Travel
Vrbo Pushes Up the Hotel App Rankings as Discounts Drive Fall Bookings
Monday 17th November - 4:00 am
Sometimes you don’t need a ride to travel. That’s a good lesson to remember as ...White House Rolls Back Cash Repayments for Canceled Flights
Sunday 16th November - 6:56 pm
The Trump administration is reversing a policy requiring airlines to repay travelers for major flight ...Travel Platform Klook Books 24% Growth in IPO Filing
Monday 10th November - 5:32 pm
Hong Kong-based travel platform Klook is preparing to go public in the U.S. The company submitted ...Disruption Pushes Business Travel to Reinvent Itself
Monday 10th November - 11:15 am
For business travel, disruption has become a default setting. The combination of supply chain stress, hybrid ...The Weekender: Turkey, Tech and the Price Tag of Gratitude
Saturday 8th November - 4:00 am
Suppose Thanksgiving is America’s annual CFO meeting, one part nostalgia, two parts spreadsheet. In that case, ...Southwest and Galileo Bring Rewards to Debit’s Doorstep
Thursday 6th November - 4:03 am
Watch more: Galileo’s Co-Branded Debit Card With Southwest Airlines Debit is the payment method of choice ...United Airlines Integrates Lyft Into Loyalty Program
Wednesday 5th November - 11:34 am
United Airlines has integrated Lyft into its loyalty program, and the companies have begun rolling ...Travel Industry Urges Congress to End Government Shutdown Before Thanksgiving Week
Monday 3rd November - 4:25 pm
More than 500 travel organizations and companies signed a letter calling on Congressional leaders of ...Booking Holdings Says Gen AI Tools Increase Conversions and Reduce Cancellations
Tuesday 28th October - 9:12 pm
Booking Holdings is seeing early results from the generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) solutions it ...TreviPay and Sonder Team to Bolster Corporate Travel
Wednesday 15th October - 5:20 pm
B2B payments platform TreviPay has launched a partnership with apartment/boutique hotel brand Sonder. The collaboration has ...Klarna Expands Travel Footprint With Qatar Airways Deal
Tuesday 14th October - 10:04 am
Klarna is expanding its travel industry offerings via a new partnership with Qatar Airways. Travelers booking ...Mobile Accounts for 59% of Long-Distance Travel Bookings
Tuesday 14th October - 4:00 am
When it comes to travel, Generation Z consumers and baby boomers, two groups at opposite ...Alipay+ Expands Travel Offerings as Mobile Wallets Take Off
Wednesday 8th October - 11:32 am
Alipay+ has announced a tourism-focused expansion of its payments and digital services offerings. “Travel has a significant ...Albertsons Adds Expedia-Powered Travel Booking to Loyalty Program Platform
Tuesday 23rd September - 3:23 pm
Albertsons Cos. has added a travel booking experience powered by Expedia to the mobile app ...Navan Plans to Take Travel Management Platform Public
Monday 22nd September - 4:31 pm
Business travel and expense management platform Navan is preparing to go public. The company filed its ...Delta Offers Sunnier Revenue Forecast Based on Travel Demand
Thursday 11th September - 3:44 pm
Delta Air Lines has reaffirmed its earnings forecast based on ongoing travel demand. The company made ...Travel Platforms Embrace AI to Avoid Being Replaced by AI
Tuesday 9th September - 9:35 am
Online booking giants are reportedly taking steps to counter the encroachment of AI agents. As the ...Loyalty Programs Gain Traction as Fiserv Acquires CardFree
Friday 5th September - 1:18 pm
PYMNTS Intelligence has tracked a shift in consumer expectations as they navigate online and offline ...Crypto Wealth Fuels Luxury Travel Boom
Sunday 31st August - 6:27 pm
The rise of bitcoin has reportedly been good for the luxury travel sector. As the Financial ...Booking Holdings Settles Texas Lawsuit Alleging It Obscured Mandatory Fees
Tuesday 19th August - 3:58 pm
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a $9.5 million settlement with Booking Holdings to resolve ...BMO and Mastercard Launch New Travel Rewards Card
Monday 18th August - 7:21 pm
BMO has launched a new travel rewards card with Mastercard, saying the card meets frequent travelers’ demands ...Airbnb Launches $0-Upfront Booking Option for US Stays
Thursday 14th August - 2:49 pm
Airbnb Inc. has introduced a “Reserve Now, Pay Later” feature for U.S. customers, allowing travelers ...Thredd Debuts Real-Time Payments Tools for B2B Travel Sector
Tuesday 12th August - 10:54 am
Thredd has rolled out a new real-time payments offering for its travel agency customers. The issuer processor announced Tuesday ...Wage Growth Stalls for Low-Income Workers After Years-Long Boom
Tuesday 12th August - 10:06 am
After years of rapid wage growth for low-income workers in the United States, a slowdown ...Hotels Slash Invoice Cycle Times by 70% With Automation
Monday 11th August - 4:00 am
Even as the hospitality industry innovates to enhance guest experiences, a quiet revolution is underway ...Booking CEO Glenn Fogel Says Airport Infrastructure Can Reverse Tourism Decline
Friday 8th August - 7:19 pm
Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel reportedly said that the United States needs to invest in passport and immigration ...This Week in AI: ChatGPT Gets an Upgrade; Expedia Embraces AI
Friday 8th August - 3:00 pm
From the release of GPT-5 to travel platform Expedia implementing artificial intelligence throughout its business ...Expedia Sees Fast-Growing Traffic From Chatbots
Thursday 7th August - 7:57 pm
Expedia Group is embedding artificial intelligence (AI) across its business, using the technology to sharpen ...Airbnb’s Results Show Consumer Resilience as Platform Eyes Uncertainty
Wednesday 6th August - 7:30 pm
Airbnb’s strong quarterly results on Wednesday showed that despite economic uncertainty due to global tariffs ...Visa Data Shows Affluent Travelers Propel Global Tourism Spending
Wednesday 6th August - 5:58 pm
Affluent travelers, not middle-class vacationers, appear poised to keep the world’s tourism engine humming even ...The Algorithm Will Bill You Now: AI Creeps Into Travel Charges
Wednesday 6th August - 5:03 pm
With summer in full swing, travelers must beware that artificial intelligence (AI) systems could spot ...Luxury Brands Pinched as Tourism Declines in Europe
Monday 4th August - 11:49 am
Tariffs and a decline in tourism in Japan and Europe are reportedly hurting the luxury ...Booking Holdings Leans Into AI as US Consumers Slow Travel Spending
Tuesday 29th July - 9:31 pm
Booking Holdings said Tuesday (July 29) that U.S. consumers reined in their travel spending in ...American Airlines CEO Slams AI Fare Setting as Trickery
Thursday 24th July - 4:01 pm
American Airlines’ CEO is not a fan of using artificial intelligence (AI) to set air ...Trade Group Says Tourism Downturn Could Hurt US Retail Spending
Thursday 24th July - 9:49 am
A downturn in travel could hurt not only the tourism industry in the United States, ...HotelTonight Turns Last-Minute Booking Into Mobile Success
Wednesday 23rd July - 4:01 am
As the travel sector continues its recalibration journey post-pandemic, industry platforms are responding to a ...Delta Air Lines Tests AI-Powered Personalized Pricing
Tuesday 22nd July - 3:02 pm
Delta Air Lines is testing a new artificial intelligence (AI) pricing system that tailors fares ...Companies Sour on Travel Spending Amid Tariff Worries
Tuesday 22nd July - 2:15 pm
Travel spending by businesses hasn’t halted, but it has gotten more careful. That’s according to a ...Mastercard and American Airlines Expand 40-Year-Old Partnership
Monday 21st July - 12:38 pm
Mastercard is extending its decades-old partnership with American Airlines to offer enhanced travel rewards. The new ...Mastercard Debuts Experience-Focused World Legend Card
Wednesday 16th July - 6:46 am
Mastercard has introduced a new suite of benefits aimed at experience-seeking consumers. The Mastercard Collection, announced ...Summer Travel Season Fuels Surprises in PYMNTS Global App Rankings
Monday 14th July - 4:00 am
It’s summer vacation season, and there’s no shortage of options for consumers and businesses to ...Debit Rewards Are Retail’s Next Game Changer, Says Galileo
Friday 11th July - 4:00 am
Co-branded debit rewards are helping companies boost loyalty and customer engagement, Galileo Financial Technologies CEO ...Delta Reports Record Revenue as Demand for Air Travel Stabilizes
Thursday 10th July - 10:14 am
Delta Air Lines reported Thursday (July 10) that it earned record revenue in the June ...Hospitality Sector Checks Out Paperless Invoicing to Manage Peak Season
Wednesday 9th July - 4:02 am
When one thinks about hospitality innovation, it’s easy to picture smart rooms, contactless check‑in or ...American Airlines Uses AI to Predict Missed Flights
Monday 7th July - 6:47 pm
American Airlines is deepening its deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) to make the travel experience ...Ant International Launches ‘AI Travel Companion’ Integrated Into Digital Wallets
Wednesday 2nd July - 3:29 pm
Ant International has launched an “AI travel companion” called Alipay+ Voyager that is integrated into ...Navan CTO on Building an Agentic AI Platform With ‘Zero Critical Hallucinations’
Wednesday 2nd July - 1:34 pm
When Navan, a business travel and expense management company, set out to build its artificial ...Job Openings Rose in May, Led by Accommodation and Food Services
Tuesday 1st July - 2:02 pm
The number of job openings in the U.S. increased by 374,000 in May and reached ...Heathrow Sees ‘Early Signs of Softness’ in Transatlantic Business Travel
Friday 27th June - 3:37 pm
London airport Heathrow said Friday (June 27) that it is seeing “early signs of softness” ...How Club Med’s 2.1 Billion Data Points Fuels Its AI-Powered Playbook
Tuesday 24th June - 7:41 pm
Three years ago, Club Med decided to get organized. The vacation destination business set about ...Business Travel and Expense Firm Navan Confidentially Files for IPO
Monday 23rd June - 3:38 pm
Business travel and expense management solution provider Navan said Friday (June 20) that it confidentially submitted ...Visa and eTip Team to Help Hospitality Workers Get Tipped Faster
Monday 16th June - 3:33 pm
Visa has teamed with eTip, a digital tipping platform for the hospitality and service industries. The ...US Travelers Scale Back Trips Amid Economic Uncertainty
Sunday 15th June - 6:36 pm
American travelers are reportedly delaying or scaling back their vacations in an uncertain economic climate. As ...Expedia and Accor CEOs: AI to Reinvent the Future of Travel
Friday 13th June - 12:00 pm
Artificial intelligence is rewriting the rules of the travel industry — and the CEOs of ...Airports and Stadiums Say Mobile-First Checkout Is Big Fan Favorite
Friday 13th June - 4:00 am
The roar of the crowd. The hum of a busy airport terminal. The gentle sway ...Paynt Acquires E-xact Transactions to Accelerate Expansion Across North America
Wednesday 11th June - 2:37 pm
European payment technology company Paynt has acquired Canadian payment processor E-xact Transactions to accelerate its ...Adyen Founder’s Hospitality Startup, Tebi, Raises $34 Million
Tuesday 10th June - 11:21 am
Tebi, a FinTech launched by Adyen co-founder Arnout Schuijff, raised 30 million euros (about $34 ...US Tourism Takes Hit as Overseas Travelers Avoid Country
Sunday 1st June - 6:05 pm
America’s vacation hot spots have cooled somewhat less amid a decline in overseas travel. “There used ...Apple: Developers Paid No Commission on 90% of 2024 Sales
Thursday 29th May - 3:49 pm
Apple’s App Store in the United States facilitated $406 billion in developer billings and sales ...JetBlue and United Link Loyalty Programs Under ‘Blue Sky’ Banner
Thursday 29th May - 11:49 am
Airlines JetBlue and United have teamed to merge aspects of each other’s loyalty programs. The partnership, ...Affirm and Kayak Extend Pay Later Partnership to Canada
Thursday 22nd May - 1:01 pm
Affirm continues to deepen its travel industry footprint by expanding its partnership with Kayak. The pay ...Kayak Pivots From Search to AI-Driven Travel Assistant
Thursday 22nd May - 4:00 am
Fundamental transformations often occur across the industries that are most receptive to them. When it comes ...Worldpay and Yabie Team to Boost UK Small Business Payments
Tuesday 20th May - 10:33 am
Worldpay has launched a partnership with point-of-sale (POS) tech firm Yabie. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (May 29), will see Yabie ...Alternate Payments Cleared for Takeoff as Platforms Catch Up With Travelers’ Payment Demands
Tuesday 20th May - 4:01 am
The travel industry can call to mind pink sand beaches, loyalty points and upgrades. But ...Clover Debuts Point-of-Sale Offering for High-End Restaurants
Sunday 18th May - 5:08 pm
Fiserv-owned point-of-sale (POS) solution Clover has introduced a hospitality product for the restaurant sector. Clover Hospitality ...Expedia Adds APIs to B2B Platform to Help Build Travel Packages
Wednesday 14th May - 3:18 pm
Expedia Group enhanced its B2B segment, Private Label Solutions, by adding APIs that help its ...Trustly and Sabre Team to Boost Pay by Bank in Travel Sector
Tuesday 13th May - 10:48 am
Pay-by-bank provider Trustly has launched a partnership with travel technology company Sabre Direct Pay. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (May 13), is ...US Travelers Hit the Road as Flight Costs Climb
Monday 12th May - 8:49 am
Americans are increasingly taking road trips amid an inflation- and tariff-related decline in consumer confidence. That’s ...DoorDash Plans to Acquire Hospitality Tech Firm SevenRooms
Tuesday 6th May - 11:01 am
DoorDash is preparing to acquire New York City-based hospitality tech company SevenRooms. The company characterized the ...Fiserv: Consumers Shifting Focus to Essential Spending
Monday 5th May - 1:40 pm
A new report from Fiserv shows a resilient, though far more cautious, American consumer. The April edition of ...Airbnb: 50% of Users Turn to AI Bot for Customer Service
Sunday 4th May - 6:09 pm
Airbnb has rolled out an artificial intelligence (AI) bot for customer service in the U.S. CEO ...Mastercard Move Transactions Grow 35%, CEO Says Consumer Spending ‘Solid’
Thursday 1st May - 1:59 pm
Contactless payments continue to be a preferred method for consumers, Mastercard’s latest quarterly results showed, ...Affirm Teams With UATP to Help Travelers Pay Later
Thursday 1st May - 1:07 pm
Pay later platform Affirm has launched a partnership with airline-owned network UATP. The collaboration, announced Thursday ...European Airlines Report Uncertainty Drives Decline in Bookings to US
Wednesday 30th April - 11:49 am
European airlines are reportedly seeing a decline in bookings for trips to the U.S. due to ...Booking Holdings Defies Travel Slump With 7% Surge in Gross Bookings
Tuesday 29th April - 7:37 pm
Travel can a tricky business to be in when consumer confidence is so notably down. As ...
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