Tag: Mastercard
Muslim Gen Z Travellers seek culture and sustainability in travel: Mastercard-CrescentRating
The inaugural Mastercard-CrescentRating Muslim Gen Z: The Next Generation of Travelers report revealed that the Muslim Gen Z population is actively looking to travel,...
TripLink, Mastercard to facilitate new cross-border payment pathways
Mastercard and TripLink have joined forces to introduce a seamless and reliable cross-border payment experience for businesses to enhance travel recovery, extending their partnership...
Deeper destination research, longer booking lead times among new traveller habits:...
Travellers are spending more time on pre-trip research, moving away from best deals, and preferring contactless payments as travel returns, observe industry experts speaking...
STB curates experiences with Mastercard to boost local spending
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Mastercard have jointly launched 16 new and exclusively-curated local tourism and lifestyle experiences, as part of their new...
APAC sees bright spots in domestic travel recovery
A new report by Mastercard has found that while global travel recovery remains uneven, one-fifth of countries have returned to at least 90 per...
Singapore, Mastercard join hands for recovery, digital transformation
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Mastercard have signed a partnership to co-develop solutions and initiatives to help players transform their businesses, pivot to...
China still dominant, as South Korea, Japan and India become bigger...
Asia-Pacific’s five most popular destinations for international travellers – Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo and Seoul – captured more than one-quarter, or 25.2 per...
ASEAN tourism invites travellers to Feel the Warmth with Mastercard
Mastercard and ASEAN NTOs have entered a two-year partnership to promote South-east Asia through a campaign that celebrates the region’s geography, culture and heritage...
Asia’s second-tier cities on the rise as new go-to destinations
The traditional favourites of Bangkok, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur continue to dominate the list of Asia’s top 10 tourist destinations, based on findings from...
Japan, Taiwan close in on Singapore as top non-OIC destinations for...
Japan and Taiwan have raced into the top five in a ranking of non-Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) destinations in Asia for Muslim travellers,...