Travel Payments

Gett, Curb Team To Let Business Travelers Book Taxis
Gett, Curb Team To Let Business Travelers Book Taxis
April 19, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Taxi and for-hire ride mobility platform Curb is teaming with Gett to add tens of thousands of vehicles and licensed drivers onto the latter firm’s...

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Luxury Travel Startup Inspirato Looking At $1 Billion SPAC Merger
Luxury Travel Startup Inspirato Looking At $1 Billion SPAC Merger
April 18, 2021  |  IPO

Luxury travel startup Inspirato has potential plans to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), Bloomberg reports. The Denver-based company is talking with...

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‘Millions’ Of Additional Hosts Needed For Airbnb To Satisfy Rising Demand
‘Millions’ Of Additional Hosts Needed For Airbnb To Satisfy Rising Demand
April 16, 2021  |  Travel Payments

As travel resumes after the COVID-19 pandemic, Airbnb will need a bevy of new hosts to house travelers. The home sharing site currently has 4...

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Firms Using Payments Orchestration In 2021 Conducting Business At Speed And Scale
Firms Using Payments Orchestration In 2021 Conducting Business At Speed And Scale
April 16, 2021  |  Payments Innovation

Without rehashing the COVID calamity yet again, suffice to say it’s bad for most — but not all. PYMNTS April 2021 Payments Innovation Readiness Playbook, a...

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Delta Air Lines Reverses Cash Burn Amid Pandemic
Delta Air Lines Reverses Cash Burn Amid Pandemic
April 15, 2021  |  Earnings

Delta Air Lines reported on Thursday (April 15) that cash burn averaged $11 million per day during the March quarter, although the air carrier began...

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Demand For Digital Approaches To Retail, Travel Payments
Demand For Digital Approaches To Retail, Travel Payments
April 15, 2021  |  Today In Data

Bed Bath & Beyond scrambled early on to adapt to pandemic store closures and then hustled to evolve with shifting consumer habits that skewed toward digital. In retail,...

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Travelers Can Now Use PayPal’s ‘Pay In 4’ To Pay For Airfare With UATP
Travelers Can Now Use PayPal’s ‘Pay In 4’ To Pay For Airfare With UATP
April 14, 2021  |  Travel Payments

Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP) will expand its partnership with PayPal to include “Pay in 4,” a program that lets consumers pay for their airfare...

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Reopening 2021: Travel Industry Struggles To Get On The Road Again
Reopening 2021: Travel Industry Struggles To Get On The Road Again
April 12, 2021  |  Travel Payments

By the numbers, saying the travel industry had a terrible year is a massive understatement. In the wake of a global pandemic, the year was...

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Travel Makes Comeback In China: Will Spending Follow?
Travel Makes Comeback In China: Will Spending Follow?
April 06, 2021  |  Travel Payments

Travel in China made a strong comeback last weekend, a three-day weekend that marked the first national holiday since the government eased COVID-related travel restrictions....

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