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Articles tagged “Mastercard”

Business Travel

American Express, Mastercard and Visa Don’t Agree on Travel’s Recovery Timeline

Wrapping up quarterly results from the three major credit card companies, a clear ramp up is happening in transactions across the travel and entertainment categories, but growth among large corporations and cross-border spending may stall.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

American Express, Mastercard and Visa Don’t Agree on Travel’s Recovery Timeline

Hotels

How Digitization Is Changing the Hotel Payment Landscape: New Skift Research

Hotels need to be where the consumers are. Offering digital and alternative payment options is key to benefitting from current trends, and this means working with fintech players that are able to offer these services by integrating into hotel tech systems.

Wouter Geerts | 3 years ago

How Digitization Is Changing the Hotel Payment Landscape: New Skift Research
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Skift Trend Report: Five Hotel Loyalty Trends For 2020

Designing a loyalty program solely focused on collecting huge numbers of points is no longer enough. In order for loyalty to deliver results in today’s rapidly changing hospitality sector, owners and operators need to reassess why they operate a loyalty program in the first place.

SessionM + Skift | 4 years ago

Skift Trend Report: Five Hotel Loyalty Trends For 2020

Online Travel

Skift Global Forum 2019: How Mastercard Is Rethinking Loyalty and Innovating with Big Data

Travel brands are using sophisticated data tools and novel customer acquisition strategies to boost revenues and foster deeper engagement with their consumers, according to the latest findings from Mastercard’s data services team.

Skift | 5 years ago

Skift Global Forum 2019: How Mastercard Is Rethinking Loyalty and Innovating with Big Data

Online Travel

Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Offering to Get Backing From Booking Holdings

Booking Holdings wants to be an innovator and supporter of alternative payments systems given its presence in emerging markets, especially in Asia. So it is understandable that Booking would want to be a first mover in Facebook's digital currency effort, regardless of how it eventually turns out.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Offering to Get Backing From Booking Holdings

Tourism

Kingdom’s Retail Queen Lays Out Thai Tourism Truths That Others Only Whisper

It takes a retail personality to air the dirty laundry of Thai tourism. No one will be offended; it’s all an open secret. Supaluck Umpujh, at least, is doing something about it, partnering with AEG to make Thailand a regional entertainment hub.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

Online Travel

How Mastercard Is Upping the Travel Industry’s Data Game

Combining their insights on consumer spending trends and strong connections to vendors around the world, Mastercard has the unparalleled ability to help companies across the travel landscape harness insights and embrace challenges to enhance their businesses.

Skift | 5 years ago

How Mastercard Is Upping the Travel Industry’s Data Game

Hotels

Mastercard Adds New Hotel Benefits for Elite Cardholders

Mastercard is launching new best rate and service guarantees, which should help woo some travel-focused customers away from American Express.

Grant Martin, Skift | 6 years ago

Mastercard Adds New Hotel Benefits for Elite Cardholders
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Online Travel

Skift Video: How The On-Demand Economy Is Reshaping Traveler Expectations

The rise of the On-Demand Economy, where goods and services are only a click away, has fundamentally changed the expectations of the modern consumer: we're now used to getting whatever we want whenever we want it and without friction.

Mastercard + Skift | 7 years ago

Skift Video: How The On-Demand Economy Is Reshaping Traveler Expectations

Tourism

U.S. Tourism From Muslim Countries Was Increasing, Then Trump Came In

Muslim travelers are one of the largest visitor markets for the U.S. but few brands are marketing to them and taking their needs into account. U.S. travel and airline laptop bans create confusion and mixed messages.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

U.S. Tourism From Muslim Countries Was Increasing, Then Trump Came In