Expedia has launched a series of “shoppable storefronts” curated by social media influencers and brands. The company’s Travel Shops, announced Monday (Sept. 16), allow creators to share and save travel recommendations using the Expedia app. “Every day, people are liking and buying products recommended by influencers they trust,...
Worldline has partnered with Visa to launch a virtual card issuing solution focused on the online travel agency (OTA) market. With access to this dedicated B2B virtual card program, OTAs will be able to pay suppliers more quickly and securely, the companies said in a...
Some call it “revenge travel” but it’s really more of a “great escape.” This, at a time when inflation-flattened consumers are cutting back on everything — even the food they eat — yet somehow find the means to throw down for a week in … you...
With the global travel industry expected to lose $11 billion to fraud this year, online travel agents (OTAs) must safeguard against threats across multiple channels. In the latest Merchant Fraud Decisioning Playbook, CEO Felix Shpilman, of global travel services provider Emerging Travel Group, discusses how...
November 15, 2024
Enhancing the customer experience is crucial to success in the travel sector, CellPoint Digital Global Head of Product Tom Randklev writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “The New Value Equation: 11 Financial Services Leaders Share Their Vision for 2025.” In September, Karen Webster published the nine trends she thinks are driving payment strategies, and at […]
September 16, 2024
Expedia has launched a series of “shoppable storefronts” curated by social media influencers and brands. The company’s Travel Shops, announced Monday (Sept. 16), allow creators to share and save travel recommendations using the Expedia app. “Every day, people are liking and buying products recommended by influencers they trust, but until now there hasn’t been a simple way to […]
May 14, 2024
Worldline has partnered with Visa to launch a virtual card issuing solution focused on the online travel agency (OTA) market. With access to this dedicated B2B virtual card program, OTAs...
