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The Wonderful World of Travel Payments

Up in the Air, named after the 2009 movie starring George Clooney as the ultimate business traveler, advises Airlines and OTA’s on their payment strategy and other players in the Travel payment value chain on how to reach the next level by defining or fine-tuning their vertical strategy and go to market plan, challenging their product offering & partner coverage, advising on the impact of regulation changes and performing a gap & competitor analysis.

Best Practices, Regulations, Standards & Trends

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Go to market strategy

Coaching & Training

Market Research

Sales Support

Partner Management

Vendor Selection

Pricing & Risk management

RFP Support

Industry / Client Event Speaker & Moderator

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Recent & Upcoming Events

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Industry events play an important role in gathering knowledge, understanding the ecosystem, growing your network and meeting your peers. Meet us at these upcoming events:

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ECTAA Travel Distribution Summit

10-11 February, Brussels

The leading European platform dedicated to shaping the future of travel distribution. It aims to share knowledge, foster high-value B2B networking, and demonstrate to EU decision-makers the diversity, complexity and innovation that define today’s travel industry.

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Converge by actuary.aero

14-16 April, Amsterdam

Exclusively curated for actuary.aero customers, partners, and leading industry stakeholders, this conference is designed to foster a focused, high-impact environment where meaningful collaboration thrives. At Converge 2026, we continue our legacy of cultivating deep community engagement through targeted and interactive discussions.

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Airline Distribution

10-12 March, Barcelona

This neutral forum, hosted by UATP, allows attendees to contribute ideas with industry leaders who are working to solve the complicated distribution questions facing the airlines today. Airline Distribution® focuses on the many facets of airline distribution, including airline trends, changing distribution needs, payment and technology advancements, and much more.

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Aviation Festival Americas

June 3-4, Miami FL

This event features 200+ influential speakers across six conference tracks, including C-level executives from major airlines and airports like Delta, American, United, JetBlue, JFK, MIA, and ORD. Don’t miss two days of interactive sessions, hands-on demonstrations, targeted networking, and advanced strategizing with key stakeholders from North and South America.

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Featured Item

Payment Orchestration Metro Map

Recommended Read

Airline Payments Handbook 2nd Edition

Thomas Helldorff

A complete guide to payments in the air transport industry

  • Understand how payments work in the airline industry
  • Set a payment strategy
  • Reduce your payment costs
  • Optimise fraud and risk
  • Select the most suitable products and services from the best suppliers
  • Structuring a payment implementation project

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