Hospitality/travel industry commercial platform Lighthouse has debuted an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solution. Channel Manager, announced Thursday (July 18), is designed to erase what the company calls “long-standing limitations” of static pricing, promotion and distribution technologies. “Independent hotel owners, general managers and sales leaders have traditionally...
United Airlines set a record as it carried 44.4 million passengers — the highest for any second quarter in its history, the company said Thursday (July 18). “We’re running the best operation in our history,” United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said during the earnings call...
As the vacation season heats up, on-demand delivery aggregators are expanding their horizons with tailored travel offerings, aiming to capture consumers’ excitement to get out of dodge. DoorDash, for instance, is using customers’ wanderlust to drive enthusiasm for its paid membership program and its subscribers-only...
Lloyds is reportedly telling staff to reduce their use of taxis and business class flights. It’s part of the British banking giant’s attempt to cut costs amid a $5 billion strategic overhaul, the Financial Times (FT) reported Monday (July 15). To that end, Lloyds is...
July 05, 2024
The barbecues will die down to a few flickering embers. The fireworks’ booming will echo and fade. And the summer getaways during the work-shortened week will give way to the return of the road warrior. The stage has been set for that rebound. The Tech Connect PYMNTS Intelligence’s summer edition of the “Consumer Credit Economy […]
July 02, 2024
Innovation is coming to the B2B space, providing businesses with streamlined and efficient payment solutions. Increasingly, these innovative B2B payment solutions are having a positive impact across both sides of...
June 25, 2024
July Fourth is just around the corner and, if you haven’t already done so, there is still time to make last-minute travel plans. But be warned: about half of Americans...
June 14, 2024
While 68% of U.S. consumers own general-purpose credit cards, 28% now carry specialized co-branded or store-issued cards, and the appeal of travel-related cards is strong. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “The...
July 19, 2024
The outage that continued to snarl systems from airports to stock exchanges Friday morning started when it struck users of Microsoft’s Windows operating system late Thursday (July 18) and early Friday (July 19) and was caused by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike’s software update, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said in a Friday post on X. “CrowdStrike is […]
July 18, 2024
Hospitality/travel industry commercial platform Lighthouse has debuted an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solution. Channel Manager, announced Thursday (July 18), is designed to erase what the company calls “long-standing limitations” of static...
July 15, 2024
Lloyds is reportedly telling staff to reduce their use of taxis and business class flights. It’s part of the British banking giant’s attempt to cut costs amid a $5 billion...
July 14, 2024
Chase and Marriott have teamed to offer new benefits to Marriott Bonvoy loyalty card members. In addition to the opportunity to earn more points, card members now have access to...
