Tourism

Airbnb Expects To Go Public Next Year
Airbnb Expects To Go Public Next Year
September 19, 2019  |  Travel Payments

Online lodging marketplace Airbnb announced on Thursday (Sept. 19) that it wants to go public by next year, according to a release by the company.  ...

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QR Codes Come To Japanese Airports
QR Codes Come To Japanese Airports
July 25, 2019  |  International

Asia’s first cross-border mobile payment alliance, Singtel’s VIA, has expanded to Japan, according to a news release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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RiverPay Facilitates Payments Via Alipay, WeChat At Harrods
RiverPay Facilitates Payments Via Alipay, WeChat At Harrods
July 11, 2019  |  Mobile Payments

Integrated payments and marketing platform RiverPay has announced that it is facilitating payments through Alipay and WeChat Pay at Harrods’ Knightsbridge store in London, according...

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Can Politicians Give The Global Sharing Economy A Boost?
Can Politicians Give The Global Sharing Economy A Boost?
June 27, 2019  |  Regulation

Puerto Rico is still trying to recover from 2017’s Hurricane Maria, and much of that effort involves getting more tourists to visit the island. The...

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Chinese Consumers’ Pullback Seen As A Global Economic Red Flag
Chinese Consumers’ Pullback Seen As A Global Economic Red Flag
June 26, 2019  |  International

One of the problems with trade wars is that they act more as bludgeon than scalpel. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Hotels, And India’s Middle Class, Show Path For Online Travel
Hotels, And India’s Middle Class, Show Path For Online Travel
June 25, 2019  |  Markets

It’s a fool’s errand to predict what will interest historians decades or centuries from now, but the scribes here at PYMNTS don’t pull back from...

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Startups Look To Disrupt $120B Online Travel Sector
Startups Look To Disrupt $120B Online Travel Sector
April 23, 2019  |  Startups

A group of startups is setting its sights on the travel activities industry, which is the fastest growing segment in the tourism market. Get the...

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Alipay: Chinese Tourists Prefer Mobile Payments
Alipay: Chinese Tourists Prefer Mobile Payments
January 21, 2019  |  International

Nielsen, a global information and measurement company, and financial services company Alipay teamed up to create a survey about the trends and habits of Chinese tourists....

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Mastercard Teams With NYC & Company In New Global Partnership
Mastercard Teams With NYC & Company In New Global Partnership
January 16, 2019  |  Mastercard

In a new global multi-year partnership, Mastercard has teamed up with NYC & Company. The company will also become the organization’s preferred payment technology and will...

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