THE FUTURE OF ePASSPORTS AND BORDER CROSSINGS

October 15, 2018

The way international travel and border crossings take place is the subject of ever new challenges and continues change. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United Nations agency that oversees international air travel, formulates global policies and strategies to respond to these realities. Their main objective, as outlined in the ICAO TRIP (Traveler Identification Program) 2013 strategy, is to provide security and facilitation for international travel.

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Weekendesk is the European leader for packaged short-break travel! Our mission: Provide our clients with great deals & inspiration to get them to leave their couch during the weekend! We are present in 5 countries (France, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Netherlands) and provide more than 10.000 packages online including hotel breaks + activities (spa, dinner, theme parks, wine tasting, tours & visits…). More than 40 000 customers already book every month with Weekendesk, but we are nevertheless still growing at a fast pace, and ambition to double our size in the next 2 years.

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TravelPerk Privacy Whitepaper

whitePaper | October 22, 2022

Customers’ trust is TravelPerk's most valuable asset. Protecting customers’ personal data is pivotal to upholding that trust. The purpose of this document is to provide customers and potential customers with transparency as to the practical measures which TravelPerk takes to comply with global regulatory requirements.

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whitePaper | April 27, 2022

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whitePaper | January 22, 2020

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The Future Of Blended Travel

whitePaper | July 13, 2022

How we want to travel, live and work is changing fast. This is not just because, after two of the most tumultuous years that most of us have lived through, everything in our lives is changing. Our attitudes and desires around careers, leisure, home, and family are also in flux. We’re rethinking so many things due to the impacts of social changes, technological progress and the evolving nature of work and leisure. This is changing how, when and why we travel

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whitePaper | July 8, 2021

This whitepaper explains: Travel is an ultra-high-risk sector for card acquirers because most payments are for future delivery. If merchants fail to fulfill a service for which they have taken payment (often months in advance) customers can recover their money from the acquirer by initiating chargeback. Acquirers traditionally demand substantial cash collateral (holdbacks) or other financial security from travel merchants to mitigate this risk. Holdbacks lock away substantial funds for travel companies and can therefore be highly damaging to liquidity. High-profile collapses and the COVID-19 crisis have driven acquirers to impose harsher terms or quit the travel sector completely.

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