Global travel has progressed through collaboration across travel providers, intermediaries, financial institutions, and payment networks that enable commerce across borders. As the industry evolves, innovation, particularly in digital and data-driven payments is increasingly central to trust, efficiency, and scale in a more automated travel ecosystem. ITB Berlin has long played a Building trust and scale through connected travel payments
Keeping human experience at the heart of AI
Travel has always been about having
incredible experiences. It’s about travellers going to new places, connecting to new people and creating life-long memories. This is always at heart of what our industry creates, and it is our global collaboration and exchanging ideas that enables the industry to continually evolve to meet this traveller need. We are now at a time when artificial intelligence is creating the most transformative technological shift in a generation, reshaping how we work, build and connect. Forums like ITB ensure we are all together talking to people, exchanging learnings and experiences to make this technology work in the best way it can, while keeping human experience at the heart of travel.”
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vital role as a platform for knowledge exchange and partnership, bringing the global industry together to address shared challenges and unlock opportunity. For Visa, ITB remains an important forum to collaborate with partners and help shape the future of secure, connected travel payments worldwide.”
TANIA PLATT Global Head of B2B Travel, Visa
Connecting growth, innovation and the future of aviation
Global collaboration and knowledge exchange have driven remarkable progress in travel and tourism over
the past six decades. Frankfurt Airport has evolved from an infrastructure provider into a global connectivity platform. With the opening of our new Terminal 3, we are shaping the future of aviation by combining capacity growth with innovation, sustainability, and passenger-experience design, developed in close cooperation with international partners. ITB Berlin has played a unique role in enabling this exchange, bringing the global industry together to share ideas, align visions, and drive transformation. For us, ITB Berlin remains an essential forum to connect, learn, and help shape the next era of aviation.”
PIERO SIERRA Chief AI Officer, Skyscanner
SIMONE SCHWAB Senior Vice President Aviation and Cargo Development, Frankfurt Airport
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