The family vacation to Disney World. The trip to a best friend’s destination wedding. The retired couple’s once-in-a-lifetime bucket list getaway.There are all kinds of reasons that consumers want or need to travel. And while the motivations for hitting the road can...

By Business Travel Executive UATP, the payment solution owned by airlines; and Conferma Pay, a payment technology company, have launched a partnership to bring virtual card payment technology to airlines and travel agencies. With virtual payment, a unique, one-time...

By Adam Perrotta, BTNUATP has launched a virtual card issuance and delivery platform powered by Conferma Pay. Integrated directly at point of sale in all major global distribution systems, more than 100 booking tools and 500 travel management companies, the service is...

Time is up.That — according to CEO Kristian Gjerding of CellPoint Mobile and CEO Ralph Kaiser of Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP) — is the reality that airlines and other travel vertical players must wrap their minds around when it comes to thinking beyond card...

By Adam Perrotta, BTNFresh off a record-breaking 2018, UATP has added four members to its executive team as it grows its corporate charge card and alternative forms of payment processing business areas.Zach Ornelas will lead the global network sales department as VP,...

By Phillip Bantz | February 05, 2019Airline-owned payment network Universal Air Travel Plan Inc. has appointed Dave Goldwin, former in-house attorney for WebMD LLC, as its new chief legal officer.Dave Goldwin will represent the company on commercial and legal affairs,...

Distributed ledgers is a concept set to revolutionize the world of business – and business travelBy Keith LoriaThe tectonic plates of technology are continually shifting and travel professionals know to in order to keep their footing, they need to stay on top of these...

Today’s expense technology is transforming travel processes from beginning to endBy Bryan YurcanTechnology marches inexorably onward, and for corporate travel and expense programs, that march is increasingly away from physical plastic cards and toward virtual forms of...

The busiest days of the travel season are in sight. Millions will trek to their families, possibly grumbling all the while as the holidays fast approach. Millions of corporate road warriors are embarking on their final sprints toward drumming up new business,...

It’s the oldest payments network in the world that you might not be familiar with. Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP) is the oldest payments network in the world — 83 years and counting — and handles an estimated 15 percent of the global air travel market, with 80...