Watch on demand: Fireside chat - How payments innovation helps travel businesses bounce back
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Discover how payments innovations can help travel brands take the virtual road to recovery
As B2C trends continue to set trends and drive the digitalization of B2B services, it's clear that B2B payments can't be left behind. For travel businesses, it makes sense to explore how they can streamline payment processes within supply chains. Virtual cards and wallets are just one way that result in lower risk, automation of processes, and a better overall experience.
Join our panel of experts in this on-demand session as we discuss the game changer that is virtual cards in the travel industry, including:
- How to reset the market by using virtual cards to do business in a more efficient and collaborative way
- How airlines, hotels and agents can make sure they are ready to optimize supplier payments and be ready for the return of demand
- Smash common misconceptions and create profit-boosting payments strategies
Scroll down to view the panelists for this session.
Moderator
Damian Alonso
Head of Payer Services,
Amadeus Payments
Damian is responsible for the strategy, product and partnerships of the Payer Services Business Line, of Amadeus Travel Payments. Since joining Amadeus in 2014, Damian has been involved with Amadeus' B2B payment offering, helping launch B2B Wallet into the market, driving its global expansion, centered around helping our customers pay their suppliers.
Panelists
Kevin White
Director, Enterprise Partnerships,
Travel Industries,
Mastercard
Kevin is responsible for developing and launching global differentiating solutions for partners in the B2B travel vertical. These solutions range from digitalised payments and providing efficiencies for travel agencies and travel suppliers, new technologies for better interfaces and leveraging big data for insights on the travel ecosystem. Prior to joining Mastercard, Kevin has spent 14 years in the travel industry.
Thomas Helldorff
VP Airlines & Travel Vertical Strategy,
Worldpay from FIS
Thomas Helldorff has been working in the Airline, Travel and Payment industry for the past 20 years and is currently the Vice President of Airlines & Travel Vertical Strategy at Worldpay from FIS. He previously worked as the Head of Strategy and Innovation at Datacash, and prior to that Thomas was the Senior Product Manager for payment services and passenger mobile applications at SITA (Air transport communications and IT solution provider). One of his key projects was the development of a central payment platform for the air transport industry, linking airline distribution applications with the payment world.
Pedro Menéndez de la Cuesta
Head of Treasury and Payment Methods,
Destinia
Pedro is responsible for the payment environment in Destinia. His main challenges are to improve the conversion at the payment checkout, the automatization of B2B payments, and treasury control. Before joining Destinia, he developed his professional career in financial services at the foreign exchange company Maccorp Exact Change as Head of ATMs.