Travel Payments Insights

An October 2022 trends report from the US Travel Association shares that travel spending continues to rise and in September was up 6% above 2019 levels. This kind of reporting contributes to a buoyancy and optimism that we have not...

Family vacations. Corporate trips. In many ways, travel is back!  In July 2022, spending on travel surpassed 2019 levels for the third consecutive month. Emerging trends show that travelers are making decisions with purpose in mind. These five recent travel...

Touted as a solution that brings travel retailing to network carrier airlines for their indirect distribution channel, discussions around the successful implementation of the New Distribution Capability (NDC) standard from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) lacks an essential element:...

In recent years, there has been a lot of focus on travel suppliers and their direct distribution strategies. The fallout from COVID-19, however, has been a sharp reminder for travel suppliers of the growing importance of indirect distribution. At the...

Now in its ninth year, the Payments Awards annually recognizes and celebrates companies that have demonstrated excellence and innovation in the payments space. The annual event takes place in London and was organized this year by FStech and Retail Systems....

In the middle of the last century, before “Women in STEM” was ever coined as an initiative to include women in the lucrative and intellectually rigorous fields of science, math, technology, and engineering, women were at the forefront of the...

After some lockdown restrictions have been eased, the leisure travel industry is showing signs of a rebound. Restored optimism tied to that and vaccine rollouts across the globe have provided some sense of renewed energy for the industry. We are...

Missing an opportunity by letting B2B payments fall through the cracks The travel industry is missing a trick by letting B2B payments fall through the cracks. It’s time to talk about a missed opportunity when it comes to suppliers thinking...

One year since the UK went into lockdown, now looking back, there is no doubt that COVID-19 has had and continues to have far-reaching effects on industries of all sectors and sizes, enabling a movement of digital transformation that sees...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on all industries, forcing many to become mobile and digitally agile almost overnight. For the digital payments industry in particular, there is no doubt that 2020 was significant. Insider Intelligence research revealed...