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Articles tagged “payments”

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Online Travel

2017 Prediction: More Travelers Will Embrace Alternative Payment Methods

The demand for alternative payments will continue to flourish in 2017. The question remains as to whether the industry will be ready to meet the demand.

2017 Prediction: More Travelers Will Embrace Alternative Payment Methods
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Global Travelers Are Embracing Alternative Payment Methods

Global travelers are embracing alternative payment methods more than ever before. Now it’s time for travel industry providers to do the same.

Global Travelers Are Embracing Alternative Payment Methods

Online Travel

Three Digital Commerce Strategy Reports You May Have Missed

How and where travel brands connect with the new experiential consumer will continue to evolve and shift along these three critical axes: Digital payments, mobile booking, and travel ad tech. Those that push beyond the best practices will take the most risk, but stand to gain the biggest reward.

Three Digital Commerce Strategy Reports You May Have Missed

Online Travel

New Skift Trends Report: Digital Payments in Travel 2016

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.

New Skift Trends Report: Digital Payments in Travel 2016

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Strong Dollar Isn’t Influencing Habitual Non-Travelers to Visit Europe

The stronger dollar by itself won't suddenly compel the people who've never been abroad to take a foreign trip this year, but for the travelers who have been overseas before, this only fuels an oncoming spending spree.

Strong Dollar Isn’t Influencing Habitual Non-Travelers to Visit Europe

Hotels

HomeAway Has New Plan to Force Vacation Rental Owners to Accept Online Bookings

Many vacation rental owners are not going to be happy about HomeAway's online booking push -- but it is in the best interest of travelers and HomeAway's shareholders are going to back the move, as well.

HomeAway Has New Plan to Force Vacation Rental Owners to Accept Online Bookings

Online Travel

Skift Forum Video: MasterCard’s CMO on the Future of Seamless Payments

MasterCard and its credit card rivals can maintain their edge over insurgent payment systems only if they keep their focus on the consumer rather than what they can get out of the consumer.

Skift Forum Video: MasterCard’s CMO on the Future of Seamless Payments

Business Travel

Skift Global Forum: MasterCard CMO on Future of Experiential Travel

The local and experiential trend in travel -- you know, the kind of trips that millennials are said to be in love with -- has gotten to the point that MasterCard and others are curating and offering these escapes for their customers. It is a natural fit as travelers knock off cities on their bucket lists, using their credit and debit cards.

Skift Global Forum: MasterCard CMO on Future of Experiential Travel

Online Travel

Global Travelers Willing to Trade Privacy for Smarter Transit Tools

Many travelers are already unknowingly sharing data on the road so taking control of that data and maximizing its benefit is a smart move that will gain popularity as mobile, data-informed planning become easier to access and understand.

Global Travelers Willing to Trade Privacy for Smarter Transit Tools

Hotels

Wearables Replace Room Keys and Credit Cards at Two Ibiza Hotels

These are among the first hotels to roll out on-site wearable tech and other brands will likely look on with curiosity to see whether or not the bracelets take off among guests.

Wearables Replace Room Keys and Credit Cards at Two Ibiza Hotels