Travel news and trends

Affirm Expands BNPL Travel Partnership With Priceline
BNPL // November 18, 2024

Buy now, pay later provider Affirm has expanded its partnership with online travel firm Priceline. The new collaboration makes Affirm the buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider for Priceline Partner Solutions, the company’s B2B business, Affirm said in a Monday (Nov. 18) news release. This means that Priceline...

US Bank Launches Travel Planning Partnership With Booking.com
Partnerships // November 18, 2024

U.S. Bank has launched a travel booking platform for its credit card holders. The U.S. Bank Travel Center with Booking.com, announced Monday (Nov. 18), lets cardholders reserve flights, rental cars and hotels via Rocket Travel by Agoda’s booking technology and travel planning expertise. “Whether paying...

Payment Choice Will Drive Travel Business in 2025
Opinion // 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...

Booking.com Gets ‘Gatekeeper’ Status Under Digital Markets Act
Regulation // November 14, 2024

European regulators say Booking.com must comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The European Commission (EC) announced Wednesday (Nov. 13) that Booking Holdings — the travel website’s parent — had been designated as a “gatekeeper” under the DMA and must make sure the company adheres to...

Interviews & Exclusives
Digital Payments Reduce Travel Industry Turbulence

November 19, 2024
There’s nothing simple about travel, especially from a payments POV. But there should be. “Simplicity in travel, the more they can go hand-in-hand, the better that is for everyone,” Kristian Gjerding, CEO at CellPoint Digital, told PYMNTS during a discussion for the What’s Next in Payments series, “Business Simplicity: The New KPI.” According to Gjerding, one of the […]

Payment Choice Will Drive Travel Business in 2025

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...

Navigating the Future of B2B: Collaboration, Innovation and Risk Management

November 08, 2024
Teamwork makes the dream work, especially when that dream is better B2B payments. With FinTech innovators increasingly pairing up with secure and reliable financial institutions, the future looks bright. Tribh...

Payments Orchestration Plays Major Role in Meeting Travel Business Complexity

November 07, 2024
Airlines run on two things: schedules and exceptions to those schedules. For the travel industry, building the plane itself represents a more straightforward, even simpler, exercise than getting it into...

Quick Reads
Affirm Expands BNPL Travel Partnership With Priceline

November 18, 2024
Buy now, pay later provider Affirm has expanded its partnership with online travel firm Priceline. The new collaboration makes Affirm the buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider for Priceline Partner Solutions, the company’s B2B business, Affirm said in a Monday (Nov. 18) news release. This means that Priceline partner brands — spanning industries including hotels, airlines and car […]

US Bank Launches Travel Planning Partnership With Booking.com

November 18, 2024
U.S. Bank has launched a travel booking platform for its credit card holders. The U.S. Bank Travel Center with Booking.com, announced Monday (Nov. 18), lets cardholders reserve flights, rental cars...

Booking.com Gets ‘Gatekeeper’ Status Under Digital Markets Act

November 14, 2024
European regulators say Booking.com must comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The European Commission (EC) announced Wednesday (Nov. 13) that Booking Holdings — the travel website’s parent — had...

Citi and Bank of Shanghai Team on International Travel Payments

November 13, 2024
Citi and the Bank of Shanghai have teamed to streamline payments for visitors to China. The payments solution announced by the two banks Wednesday (Nov. 13) is designed for the Bank of Shanghai’s TourCard —...