Emirates Skywards and Visa Forge Exclusive Partnership to Enhance Travel Rewards

The award-winning loyalty programme of Emirates and flydubai has signed an exclusive partnership with Visa to enhance its co-branded card portfolio across the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council). The new partnership will redefine the Emirates Skywards and Visa co-brand card experience by enhancing card benefits and Miles earning opportunities. (IN SHORT) Emirates Skywards, the renowned loyalty… Read the full press release

PATA and Visa Empower Southeast Asian Tourism SMEs with Finance and Digital Skills Workshops

(IN SHORT) The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has successfully concluded a series of finance and digital skills workshops for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the tourism sector across Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, and the Philippines. In partnership with Visa, these workshops aimed to enhance the financial management and digital literacy of tourism businesses, especially… Read the full press release

PATA and Visa complete Informal Workers Programme in Bali to support tourism industry’s overlooked stakeholders

BANGKOK, THAILAND, 2023-Apr-04 — /Travel PR News/ — The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and Visa are delighted to announce the completion of the Informal Workers Programme in Bali, Indonesia. The programme was created in 2021 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic to support one of the most important – but often overlooked – stakeholders… Read the full press release

PATA and Visa team up to support small and medium-sized tourism businesses and informal workers for a more resilient future

BANGKOK, THAILAND, 2023-Feb-14 — /Travel PR News/ — The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is delighted to announce the start of a new collaboration with Visa to extend the Tourism Destination Resilience (TDR) Programme and continue to help build a more resilient and sustainable tourism industry. The COVID-19 pandemic has painfully proven the importance for… Read the full press release

Qatar Airways and British Airways Partner with IndusInd Bank to Launch Co-Branded Credit Card in India

The first joint Qatar Airways and British Airways co-branded credit card with IndusInd Bank in India brings benefits such as meet-and-greet service, tier fast-track and concierge service Mumbai, India, 2023-Jan-06 — /Travel PR News/ — In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Qatar Airways Privilege Club, British Airways Executive Club and IndusInd Bank,  today (05 January 2023) announced… Read the full press release

Qatar Airways Privilege Club announces its latest partnership with Visa

This expanded partnership creates a new world of opportunities for Privilege Club members to collect and spend Avios Doha, Qatar, 2022-Oct-18 — /Travel PR News/ — Qatar Airways Privilege Club has signed a global strategic agreement with Visa, world’s leader in digital payments, part of a new 10-year exclusive partnership. This latest collaboration enables Privilege… Read the full press release

Agoda to offer interest-free credit card installments across its booking platform in partnership with Visa

SINGAPORE, 2022-May-12 — /Travel PR News/ — Global travel platform Agoda, today (May 11, 2022 ) announced its partnership with Visa, the world leader in digital payments, to offer interest-free credit card installments across its booking platform. Agoda will be the first global Online Travel Agency (OTA) to offer this payment option with Visa in… Read the full press release

Pacific Asia Travel Association releases destination-specific reports for each of 39 destinations within the Asia Pacific region

BANGKOK, THAILAND, 2022-Feb-26 — /Travel PR News/ — In follow up to the most recent release of the PATA “Asia Pacific Overall Visitor Forecasts 2022-2024” last week, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) today (February 24, 2022) announced the release of destination-specific reports for each of 39 destinations within the Asia Pacific region. Sponsored by Visa and with… Read the full press release

Marriott International launches Marriott Bonvoy® The BEST Shinhan Card

‘Marriott Bonvoy® The BEST Shinhan Card’ combines the competitive advantages of a major card company with the reach and choice of the highly-awarded travel program Bethesda, MD, 2021-Apr-01 — /Travel PR News/ — Marriott International today (MARCH 30, 2021) announced the launch of Marriott Bonvoy® The BEST Shinhan Card, offered exclusively by Visa, enabling cardholders to accelerate… Read the full press release

Accor and Visa announce global partnership to bring new payment experiences to ALL-Accor Live Limitless loyalty members

Partnership will deliver enhanced payment experiences to ALL-Accor Live Limitless loyalty members Paris and San Francisco, 2020-Feb-19 — /Travel PR News/ — Today (February 18, 2020), Accor, a world-leading hospitality group, and Visa (V: NYSE), the global leader in digital payments, announced a global partnership to bring new payment experiences to ALL-Accor Live Limitless loyalty… Read the full press release

UNWTO: Qatar the most open country in the Middle East and the 8th most open in the world in terms of visa facilitation

Madrid, Spain, 2018-Sep-05 — /Travel PR News/ — Qatar has become the most open country in the Middle East and the 8th most open in the world in terms of visa facilitation. The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) recently updated its visa openness rankings, confirming Qatar’s recent visa facilitation improvements including allowing nationals of 88 countries… Read the full press release

VISA cardholders: Vietjet launches new promotion for SkyBOSS

Ho Chi Minh City, 2015-9-21 — /Travel PR News/ — After concluding the highly successful promotion “Fly SkyBOSS and win a trip to Europe to collect our brand new aircraft”, Vietjet is now launching another exciting new promotion for SkyBOSS, this time for VISA cardholders. Accordingly, every purchase of a SkyBOSS ticket made with a VISA… Read the full press release

Tourism Australia, Visa partner on increasing the number of international holiday makers Down Under

SYDNEY, 2015-9-7 — /Travel PR News/ — Tourism Australia and Visa have entered into a three year partnership, using Visa’s Cross Border (#notatourist) campaign to demonstrate why ‘There’s Nothing Like Australia’, with a focus on increasing the number of international holiday makers Down Under and how much they spend when they are here. Both parties… Read the full press release

S7 Airlines, the Bank of Moscow and VISA launch new co-branded reward card “S7-Bank of Moscow-VISA Signature”

Novosibirsk, Russia, 2015-8-13 — /Travel PR News/ — S7 Airlines, a member of the oneworld® global aviation alliance®, the Bank of Moscow and VISA international payment system launched a new co-branded reward card “S7-Bank of Moscow-VISA Signature”. Card holders automatically become members of the S7 Priority frequent flyer programme. Registered loyalty programme members can link their existing… Read the full press release

Visa facilitation top priority for UNESCO/UNWTO Silk Roads Heritage Corridors Workshop

Madrid, Spain, 2013-10-16 — /travelprnews.com/ — Tourism and heritage experts called for more effective visa systems to support tourism development at the UNESCO/UNWTO Silk Roads Heritage Corridors Tourism Strategy Workshop. The workshop aimed to define a tourism management roadmap for two UNESCO Silk Road Heritage Corridors crossing China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (7-8 October 2013, Almaty,… Read the full press release

The U.S. Travel Association applauded U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Bill Requiring Visa Videoconferencing Pilot Program

Legislation Will Increase International Travel While Maintaining Stringent Security Requirements Washington, D.C., 2013-07-26 — /travelprnews.com/ — The U.S. Travel Association today applauded the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operation and Related Programs for approving a fiscal year 2014 spending measure that will make it easier for international travelers to apply for a visa to… Read the full press release