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Payments within travel and tourism – an evolving marketplace

The payments environment is changing and evolving at an unprecedented pace. We are constantly seeing new payment methods, channels and regulations being introduced to the market to answer changing...

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Dynamic Currency Conversion empowers travellers with the freedom to choose

When travelling abroad we often face many choices, but they are usually related to things that we are used to dealing with. Deciding where to stay, what restaurants to eat at, and how we are getting...

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How can you create a simple and seamless payment experience for your customers?

During the Amadeus Digital Conference in Madrid (4-5 June), airlines from around the globe discovered a number of key insights on the future of travel. The shift in the way customers search, buy and...

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The secret payment ingredients to unlock a world of Chinese tourism: Alipay...

Amadeus has recently signed agreements with two key payment players in China: Alipay and UnionPay. Alipay is China’s leading online payment service provider, accounting for nearly 50%¹ of all online...

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Travel payments take centre stage at ATPS in San Francisco

The 8th annual Global Airline & Travel Payments Summit – held recently in San Francisco  brought together  over 300 people representing 180 companies across both the travel and payment industries....

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Elavon 2015 Travel Symposium brings payments and travel industry experts...

The 12th edition of the Elavon Travel Symposium brought together key players in the payments and travel industry for a lively event in New Orleans, and I had the pleasure of representing Amadeus...

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UATP Airline Distribution event explores evolving world of travel payments

Industry leaders gathered in Athens, Greece for an airline distribution event, hosted by UATP, the private airline owned low cost payment network. The interactive conference explored some of the...

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Airlines take note – 999 days until new payment security standard deadline

Visa Europe has issued a deadline to acquiring banks using its network that all airline merchants should be fully compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard by 31 December 2017,...

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Seamless, omnichannel approach keys to success for e-commerce players

The Insights EMEA 2015 conference hosted by our partner GlobalCollect in Amsterdam brought together key e-commerce players to discuss the drivers of global growth. Unsurprisingly, the growth and...

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How fraud nearly stopped me from going home

Have you ever needed to buy a flight at the last minute? Not long ago, I did. I had just found out I would be starting a new job in a new country and I wanted to spend as much time at home as I could,...

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Beyond the buzzwords: cloud computing and Amadeus

Many people assume that the now seemingly ubiquitous term cloud computing is about running a large collection of different servers. Or is rather simply about virtualisation. But in fact, the very...

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Shining light on credit card fraud in the indirect channel for airlines

Credit card fraud is a worldwide problem and the travel industry offers fertile ground for criminals. According to a recent CyberSource study – 3.4% of airline bookings are rejected or cancelled due to...

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How to become a ‘Payment Master’ in the airline industry

Despite the growth of complexity in payments over the past 5 – 10 years, the fundamentals remain the same in the airline industry. This afternoon, I will be reflecting on some of these fundamentals at...

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Why safeguarding information matters to the Chief Commercial Officer

As more and more of our business and personal lives are conducted online, the risk of account takeover or identity theft are ever greater. In addition to the impact on the affected individuals, this...

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Overcoming complacency and using data security as a lever for revenue growth

In 2007, I worked as a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for a $2B corporation in the automotive sector. Having discovered a number of serious security vulnerabilities in my company’s systems,...

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Why payment security is important for growing top line revenue

Consumers expect the companies they do business with to take a responsible approach to safeguarding their personal data. They also place the responsibility for the security of their credit card data...

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How Travelstart enables secure flight bookings in just two clicks

Travelstart has come a long way since we first opened our doors two decades ago in a Swedish coffee shop. Today, we employ more than 200 staff from all walks of life who are passionate about one goal –...

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Response and control of payment fraud can unlock missed opportunities

On average, airlines reject 3.3% of bookings due to suspicion of fraud, according to Cybersource. As such, it is impossible to know exactly how many rejected bookings would have been valid. However, if...

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Leveraging payment security as a means to manage costs

By reducing their exposure to cyber-attack, travel players can reduce both the cost of security and the consequences of becoming victim to an attack. Merchants that do not comply with PCI-DSS, and have...

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The quiet revolution in business-to-business travel payments

If you could invest in Google search terms, the word “FinTech” would have made a lot of money for investors in the past 18 months. Searches for the term, which is short for Financial Technology, have...

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Together we can achieve more in online travel

Travel marketplaces, Gen Z, and chat bots are just a few of the hot topics at the Amadeus Online Connect 2016 event. What unites all three is that many of our customers and speakers agree that this is...

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Making the most of mobile payments in travel, beyond the wallet wars

Mobile payments is a hot topic right now, with major technology players promoting their wallets and new companies – both local and global – entering the market almost daily. All this creates a...

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3 videos that will shed light on the complex world of travel payments

Travelling for work should be an enjoyable experience, right? Different currencies, tracking receipts and filing expense reports is the norm for frequent international business travellers. However,...

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Amadeus selected as finalist for prestigious payment industry innovator award

In the comedy classic Seinfeld, George Constanza’s ‘fat wallet’ was so engorged that it actually exploded in a flurry of receipts and membership cards. So, it only makes sense that Jason Alexander, who...

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Innovation and a lot of hard work leads to Amadeus Airport Pay

Editor’s Note: Jean-Christophe Lacour, Head of Products & Offering, and Lionel Martig, Head of R&D, Amadeus Travel Payments co-wrote this post. The traditional idea of an innovation is the...

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Corporate booking gets a virtual makeover thanks to Conferma integration

When travelling for business, the last thing you want to think about is how to pay for the trip. It needs to be easy, automated, and only one click of a button. Virtual payment – a great option for...

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Four payments related topics that the travel industry should consider for 2018

I am excited to be kicking 2018 off with a new job at Amadeus. On 2nd January, I took up a position heading up the Payments Team for Airlines and Strategic Segments after 11 years at Elavon, one of...

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How Amadeus B2B Wallet improved RexturAdvance’s cash flow and security

RexturAdvance started over 40 years ago selling air tickets. Nowadays, we are a consolidator for agencies that do not hold an IATA certificate. We offer advanced technology services, from tickets to...

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