New Skift Trends Report: Digital Payments in Travel 2016
Skift Take
The global digital payments ecosystem is undergoing a rapid and monumental shift; smart travel brands need to stay on top of the shifts in how we pay for goods and services.
Today we are launching the latest report in our Skift Trends Reports service, Digital Payments in Travel 2016.
Imagine this scenario:
You book your flight and hotel using Apple Pay (or Samsung Pay); jump into your neighborhood Uber (or Lyft) and head straight to the airport but not before paying with your digital wallet; landing in Dubai you transfer local credits to your account through a bitcoin enabled transfer platform that eliminates any transaction or currency exchange fees that you may have paid in the past; upon landing, you connect directly to Dubai's city-wide loyalty platform, powered by blockcha
