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Visa Sees Global Travel Recovery Powered by Seamless Digital Payments
Travel Payments // January 05, 2023

If you’re looking for the same old bad news, don’t look at leisure travel, which appears to be the big recovery story of 2022, setting up a hopeful outlook for 2023. Speaking with PYMNTS Karen Webster, Visa Global Senior Vice President, Merchant Sales and Acquiring, Jeni...

Southwest, American Predict Travel’s Tricky Road To Recovery
Travel Payments // April 25, 2021

After almost a year of a steady drumbeat of disastrous results out of the industry as a whole, airlines are starting to show up with increasing bookings figures and a sunnier outlook on the future. Last week both Southwest and American Airlines joined the growing...

Adventure Travel And Beyond — Summer Vacation’s New Norm
Travel Payments // June 15, 2019

Summer is here and while schools nationwide are emptying, families across the U.S. are readying for the annual pilgrimage to beaches, national parks, amusement parks, resorts and campgrounds nationwide. And those families heading out by planes, trains and automobiles each summer represent a pretty hefty...

Airbnb Gets Closer To Corporate Bookers Via Concur
B2B Payments // July 14, 2017

Airbnb is looking to gain a greater presence in the corporate travel space via T&E company Concur. Reports Thursday (July 13) said Airbnb is expanding its existing partnership with Concur by allowing users of the corporate travel and expense management solution to book Airbnb accommodations...

Interviews & Exclusives
Visa Sees Global Travel Recovery Powered by Seamless Digital Payments

January 05, 2023
If you’re looking for the same old bad news, don’t look at leisure travel, which appears to be the big recovery story of 2022, setting up a hopeful outlook for 2023. Speaking with PYMNTS Karen Webster, Visa Global Senior Vice President, Merchant Sales and Acquiring, Jeni Mundy said there’s an “air of optimism” around leisure travel. “If […]

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JetBlue Scales Back Routes in ‘Urgent’ Effort to Restore Profitability

April 23, 2024
JetBlue is removing and scaling back routes as it tries to regain profitability. The air carrier on Tuesday (April 23) released earnings that showed the company reducing its revenue forecast for the year, as it exits some cities and reduces flights out of Los Angeles. “As we look to the full year, significant elevated capacity in our Latin […]