The Future of Travel Mobility

whitePaper | October 31, 2022

This report shows how updates introduced by Airbnb are diverting bookings away from Europe's busiest tourist hotspots towards lesser visited areas and extending the dispersal of tourism that started with the pandemic.

whitePaper | January 5, 2020

The US travel space is rapidly changing. Driving this disruption are three major trends that go hand-in-hand: personalization, early stage consumer acquisitions, and mobile. Personalization is the biggest trend in travel. As of 2017, 57% of US travelers felt that brands should tailor their information based on the personal preferences or past behaviors of consumers. Google and other industry tech giants, like Facebook and Amazon, have been leading this charge through earlier, customized consumer acquisitions. The use of mobile has been paramount in the personalization of travel sales. Mobile also serves as a key platform in early customized consumer acquisitions, experiencing a 50% uptick in travel-related questions stemming from smartphones.

whitePaper | January 15, 2023

More than ever, hotels need to focus on providing a more adaptive, flexible, seamless, and personalized guest experience. Relying on a strong payment partner with a dedicated solution for Hospitality can help this transformation. To help hospitality professionals prepare for the future, Worldline introduces Worldline Hospitality Suite.

whitePaper | March 15, 2022

t’s time to get back to in-person events – and to do so responsibly, in a way that minimises negative impacts on the environment. This white paper is designed to help travel and meetings professionals deliver the sustainable events their travellers and attendees expect.

whitePaper | December 6, 2019

2019 was a year of expansion for hospitality worldwide. More people were travelling, as the growing global middle class flexed its spending power. Travellers became increasingly discerning as digital platforms gave consumers a greater ability to choose exactly what they wanted from their hotel experience. Anticipating even more growth, the global hospitality development pipeline hit a record high, with hundreds of thousands of rooms under construction worldwide.1 But what does 2020 hold for the hospitality sector? Against the background of an uncertain global economy, a wave of new capacity coming onstream and – above all – ever more discerning, digitally-empowered consumers to delight, how will hotels compete and maintain or grow their profitability? This article identifies five themes that will shape the industry over the next 12 months, and beyond.

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