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Articles tagged “visa”

Online Travel

Skift Tech Forum Video: Why Payment Strategy is Key to Travel’s Frictionless Future

A smart payments strategy sits at the heart of any successful travel business. But too many companies take this hidden infrastructure for granted in their decision-making. In this conversation with executives from Visa, we get a better sense of the evolving role that payments technology plays in today’s frictionless travel experience.

Skift | 5 years ago

Skift Tech Forum Video: Why Payment Strategy is Key to Travel’s Frictionless Future

Tourism

Australia’s Visa Bottleneck Jeopardizes Luring Cricket-Crazed Indians for World Cup Next Year

Claims that Indian travel agents are discouraging clients from going to Australia may be overblown. But they do not detract from the key issue: Australia must streamline visa processing better, especially if it wants to attract Indians to the Cricket World Cup 2020.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

Australia’s Visa Bottleneck Jeopardizes Luring Cricket-Crazed Indians for World Cup Next Year

Online Travel

Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Offering to Get Backing From Booking Holdings

Booking Holdings wants to be an innovator and supporter of alternative payments systems given its presence in emerging markets, especially in Asia. So it is understandable that Booking would want to be a first mover in Facebook's digital currency effort, regardless of how it eventually turns out.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Tourism

American Visa Waiver Program Is a Security Threat, Says Influential Senator

The U.S. travel industry has worked very hard in the last few years to help loosen these visa restrictions and will be seething after hearing these remarks from senators, but can do little in face of safety-above-everything strategy the U.S. has followed since 2001.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 10 years ago

American Visa Waiver Program Is a Security Threat, Says Influential Senator

Tourism

Credit Cards Make Headway in Myanmar, But Tourists Still Need Cash

Even where credit card machines are present, there is no guarantee that they'll work. The seemingly antiquated method of travel payments is one of the more evident examples of how unprepared Myanmar is groping to deal with an influx of visitors.

Skift | 11 years ago