Mobile Payments In Travel & Tourism: Unlocking The Potential

March 13, 2019

With 83% of passengers travelling with them, mobile devices are an essential part of the travel journey today. Mobile is well integrated into the modern Travel & Tourism experience: with travellers using apps to arrange a ride to the airport, getting an electronic boarding pass, accessing in-flight entertainment on a mobile device, unlocking their hotel room with a mobile key, looking for what to do and where to eat, and sharing their travel experience on social platforms. In effect, all these travel activities are supported by mobile devices such as a smartphone or tablet and thus create an on-the-go digital self-extension of individual travellers.

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Business travel safety 101: Keeping employees safe on the road

whitePaper | December 14, 2019

Business travelers are increasingly aware of the challenges they face when leaving the office. A study by American Express Global Business Travel and the Association for Corporate Travel Executives found that more than anything else, today's business travelers want a better sense of security when traveling on behalf of their organizations.

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COVID-19 AND THE FUTURE OF TOURISM IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

whitePaper | March 19, 2022

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whitePaper | August 18, 2022

A practical guide for airline modernization based on massive deployments of mission-critical technology and transformation programs in air cargo, airline operations and crew management, loyalty, and passenger services

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Scaling NDC for the digital travel players

whitePaper | July 22, 2022

IATA is also aware of the “scalability challenges in the leisure market”. Many of our Airlines, Online Travel Agencies, MetaSearch Engines and other Leisure Travel partners have called on Amadeus to find solutions to this. Others have devised their own, and we are seeing some very innovative workarounds in the market.

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Virtual collaboration: Enhancing your travel program

whitePaper | March 2, 2020

Integrating virtual collaboration in your managed travel program can make you much more important to your business. It extends your reach to include a strategic responsibility for virtual collaboration, which no one else has picked up in most companies. It also presents a new savings opportunity. This white paper offers a starting point to embark on the total collaboration journey.

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The Latest Trends in Europe’s Travel Space

whitePaper | December 31, 2019

The European travel space is a lucrative business for sites offering accommodations, flights and vacation packages. People in Europe have an average per capita purchasing power of close to €15K and tend to travel more than any other region in the world. But as this report will show, traffic and user acquisition statistics for top travel sites tend to differ when looked at in terms of country, device, category or sector.

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Welk Resorts is a dynamic, growing, and respected leader in the vacation ownership industry. Independently owned and operated, Welk Resorts has built a foundation of innovation and hospitality.

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