Online Booking news and trends

Digital Tools Key To Helping Salons Grow Loyalty, Cut Payment Friction
Digital Payments // August 11, 2021

Consumers coming out of their year-and-change long seclusion from in-person activities are returning to brick-and-mortar stores, but they are bringing the shopping and payment preferences they developed over that past year with them. Consumers who are looking to book new vacations, travel plans or update...

Why Travel Is A Popular Destination For Fraudsters
Security & Fraud // January 08, 2020

The excitement of the winter holidays is over, and that leaves only one thing: the annual bout of existential dread that comes from all of the cold, snow and ice. Nah, we don’t really mean that. What the first few weeks of the year really...

Aavgo Breach Reveals Hotel Guests’ Personal Data
Security & Fraud // July 17, 2019

A security lapse at a hotel management startup has exposed hotel bookings and guests’ personal information. Aavgo, a hospitality tech company based in San Francisco, secured a server it had left online without a password after TechCrunch reached out to the firm. The server, which...

Booking.com Integrates Payments For Corporate Travelers With AirPlus
B2B Payments // November 29, 2018

Online travel booking platform Booking.com is enhancing the payments experience for its corporate customers through a partnership with business travel payments and billing company AirPlus. In a press release issued Wednesday (Nov. 28), AirPlus announced it is working with Booking.com to integrate seamless booking-to-payment capabilities for business...

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Digital Tools Key To Helping Salons Grow Loyalty, Cut Payment Friction

August 11, 2021
Consumers coming out of their year-and-change long seclusion from in-person activities are returning to brick-and-mortar stores, but they are bringing the shopping and payment preferences they developed over that past year with them. Consumers who are looking to book new vacations, travel plans or update their wardrobes or accessories — with interest in the travel […]

Why Travel Is A Popular Destination For Fraudsters

January 08, 2020
The excitement of the winter holidays is over, and that leaves only one thing: the annual bout of existential dread that comes from all of the cold, snow and ice....

Quick Reads
Aavgo Breach Reveals Hotel Guests’ Personal Data

July 17, 2019
A security lapse at a hotel management startup has exposed hotel bookings and guests’ personal information. Aavgo, a hospitality tech company based in San Francisco, secured a server it had left online without a password after TechCrunch reached out to the firm. The server, which was open for three weeks, was discovered by security researcher […]

Private Jet Company Skyjet Takes Google Pay To The Skies

April 19, 2018
Private jet company Skyjet has announced that it is the first in the industry to offer Google Pay. Skyjet became the first private aviation company to introduce Apple Pay to...

Certify Adds Another Industry Peer To Mega-Merger

September 08, 2017
Cloud-based travel and expense report management solution Certify combined with three other corporate travel and expense management companies earlier this year, with parent company K1 Investment Management incorporating Nexonia, ExpenseWatch...