The travel industry is finally on the rebound. In 2013, the US online travel market reached $157 billion and is projected to increase again this year. PhoCusWright predicts that online travel service adoption will grow in the States from 41% in 2012 to 43% in 2015. The US Commerce Department likewise estimates a 4% annual growth over the next 3...
For the past 15 years or so, business vultures have been circling to see if the traditional travel agency would die out. Fortunately, the tides have changed and there has been an upswing in the number of traditional travel agencies and the number of new ones entering the domain. What has not changed is that a travel merchant account is...
The travel industry is consistently one of the most lucrative in the economy. Generating upwards of a trillion dollars annually it is a great industry to join. Starting a travel service can be a way to gain a foothold in the ever expanding industry. Starting a travel service can be done in several different ways. Initially it is important to...
Travel service businesses such as travel agencies and airlines are notorious in the payment processing industry for generating prohibitively high levels of credit card fraud and chargebacks, particularly in transactions where the cardholder places his order over the phone or on the web. As a result, merchant accounts for travel service industries are typically hard to get and offered on...
Merchant Account for Travel Agency Getting a merchant account for a travel agency is not as simple as you might have first expected. Even if you run a thriving and successful agency or vacation club, you may find many merchant account providers closing the door on you. Why are traditional providers so averse to providing merchant accounts to the travel...
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