Articles tagged “visa”

Good morning from Skift. It's Monday, January 31, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

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.

These startups are taking aim at the travel industry’s legacy payment systems, which Omicron will be putting to the test again this winter.

In this video conversation from Skift Global Forum 2021, we hear from Carleigh Jaques, Senior VP, General Manager, Cybersource, a Visa Solution, about the changing nature of digital payments in the post-pandemic era.

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.

Payment technology has never been the most exciting part of the travel industry, but agencies that don't offer expense solutions could lose out as companies restart their travel programs.

This year, Visa committed to digitally enabling 50 million small businesses around the globe in an effort to get local communities back to business in the wake of the pandemic. Here, we profile three businesses that have innovated to survive and thrive, no matter the challenge.

In this video conversation from Skift Global Forum, we hear from Suzan Kereere, Global Head of Merchant Sales and Acquiring, Visa and Carolyn Kremins, President at Skift, about why small businesses are essential to the travel industry.

We asked industry leaders to reflect on the positive impacts of spending locally through their most memorable purchases while traveling.

A smart payments strategy sits at the heart of any successful travel business. But too many companies take this hidden infrastructure for granted in their decision-making. In this conversation with executives from Visa, we get a better sense of the evolving role that payments technology plays in today’s frictionless travel experience.