Travel Agents news and trends

Checkout.com and Mastercard Offer Virtual Cards for Travel Agents
B2B Payments // May 02, 2024

Checkout.com has teamed with Mastercard to offer virtual cards to online travel agents.  “As part of the Mastercard Wholesale Program, which reduces costs for travel businesses through virtual card technology and an innovative pricing model, customers of Checkout.com will be able to pay their suppliers more easily and benefit from...

Ingenico Launches New Payment Platform For Travel Companies
Digital Payments // July 30, 2019

Global payments provider Ingenico Group has launched TravelHub to connect travel companies with end-to-end payment processing across Asia, Latin America and Europe. With TravelHub, travel companies can access more than 150 payment methods with smart transaction routing capabilities intended to improve conversion rates, the company...

The 83-Year-Old Startup Quietly Powering Travel Payments
Startups // July 16, 2018

Say hello to the payments industry’s 83-year-old startup. That would be UATP (Universal Air Travel Plan), the oldest payment scheme in the world, founded by American Airlines in 1936. In fact, President, CEO & Chairman of UATP Ralph Kaiser told Karen Webster in this week’s edition...

Better Visuals Can Lead To More Airline Ticket Sales
Innovation // June 05, 2018

Prettier pictures lead to more sales for airlines — that’s the philosophy behind a growing bookings system that offers what Reuters called on Tuesday (June 5) a “more engaging visual approach to marketing” of tickets. Going by the moniker NDC (new distribution capability), the system enables airlines to...

Interviews & Exclusives
The 83-Year-Old Startup Quietly Powering Travel Payments

July 16, 2018
Say hello to the payments industry’s 83-year-old startup. That would be UATP (Universal Air Travel Plan), the oldest payment scheme in the world, founded by American Airlines in 1936. In fact, President, CEO & Chairman of UATP Ralph Kaiser told Karen Webster in this week’s edition of Monday Conversations that all UATP cards start with the […]

How Payments Makes Online Travel Sites Worth The Trip

July 03, 2017
It’s the peak travel season, and online travel sites have a number of pressures to manage: the economy, airline strikes, keeping up with the latest in tech and even the...

Quick Reads
CTS Systems Adds Corcentric’s Managed AR to Travel Booking Platform

May 08, 2024
CTS Systems has integrated Corcentric’s Managed Accounts Receivable (AR) services into its travel booking platform.  With this integration, the CTS Systems platform will offer corporate travel agents and hotels a single-source solution providing consolidated, digitized and secure invoice processing, the companies said in a Wednesday (May 8) press release.  “By partnering with Corcentric, we’re able to leverage our existing platform to vastly […]

Checkout.com and Mastercard Offer Virtual Cards for Travel Agents

May 02, 2024
Checkout.com has teamed with Mastercard to offer virtual cards to online travel agents.  “As part of the Mastercard Wholesale Program, which reduces costs for travel businesses through virtual card technology and an innovative pricing model,...

Ingenico Launches New Payment Platform For Travel Companies

July 30, 2019
Global payments provider Ingenico Group has launched TravelHub to connect travel companies with end-to-end payment processing across Asia, Latin America and Europe. With TravelHub, travel companies can access more than...