

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NYC’s FAO Schwarz Toy Store To Be Airbnb Host
NYC’s FAO Schwarz Toy Store To Be Airbnb Host
December 11, 2020  |  Merchant Innovation

New York City’s famous FAO Schwartz store will be listed on Airbnb for someone to stay in for a night on Dec. 21 this year,...

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OYO CEO Talks IPO, Funding As Hotel Startup Fights To Recover
OYO CEO Talks IPO, Funding As Hotel Startup Fights To Recover
December 01, 2020  |  Cross-border Payments

After expansion woes and COVID-19 setbacks, Indian-based OYO – a hotel chain heavily backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group – is on its way back, the...

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