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Sep 23Wed
  1. IATA Pressroom

    IATA to Hold Joint World Financial and Passenger Symposium in Macao in October 2026

    The International Air Transport Association (IATA) will hold the joint World Financial Symposium (WFS) and World Passenger Symposium (WPS) on 28–29 October 2026 in Macao (SAR), China, under the theme "From Vision to Value: The Next Era of Air Travel." The event will bring together leaders from airline retailing, finance and passenger experience to discuss artificial intelligence, modern airline retailing, digital identity and new payment solutions. The agenda includes the IATA Industry Economic Outlook, results of the 2026 IATA Global Passenger Survey, and three specialized tracks: Retail and Distribution (Offers & Orders), Financial Services and Processing, and Passenger Experience and Acc…

Sep 18Fri
  1. China Tourism News

    140th Canton Fair Opens Oct 15, Marking 70th Anniversary

    At a Sept 18 State Council Information Office briefing, officials said the 140th Canton Fair will run in three phases in Guangzhou from Oct 15 to Nov 4, marking the event's 70th anniversary. Guangzhou is upgrading services across history, present and future dimensions: airlines offering dedicated discounts, dedicated channels at the airport and Pazhou port, dedicated bus and metro timetables, more than 2,000 taxis and ride-hailing vehicles dispatched daily, RMB 20 million in dining vouchers, complimentary one-day tours for overseas buyers, more than 16,000 merchants accepting foreign cards, and over 1,750 shops offering departure tax refunds. Guangdong is rolling out 29 upgrade measures and…

Sep 10Thu
  1. Web in Travel

    VantisCorp Launches White-Label TMC Platform; Booking Loses Etraveli Appeal

    VantisCorp launched a white-label corporate travel automation platform for TMCs, unifying hotel and flight booking, approvals, multi-entity compliance workflows, tax-compliant invoicing and payment integration, with contracted clients live in India, the UK and Saudi Arabia. The EU General Court rejected Booking Holdings' appeal against the European Commission's decision to block its €1.6 billion acquisition of Etraveli Group, upholding the EC's finding. Spotnana announced a direct integration with Marriott International covering 10,000+ properties and the industry's first verified Marriott Bonvoy loyalty linking. Laters.com (formerly Fly Fairly) raised a $1.5 million seed round, offering 10…

Sep 3Thu
  1. Web in Travel

    Google AI Mode Adds Hotel Booking, Agoda Named Eurovision Asia Travel Partner

    Google has fully launched agentic hotel booking in AI Mode, with partners including Expedia, Booking.com, Hilton, etc., allowing users to search in natural language and book directly via Google Pay. Meanwhile, Agoda has been named Official Travel Partner for the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest Asia, to be held in Bangkok in November 2026. Additionally, extreme heat is beginning to dent traveler perceptions of Mediterranean summers, with France hit hardest.

Sep 2Wed
  1. Hospitality Technology

    Disconnected Payment Systems Cost Hotels Millions in Ancillary Revenue, Journey Data Finds

    Journey's white paper, analyzing over one million transactions across 750+ properties, reveals legacy payment stacks stifle high-margin ancillary revenue. One-click checkout via Stripe Link boosts average basket size by 53%, Apple Pay usage rose from 22% to 35%. Only 28% of operators can easily support non-room offerings, and 74% of executives spend excessive time on manual reconciliation.

Aug 25Tue
Aug 19Wed
  1. Business Travel News

    Nium Expands Card Issuance to U.S.

    Cross-border payments platform Nium has expanded domestic card issuance capabilities to the U.S., enabling businesses operating in the U.S. to issue local cards from its integrated platform. The technology has issued over 41 million card credentials globally in the past year. Nium serves various industries, with travel being key, including TMCs paying travel suppliers.

Aug 15Sat
  1. Hospitality Technology

    JINYA Ramen Bar Prepares Tech Stack for 200+ Units

    JINYA Ramen Bar plans to expand to over 200 locations, currently having 80 (soon 85). The company deployed handheld tableside payment devices, reducing the payment process from 20 steps to 4, improving table turnover. It is also piloting an AI auto-attendant to handle incoming calls, reducing front-of-house pressure. The VP of IT emphasized the importance of data integration and clean data, and plans to implement natural-language ordering via AI.

  2. Hospitality Technology

    80-Unit Chain Tech-Proofs Stack for 200+ Locations

    JINYA Ramen Bar, an 80-unit chain, is preparing its technology for expansion to over 200 locations. The company deployed handheld tableside payment devices, reducing the payment process from 20 steps to 4, improving table turnover. It is also piloting an AI auto-attendant to handle incoming calls, reducing front-of-house pressure. The VP of IT emphasized the importance of data integration and clean data, and plans to implement natural-language ordering via AI.

Aug 14Fri
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Agoda VP on Online Travel's Broken Promise and AI's 'Reddit' Dilemma

    Agoda's VP of Corporate Development Tim Hughes said at WiT Queenstown that online travel's promise to simplify the messy process between customers and suppliers remains unfulfilled, with content and booking increasingly separated. He noted that AI models like ChatGPT source most travel content from Reddit, which is not good advice, and OTAs should be the solution to this dilemma. He emphasized a commercial rather than moral responsibility, and discussed Asia's QR-code payment advantage and friction for inbound travelers.

Aug 12Wed
  1. Hospitality Technology

    Rain Acquires Ansa to Expand Stored-Value Wallets Beyond Single Merchants

    Fintech company Rain acquired Ansa, a provider of branded stored-value wallets and closed-loop payment infrastructure. Ansa founder Sophia Goldberg joins Rain as Head of Payments. The acquisition enables Rain to extend stored balances beyond single merchants, accepted on Visa and Mastercard rails at participating businesses, and plans to support agentic payments.

  2. Hospitality Technology

    Mews Secures First E-Money License for a Hospitality Operating System in the EEA

    De Nederlandsche Bank granted Mews Financial Services B.V. an Electronic Money Institution license, making Mews the first hospitality operating system in the EEA to hold regulated e-money status. The license allows Mews to natively process payments, safeguard guest funds, and build embedded financial products, unifying operational and financial ledgers with in-house risk and compliance. In 2025, Mews processed $19.7 billion in hotel transaction value.

Aug 4Tue
  1. Hospitality Technology

    The End of Cash Shift Payouts in Hospitality

    The article discusses the shift from cash to digital tip payouts in hospitality. Employees expect more transparent and faster access to earnings, and digital tip management offers security controls, audit trails, and encryption. Hotel technology leaders need to be involved in evaluating tip payment systems, considering security, compliance, and integration. Digital tip management reduces cash handling risks, improves operational efficiency, and meets employee expectations.

  2. Hospitality Technology

    Conferma Launches Industry’s First Virtual Card Performance Index for Hotels

    Conferma has launched the Virtual Card Performance Index (VPI) and its first global benchmark report, establishing the industry's first objective scoring system to measure how reliably hotels process Virtual Credit Card (VCC) transactions based on actual transaction data. Scores range from 1 to 10, based on payment delivery performance and payment completion consistency. Major TMCs including BCD Travel, Clarity, and CTM have adopted the VPI, embedding scores into corporate sourcing and booking workflows. The index addresses the 'acceptance vs. execution' gap, reducing front-desk processing failures.

Aug 2Sun
  1. BCD Travel RSS

    BCD Launches Tripsource Insights to Unify Travel, Payment, and Risk Data

    BCD Travel launched Tripsource Insights this summer as a core capability within the Tripsource platform, integrating data from BCD systems and supplier sources into one interface. It provides corporate travel and finance leaders with a unified, real-time view of travel spend, payment activity, and traveler risk. Using AI and NLP, the platform supports daily program management, helping optimize spend, monitor performance, and ensure compliance.

Jul 31Fri
Jul 24Fri
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Travel tech news briefs: American Airlines, Spotnana, Hostaway and more

    This week's travel tech briefs include: American Airlines adds Venmo and expands digital disruption tools; Spotnana introduces multiagent AI architecture; Travelport signs distribution deals with Air Zimbabwe and Aeroitalia; BCD Travel launches next-gen Tripsource; Engine Groups becomes free; Hostaway appoints executives; Wego partners with Valu for BNPL; SAS deploys Amadeus AI pricing.

Jul 23Thu
Jul 20Mon
  1. Expensify News

    Expensify Launches Corporate Card in Europe

    Expensify has launched its Expensify Visa Commercial Card in the UK and select European markets including Spain, Ireland, Poland, and the Netherlands. The card offers real-time spend visibility, auto-categorization, spend controls, virtual cards, daily or monthly settlement, VAT support, and accounting integrations. Issued by Transact Payments, it supports GBP, EUR, or USD business bank accounts with no minimums, deposits, or credit checks. Users can save up to 50% on Expensify subscription.

Jul 10Fri
Jul 2Thu
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Travel tech news briefs: TSA, Google, Mindtrip and more

    This week's travel tech news includes: Mindtrip partners with Meet Boston for AI trip planning; Hostaway launches AI CoHost; Pikl makes new appointments; TSA partners with Google Wallet for PreCheck Touchless ID; FlightHub adds hotel bookings; Arbitrip powers El Al's hotel booking platform; Travelport adds Air Canada Flight Pass support; Sun Group selects Amadeus loyalty solutions.

Jul 1Wed
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Visa launches travel platform with curated experiences in 10 destinations

    Visa launched Visa Destinations, a travel platform for cardholders offering experiences, city guides, and travel benefits in 10 destinations: Paris, London, Dubai, Milan, Rome, Mexico City, New York City, Miami, San Francisco, and Thailand. The platform includes recommendations for dining, entertainment, culture, hospitality, wellness, shopping, and transport, with priority access to Top of the Rock and the Louvre. Visa Infinite and Signature cardholders receive additional benefits. Partners include Santander Group, Global Blue, Star Alliance, and Trip.com Group.

Jun 5Fri
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Travel tech news briefs: Airbnb, Yotel, IHG and more

    This week's travel tech news: Eviivo integrates with Mr & Mrs Smith, Yotel appoints new COO and plans to triple portfolio by 2031, OwlTing launches AI booking engine, IHG launches ChatGPT app, D-edge appoints CRO, Shiji partners with Omniboost, Airbnb launches Earnings Protection, Intuitive launches Universal API, Entravel acquires Moca Traveltech, Phunware appoints CEO, InterLnkd launches Nexora, 123Compare.me launches hotel rate report, Geneva Airport partners with Smartvel, Sensible Weather expands guarantees, Agoda partners with KakaoBank.

May 22Fri
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Travel tech news briefs: Visa, Trip.com Group, Navan and more

    This week's travel tech news briefs cover multiple partnerships and product launches: Visa and Trip.com Group signed an MOU to deepen collaboration on travel payments in Asia Pacific; Emerging Travel Group expanded its integration with SynXis to include independent hotels; NOL Universe appointed a head of global business; Atlas signed a direct distribution partnership with Wizz Air; Allegiant selected Navan as its internal travel management platform; Outpayce launched split and multi-card payment capabilities; HBX Group and Lastminute.com expanded their dynamic packaging partnership; Europa-Park partnered with Bookingkit for ticket distribution; Wego introduced stablecoin payments; Fliggy l…

May 21Thu
  1. Travelport Flights API Release Notes

    Travelport reservation retrieve returns credit card fee information

    Travelport's TripServices Flights API release AirReservation 26.11.21W supports returning fees some carriers charge when using credit card form of payment in the Reservation Retrieve response. These fees are returned in Reservation/Offer/Price/PriceBreakdown/Amount/Fees; credit card fees are identified by feeCode=OB, and the fee total, amount, and tax are returned. This feature applies to GDS only.

  2. PhocusWire All News

    Kayak for Business, Blockskye, and FCM Partner on Global Business Travel Platform

    Kayak for Business, Blockskye, and FCM announced a partnership to create an enterprise travel platform combining booking, payments, and servicing. The platform aims to address fragmentation in corporate travel operations, integrating Kayak's booking capabilities, Blockskye's payments and expense infrastructure, and FCM's global travel management network. Additionally, FCM parent Flight Centre Travel Group is investing $5 million in Blockskye for early access to its blockchain-based payments platform.

Apr 24Fri
  1. PhocusWire All News

    PhocusWire's travel tech news briefs: Virgin Atlantic, GetYourGuide, ATPCO and more...

    This week's travel tech news includes: Virgin Atlantic and Rome2Rio launch ChatGPT apps; Civitatis appoints CFO; Travelport extends partnership with Webjet through 2029; Adalte partners with Repayd for payments; Talma partners with Spotnana; Journey names head of AI and data; Navan hires senior director; Guesty launches AI tools; GetYourGuide adds supplier tools; ATPCO Routehappy integrations expand; Air Europa introduces GDS surcharge and expands NDC; Eviivo launches smart lock module; Profitroom expands UK team; Braze introduces AI marketing agents.

Apr 17Fri
  1. PhocusWire All News

    PhocusWire's travel tech news briefs: Omio, Mews, Spotnana and more...

    This week's travel tech briefs cover: Amex GBT enhances Egencia with AI and Concur Expense integration; Mews launches business intelligence tool; Spotnana integrates with Premier Inn; Atriis appoints sales director; Curator Hotels partners with EHVA; Klarna partners with Aven Hospitality; FreedomPay and Agilysys expand partnership; BYRDLI launches Utah Unfolded; Omio launches ChatGPT app; HBX Group launches Agent Radar; RMS integrates GoCardless; Immfly and Volotea test LEO connectivity; ARC, Navan, and others join NDC FastTrack.

Apr 9Thu
  1. PhocusWire All News

    The trust gap in agentic commerce and AI booking

    AI booking faces a trust gap that is both technical and behavioral. OpenAI's Instant Checkout conversions in ChatGPT were three times worse than on Walmart's website, indicating consumer reluctance. Experts say trust doesn't transfer automatically, requiring technological safeguards and behavioral shifts. Payment protocols like ACP and shared payment tokens are emerging, but human authorization remains key.

Apr 3Fri
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Travel tech briefs: Amex GBT, Google, Agoda and more

    This week's travel tech news: Amex GBT, Shell Aviation, and Google extend SAF partnership; HTS partners with Hopper to upgrade Avion Rewards; Agoda opens Bangkok office; SqaaS launches ShellBot; Capital A names deputy CEO; NextTrip adds agentic tools; PriceLabs launches Revenue Accelerator; Hostaway launches website solution; PCL Construction selects Navan; JTB launches Teal Essential; CityBlue Hotels partners with Inntelo.

Mar 20Fri
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Travel tech news briefs: TourRadar, SAP Concur, HTS and more

    This week's travel tech news includes: TourRadar updates AI products; ESky launches AI assistant MAIA; SAP Concur extends partnerships with HRS and Amex GBT, and integrates Engine's hotel network; TPConnects adds MCP integration to Astra NDC platform; Hopper Technology Solutions launches Cancel for Any Reason for hotels; S4BT and SQUAKE partner to measure business travel emissions; SITA launches Bag Radar; Blacklane partners with CLEAR; Amadeus forms strategic partnership with TCS; Mews integrates with Turneo, and more.

Mar 16Mon
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Is stablecoin the answer to travel payment inefficiency?

    At the Airline Distribution 2026 event hosted by UATP, experts discussed stablecoin's potential in travel payments. Stablecoins are backed one-to-one by fiat currencies, enabling fast settlement, cost reduction, and fraud reduction. Companies like Frame and Mica offer stablecoin orchestration platforms. Travala reports stablecoin payments account for over half of its crypto bookings, and Trip.com is testing stablecoin payments.

Mar 13Fri
  1. PhocusWire All News

    This week's travel tech news briefs: Airbnb, RateGain, Lighthouse and more

    This week's travel tech news briefs include: Key Data launches Dex AI; Airbnb names former Uber executive Gus Fuldner as global head of operations; RateGain partners with Juspay for embedded payments; Amadeus' Outpayce partners with UnionPay International; Navigator and Kargo collaborate on AI travel media; Dolphin Dynamics launches AI data entry tool; Eviivo upgrades owner management; HBX Group launches AI-powered Bedsonline; Lighthouse launches Review Agent; Red Roof partners with Milestone for AI transformation; HotelREZ appoints new VP.

Mar 12Thu
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Bilt acquires travel commissions platform Sion for $30M

    Rewards and payments company Bilt has acquired commission management platform Sion in a $30 million deal. Sion's software helps travel advisors and agencies with commission reconciliation. Following the acquisition, Sion will continue to operate independently under co-founders Alfons Musry and Irving Betesh. Bilt founder and CEO Ankur Jain said the move extends Bilt's services to travel advisors and builds a network of the world's best travel advisors.

Mar 6Fri
Feb 28Sat
  1. PhocusWire All News

    Travel Token Marketplace acquires Camino Network initiator Chain4Travel

    Travel Token Marketplace (TTM) has acquired Chain4Travel, the developer of Web3 infrastructure Camino Network. TTM will integrate Chain4Travel's technology to become a platform that streamlines innovation, modernizes payments, and improves digital value creation for the travel sector. The Camino Network will remain decentralized, with TTM taking on its maintenance and technological evolution. This move is seen as part of a technological revolution in travel, combining AI, blockchain, and digital payment systems.

Feb 27Fri
Feb 26Thu
  1. PhocusWire All News

    CEO Spotlight: Teresa Mackintosh of Aven Hospitality

    Teresa Mackintosh, CEO of Aven Hospitality since July 2025, has focused on separating the company from Sabre and operating independently. Investment plans include making the platform AI-ready and developing the booking engine and payments. She emphasizes short-term strategies of three to six months due to rapid technological change. She also notes that fragmentation in the hotel tech ecosystem is a major challenge, and agentic AI could disintermediate some intermediaries.

Nov 25Tue
  1. Almosafer Corporate News

    BSF and Almosafer Launch Co-Branded Visa Credit Card with Up to 20% Travel Points

    Saudi financial institution BSF partnered with Middle East travel brand Almosafer to launch the BSF Almosafer Visa Credit Card. The card offers up to 20% Almosafer Points on travel bookings, 5% back in points on shopping and dining, 0% foreign exchange fees on international transactions, and an annual fee waived for the first year. Each point equals one Saudi Riyal, with no blackout dates for redeeming flights, hotel stays or activities. The card is available in Visa Signature and Visa Infinite variants and can be applied for via the BSF mobile app.