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What is PayPal and how does it work
Since Q1 2022, PayPal has been quite frequent in financial news due to issues relating to its stock value and the recent unpromising PayPal stock forecasts. These events make it quite essential to briefly examine the platform and what it does.
The name "PayPal" is almost a literal summary of the company's nature and function. In pra… read more
SITA unveils eVisa and ETA to transform borders and boost growth
SITA announced the launch of SITA eVisa and SITA Electronic Travel Authorization to meet the rapidly growing demand from governments for digital visa systems to stimulate national economies after COVID-19, strengthen security and improve the travel experience.
Governments globally are shifting to modern travel authorization solution… read more
Trip.com Group announces long-term green tourism goals, aiming to inspire 100m. travellers to travel
Trip.com Group, a leading global travel service provider, has announced its long-term goal to build green tourism, covering three key areas, including: working with partners to launch over 10,000 low-carbon travel products; promoting sustainable travel concepts and engaging 100 million travellers in low-carbon practices; and, aiming to fu… read more
Eight essential steps to ensure cyber security while traveling
Although usually both companies and individuals pay a lot of attention to cyber security, when it comes to traveling, they seem to simply forget about it. Such carelessness often costs much more than the trip itself. So, what should one do in order to avoid such unpleasant surprises as cyber attacks, identity and personal information thefts?
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Peakwork achieves record travel bookings
In the months of March to June this year, Peakwork has recorded the highest sales figures for travel bookings since the foundation of the leisure travel network based on its Player Hub technology. The quantity and quality of holiday offers in the EDF data format are at the highest level to date and show a positive development in conversion rates… read more
Hotelbeds launches new Environmental, Social and Governance Strategy
Hotelbeds has announced its new Environmental, Social and Governance strategy, which aims, as Hotelbeds’ CEO Nicolas Huss describes, "to take Hotelbeds' position on ESG to the next level and galvanise our commitment to making travel a force for good”.
This commitment is not a new one for Hotelbeds, with a range of ESG related initia… read more
WebBeds’ global clients able to offer travellers app to reclaim VAT in France
WebBeds has entered into an innovative partnership with SkipTax, a mobile app providing shoppers with a seamless way to reclaim VAT on purchases made in France.
WebBeds clients around the world – including tour operators and retail travel agents - are able to provide SkipTax as a benefit to their travellers who reside outside of the… read more
Cybersecurity revenues in tourism sector poised to exceed $2 billion in 2025
As the tourism sector has undergone a digital transformation, the wealth of personal customer data that the industry stores has exploded, leaving the industry ripe for cyberattacks. Against this backdrop, cybersecurity will generate revenues of $2.1 billion in 2025 in the travel and tourism industry, up from $1.4 billion in 2021, f… read more
21 seconds to show (your travel customers why you’re worth it)
The average travel webpage is viewed for just 21 seconds. That’s according to a new benchmark study by Contentsquare, the leading digital experience analytics company.
The study, which analysed over 2.7 billion user sessions across over 328 travel sites from around the world, found that travel brands have an incredibly limite… read more
Ensuring digital security as you travel
Traveling for work is a core component of many modern lives, and it can be a positive thing. Travel affords new opportunities for personal and career growth, but lurking below the surface, there can be issues that we tend to underestimate. A growing concern that we’ve seen raise its head recently is that of digital device security.
As devi… read more
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