Travel demand remains strong, but many bookings fail at the final step

Paysafe’s Experience Economy Report: Travel 2026 finds that 45% of travellers have abandoned a purchase because of payment problems. In this Insights Interview, Jack Robertson, data journalist at The Payments Association, speaks with Toreson Lloyd, SVP, Core Verticals, Europe, Paysafe, about how travel merchants turn demand into completed bookings. The conversation covers where checkouts lose revenue, which optimisation tools lift approval rates fastest and how merchants manage chargeback and fraud risk on high-value bookings. It closes with the first steps a travel merchant should take when reviewing its payments setup.

Explore Paysafe’s ebook: “Solving travel’s biggest problems” here: https://www.paysafe.com/en/travel-abm/

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