A day after Delta Air Lines cut its guidance, citing lower U.S. consumer confidence, three more airlines made similar comments about the current macroeconomic environment. In presentations made Tuesday (March 11) at the J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines revised their outlooks downward...
Sunrate and Atlas have partnered to address the travel industry’s cross-border payment challenges. In this collaboration, Sunrate will integrate its travel payment solutions with Atlas’ Air Travel Retailing and Information Platform (ATRIP), the companies said in a Tuesday (March 4) press release. Sunrate’s virtual and...
Financial management app Expensify says its travel management tool is now available to all customers. The company first announced Expensify Travel last year, opening a waitlist to early select customers. Now, Expensify said in a news release Tuesday (Feb. 25), the offering is open to...
Travel-industry-focused payment orchestration provider CellPoint Digital has launched a partnership with Air Europa. The collaboration, announced Thursday (Feb. 20), is designed to help the air carrier process a wider range of alternative payment methods (APMs), and comes as Air Europa looks to expand and increase its service frequency to Latin...
The travel sector comeback has been underway since the end of the pandemic. But the accompanying digital shift has been slow to come to the travel industry itself, where complexity reigns and interactions and payments still flow across a mix of digital and legacy platforms....
CellPoint Digital is bringing its payment orchestration offerings to the travel sector. The company’s new payment orchestration platform is designed to support the airline and travel space’s shift to “modern retailing practices” and simplify the complexity of travel payments, according to a Tuesday (Feb. 18)...
Planning and booking — and especially paying for — trips used to be a largely analog affair. Paper-based brochures and travel guides in hand, with excited phone calls to travel agents. Signed contracts, paper checks, navigating across everything from airlines to tour guides — it...
Delta Air Lines and online betting service DraftKings are launching an in-flight gaming partnership. The collaboration, announced Monday (Feb. 3), is part of a larger effort by the airline to bolster its onboard entertainment offerings. “Delta is constantly listening to our customers and evolving to...
Mastercard, BMO and Porter Airlines have launched a rewards program for Canadian travelers. The new BMO VIPorter Mastercard suite is set to roll out to Canadians in spring 2025, the companies announced Wednesday (Jan. 30). “Today’s consumer demands new offerings to bring them closer to their passions, including travel,” Diane...
