This is a guest article by Alex Mifsud, CEO of Ixaris.
Travel agents, bookers and consumers alike should start reconsidering their payments options when booking travel products like flights, trains and accommodation.
Users of traditional credit and debit cards in the travel industry can hit a number of niggling pain points: high charges levied on transactions; difficulties in reconciling large volumes of orders with those transactions; and problems triggering anti-fraud mechanisms at merchants.
Read full story at: http://www.tnooz.com/2011/09/08/news/understanding-payment-pain-points-in-the-travel-industry/