American Express invests in hotel payment startup Selfbook
December 9, 2022 via Phocuswire
Selfbook, a comprehensive hotel payment software platform and one of PhocusWire’s Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023, has received a strategic investment from Amex Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of American Express. The amount of the investment is not being disclosed. Founded in 2020, Selfbook provides booking and payment ...
Corporate Travel Airfares Projected to Increase as Much as 25 Percent in 2023
December 8, 2022 via Skift
Airfares on key corporate travel routes are expected to rise by as much as 25 percent in 2023 amid high fuel prices, a stronger U.S. dollar and labour and aircraft shortages, a forecast from American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) showed.
Tech In Travel: SITA’s megatrends, a whopper for Hopper, Prince Harry flies with IATA, and hotel guests want greater satisfaction, if you don’t mind.
December 8, 2022 via WIT
Tech In Travel: SITA’s megatrends, a whopper for Hopper, Prince Harry flies with IATA, and hotel guests want greater satisfaction, if you don’t mind. SITA’s Megatrends report indicates just how much travel will change Meet the Megatrends, a new report from SITA, has confirmed what we all suspected about the ...
Travel insurance demand higher now than pre-pandemic
December 7, 2022 via Travel Weekly
More U.S. travelers want to buy travel insurance now than they did before the pandemic, according to a new study from Allianz Partners. The "States of Mind Travel Report," based on Allianz's customer trends data and input from industry experts, found that travel insurance purchase intentions in the U.S. for ...
Priceline enters agreement to offer full content from British Airways, Iberia
December 6, 2022 via Travel Weekly
Priceline has reached an agreement with British Airways and Iberia to sell those carriers' NDC-enabled product offerings. The partnership, said Priceline, will enable flyers who use the OTA to gain access to the full range of fares and additional product offerings that are put forward by the two European carriers, ...
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023: Gopass Global
November 15, 2022 via Phocuswire
Gopass Global is a data and analytics company focused on building real-time risk platforms for the travel industry. These are constructed to provide comprehensive pre-travel risk analysis of an employee’s or customer’s trip covering biological, societal and geopolitical risks, …