Travel Payments

Airbnb Offers New Flexible Search Based On Travel Location
Airbnb Offers New Flexible Search Based On Travel Location
February 24, 2021  |  Travel Payments

Airbnb is now offering flexible travel options based on location instead of specific travel dates, a solution the company said should appeal to people who...

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Airbnb Books Earnings Date With New Product Announcement
Airbnb Books Earnings Date With New Product Announcement
February 24, 2021  |  Earnings

The year 2020 was, to put it mildly, a difficult one for nearly all travel industry players, as consumers’ enthusiasm for travel bottomed out in...

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Affirm Teams With Vacasa For Flexible Vacation Rental Payments
Affirm Teams With Vacasa For Flexible Vacation Rental Payments
February 23, 2021  |  Travel Payments

Vacation rental management platform Vacasa is partnering with buy now, pay later (BNPL) FinTech Affirm to bring flexible payments to the travel industry, the companies...

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Tourism Industry Braces For Continued COVID-19 Downturn
Tourism Industry Braces For Continued COVID-19 Downturn
February 21, 2021  |  Travel Payments

Problems with vaccine rollouts and the continuing spread of the coronavirus have dampened the travel industry’s expectations for a recovery from the economic issues it’s...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Crests $57,000; Thailand To Target Crypto Holders In New Tourism Plan
Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Crests $57,000; Thailand To Target Crypto Holders In New Tourism Plan
February 21, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin has passed another milestone, crossing $57,000 as of Saturday (Feb. 20), according to a CoinDesk report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Pandemic Cut US Airline Passenger Numbers By 60 Pct In 2020
Pandemic Cut US Airline Passenger Numbers By 60 Pct In 2020
February 16, 2021  |  Pandenomics

U.S. air traffic passengers fell to their lowest numbers since 1974 as the number of scheduled passengers dropped 62 percent from December 2019 to December...

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Arch Insurance Streamlines Business Travel Insurance Pricing, Payment Experience
Arch Insurance Streamlines Business Travel Insurance Pricing, Payment Experience
February 15, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Arch Insurance has rolled out a new program allowing brokers to quickly price and purchase business travel account policies for U.S. companies with up to...

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Uplift Advances BNPL Options For Travel Market Recovery
Uplift Advances BNPL Options For Travel Market Recovery
February 15, 2021  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Uplift, a buy now, pay later (BNPL) solution for the travel industry, is seeing an uptick in demand for flexible payment options when making new...

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UK’s CMA Warns Lastminute.com Of Legal Action Over Vacation Refunds
UK’s CMA Warns Lastminute.com Of Legal Action Over Vacation Refunds
February 12, 2021  |  Regulation

Switzerland-headquartered global online travel booking platform Lastminute.com could be facing legal action from the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over missing the refund deadline...

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