TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY
Air Travel Bubble | April 27, 2021
Singapore and Hong Kong are outfitting to open a movement bubble. The two urban areas intend to dispatch their isolated free travel bubble from May 26, permitting voyagers to travel between the two with few limitations.
The Air Travel Bubble (ATB) as it's been named will dispatch in late May with an end goal to help the drained travel industry ventures in the two urban areas. Voyagers will be needed to be completely inoculated and step through an exam within three days of takeoff and again on appearance.
At the point when the ATB dispatches in May, only one flight each day will work for the initial fourteen days between Singapore (SIN) and Hong Kong (HKG), conveying a limit of 200 travelers each day. Qualified voyagers more likely than not went through the previous 14 days in Singapore or Hong Kong.
The movement bubble between the two urban communities was initially set to dispatch in November 2020, notwithstanding, was deferred due to a spike in cases in Hong Kong.
Specialists have said that if there's an uptick in the seven-day moving normal of local area cases to more than five, the ATB will be suspended for in any event fourteen days.
"I'm glad that Hong Kong got the COVID-19 circumstance leveled out," said Singapore's Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung in articulation to the BBC. "It has been a long couple of months, yet the conditions are presently ready again to relaunch the ATB."
The travel industry and travel areas — particularly that of the flight class — will invite the movement bubble. Singapore Airlines lost £1.19 billion in the nine months to December 2020 as its number of travelers shrank 97.6% Similarly, Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific revealed a yearly deficiency of $2.8 billion every 2020.
A week ago, Australia and New Zealand dispatched their movement bubble, permitting Aussies and Kiwi voyagers to wander between the two nations without isolation on one or the flip side. Quite, the destined-to-be-dispatched Singapore to Hong Kong travel bubble is substantially more directed than Australia to New Zealand one, as only 200 travelers each day will want to go between the urban areas.
It's conceivable that we could see new travel bubbles open throughout the planet as nations hope to return to the travel industry yet just for those coming from nations with low case rates and high immunization rates.
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Nuvei Corporation | May 27, 2022
On May 26, Nuvei Corporation announced its partnership with Scott Dunn, an award-winning luxury tour operator. Nuvei will provide Scott Dunn with a comprehensive global payment solution, including smart routing and payments orchestration. Nuvei accelerates businesses through modular, flexible and scalable tech solutions so that leading companies can adapt next-gen payments, offer various payout options and benefit from banking, risk and fraud management services and card issuing.
Post-pandemic the travel industry is expected to take off. According to Statista’s Digital Market Outlook Report, travel and tourism market revenue is predicted to reach the U.S $ 637 billion in 2022.
“The entire digital travel experience should be seamless from the moment a holiday is booked to getting to your destination. Payments are an integral part of that for both holidaymakers and businesses as global travel revenues grow, The Nuvei team’s extensive knowledge of our industry, coupled with a strong product stack and global reach, were instrumental in our selection process. With Nuvei as our payment provider, we are well positioned to grow further in key markets globally.”
-Scott Dunn’s Chief Financial Officer Mark Woodall.
Commenting on the partnership said: As a business that believes in exceptional experience, innovation and service, we’re delighted to partner with Scott Dunn
“Our global acquiring and payments gateway solutions offer scalability; while our smart routing engine will help define, configure and manage transactional routing in real time. Partnering with Scott Dunn will further position Nuvei as the payments partner of choice for the travel and mobility industry,”
-Nuvei Chair and CEO Phil Fayer
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Uplift, Inc. | August 19, 2021
Uplift, the leading enterprise Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solution serving the world's top travel brands, has announced a new partnership with Tripster - the premier all-in-one travel booking site for one stop destination trip planning. Tripster customers can easily plan their entire vacation in one place and pay over time with surprise-free monthly installments through Uplift.
When booking on Tripster, customers can choose from more than 30 destinations across the United States and easily package hotel accommodations, experiences, theme park tickets and more all with just a few clicks. Customers can build their own vacation package and bundle these purchases for immediate savings. Tripster takes great pride in vetting every experience and destination to get the most out of each vacation complete with side by side comparisons and customer reviews to ensure the best experience imaginable.
"Tripster has always believed that a vacation shouldn't feel like work. With the addition of flexible payment options through Uplift, we've taken one more potential stress point out of travel planning by allowing our customers to spread the cost of their vacation over low monthly payments," said John Johnson, Founder & CEO for Tripster. "We selected Uplift as our exclusive BNPL partner. Uplift offered us the best suite of tools to help deepen our customer loyalty and increase average order values."
Uplift is seamlessly integrated into the Tripster booking process, on all platforms including desktop and mobile. Customers will see the total cost at the time of booking along with the monthly payment amount making it easy to budget for and experience the vacation they deserve. There are no late fees or prepayment penalties and customers can travel even before they are finished making their payments.
Uplift partners with more than 200+ of the world's leading airlines, cruise lines, resorts and other major travel brands to offer BNPL payment options that help people make meaningful purchases and get the most out of their travel experiences.
Tripster guests can pay through Uplift's flexible payment options for purchase amounts beginning at $100. For example, a customer may select a hotel package with Orlando theme park tickets priced at $800, instead of paying the entire amount up front, Uplift gives customers the luxury of zero money down at the time of booking and instead spreading the total cost over 12 easy monthly payments of $78.29.
"From coast to coast Tripster offers incredible experiences which are a great addition to any vacation and they are now even more affordable when guests opt to pay over time with Uplift," said Tom Botts, Chief Commercial Officer for Uplift. "We are honored to be selected by Tripster as their BNPL partner, providing more people the opportunity of affordable travel to create memories for a lifetime."
Uplift's BNPL flexible payment options are now available for bookings on Tripster in some of their most popular vacation destinations, including:
Florida: Miami, Orlando, St. Augustine and Tampa
California: Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco
Texas: Austin and San Antonio
North Carolina: Asheville and Charlotte
Tennessee: Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge
About Tripster
Find thousands of things to do and great places to stay - Tripster is a one stop shop to build the ideal vacation package. From fun vacations at top destinations across the United States to offering discount tickets to theme parks, tours, soft adventure, Broadway shows, Vegas productions, aquariums, and lots more. Book a hotel, condo or vacation home with Tripster as well, and save more money by bundling with tickets. In addition, customers can find valuable package savings and helpful customer support from real people. One account, one purchase, all in one place. Tripster is the easy route.
About Uplift
Uplift is the leading Buy Now, Pay Later solution that empowers people to get more out of life, one thoughtful purchase at a time. Serving the world's top enterprise level travel brands, Uplift's complete range of flexible payment options drive higher conversion and loyalty for partners, while giving customers a simple, surprise-free way to pay over time with no late or early payment fees. Uplift is currently available throughout the United States and Canada
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