TRAVEL PAYMENT CONSULTANCY

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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

Agenda

Recent & Upcoming Events

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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Airline & Travel Payments Summit APAC

25-26 August, Bali

The Asia-Pacific travel landscape is unlike any other. It’s an unique blend of high-growth digital economies, massive digital wallet uptake and a rapidly evolving fraud environment to name but a few challenges. ATPS APAC 2026 is the only summit specifically dedicated to solving these complexities.

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World Aviation Festival

13-15 October, Lisbon

The World Aviation Festival is the premier aviation technology conference and exhibition. In 2026, World Aviation Festival returns to Lisbon, Portugal, bringing together 4,500+ attendees and 600 speakers over three incredible days of insights, innovation, and networking. Bringing together the world’s airlines, airports, and their top executives in charge of software, services, marketing, and distribution, this is where the future of aviation is shaped.

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T2RL Engage

21-23 September, London

Under the theme The Journey to Value, T2RLEngage 2026 will focus on how airline executives can move OOSD from architectural ambition to measurable outcomes. Through the lenses of revenue, efficiency, experience, and resilience the agenda begins with building a credible business case and then examines how airlines can sustain momentum, structure effective partnerships, and identify where value is still being left on the table.

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World Financial Symposium

28-29 October, Macao

The joint IATA World Financial Symposium and IATA World Passenger Symposium event is where airline retailing, finance, and passenger experience unite to create a dynamic platform for strategic exploration, actionable insights, and transformative innovation.