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Homesharing Platforms Vie For Millennial, Gen Z Travelers

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They want convenient booking tools, fast payment methods and secure reservations when planning their trips, and these needs have not changed much as millennials have come of age. Competition is thus a multilevel event for hospitality services that need to juggle payment innovations, user perks and security.

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Splitty Makes It Easier To Grab A Piece Of The Travel Industry

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Travel industry services are catering to the thousands of millennial and Gen Z travelers who are booking big trips by augmenting their platforms with online and mobile support. Travel platforms are enabling more online bookings than ever, and 83 percent of U.S. Merchants Need To Rethink Booking.

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How Younger Generations Impact Travel Marketplaces, Payments

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What this demographic wants out of peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplaces is changing, however, as more millennials become fully active members of the working world. Millennials are still spending money on trips and vacations, but how and where they do so is shifting. Millennials And Their Changing Travel And Payment Opinions.

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AI’s Place In The $50B RV Market

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Some marketplaces are finding innovation in this space easier than others. That means taking a closer look at buyer and seller payments, as well as security measures, on the platforms, said Colin Gardiner, chief revenue officer of shared RV marketplace Outdoorsy. Why Travel Firms Need To Cater To Millennial Payment Preferences.

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Why Hostelz.com Stopped Accepting Payments

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Dozens of sites and services enable customers to book stays online in their local currencies, making them particularly appealing for millennials seeking cheap accommodations. Homesharing platforms are also competing for young consumers’ attentions – millennials make up approximately 60 percent of Airbnb’s guests, for instance.

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How GDPR Is Testing The Homesharing Market

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As data security and transparency become greater concerns across a number of markets, some services are already working to confront the challenges. To learn more about how Spotahome is approaching data security and customer trust, read the Playbook’s feature story. Around the Payments and the Platform Economy.

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Platforms Dance To The Gen Z Tune

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A bit younger than their millennial siblings and cousins, they’ve grown up totally mobile, and have idiosyncrasies that make them unique. Perhaps more than millennial cohorts, Gen Z is having a hot love affair with eCommerce and sharing platforms that specialize in and cater to their digital lifestyles. “I