Berlin-based travel aggregator app Omio is rolling out in the U.S. and Canada as part of a global expansion effort, the company announced on Tuesday (Jan. 14). People in the U.S. and Canada can use Omio for price comparisons and other travel details and then...
By 2021 – about a year from now – over 20 percent of all payments globally will be made with a mobile wallet. As usage grows, brands are responding with expanded mobile features and more end-to-end experiences. Things are really taking off in the travel...
The Chase Sapphire Reserve card, used for travel credit, is getting an overhaul this month that will include a price hike for new members. The card’s annual fee will be rising from $450 to $550 as of Saturday (Jan. 12), though new members before then...
You may not have noticed, but travel is becoming much more than just packing the family into a car or plane to visit the coast or some amusement park. Adventure travel is on the rise, and payments are playing a part in this increasing trend....
Up until recently, business travel and hospitality would take a few general forms. Perhaps a fancy hotel downtown. Or less fancy digs near the airport. Or maybe a relatively bland extended-stay operation right off the interstate. But digital technology and the sharing economy, already the...
Travel is never boring — if it is, you are doing it wrong — and that holds especially true when it comes to how travel connects to payments and the broader world of commerce. And what a time it’s been, including for cross-border payments and the...
In an effort to change the global hotel corporate payment process, end-to-end business travel technology provider HRS is rolling out a new corporate hotel payment platform. The Invisible Pay product aims to tackle the longstanding challenge of “high levels of out-of-policy spend and insufficient use...
Travel today is much more than backpacks and hostels (those were the days), beaches or amusement parks and free buffet breakfasts at the hotel (along with sunburn). As more consumers turn to luxury and adventure travel experiences, payments are along for the ride. Indeed, the...
Vacations are changing — and the tourism industry is changing along with it. The pace of innovation and disruption only promises to get faster as more travelers choose adventure over mere relaxation, and as urban experiences attract more travelers at the expense of, say, a...
