Disruption keeps hitting the travel industry, whether via digital payment or commerce, and the latest example of that comes from a U.K.-based startup called Duffel.According to a new report, the company has raised $21.5 million in fresh funding, capital that will go...

By Mitra Sorrells One of the key drivers of travel’s evolution from a primarily offline, manually processed business to one increasingly coordinated online has been the transformation of the payments industry.The development of the internet, followed by the birth of...

23 May, 2019 in Industry Written by Howard Slutsken“Putting it on plastic” has become second nature, but it all started with airline customers showing their metal.Beginning in 1936, passengers on American Airlines were the first to “buy now, pay later” using a new...

Payments don’t always have to be just about the cards.That’s the big message being sent throughout the payments world as PSD2 and other FinTech efforts spark innovation and give consumers, companies and other organizations more methods to pay — methods that better...

By Kristian GjerdingCEO, CellPoint MobilePosted on April 1, 2019 Last week’s Airline Distribution conference hosted by UATP in Miami was a successful event for the CellPoint Mobile team and it was great to see the turnout of airline and travel execs from around the...

By: Jay BoehmerMarch 25, 2019Sabre's $360 million acquisition of Farelogix, announced in November, is expected to close midyear. That is later than excepted, as the U.S. Department of Justice is taking a deeper look at the proposed transaction, Sabre CEO Sean Menke...

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...