Digital travel sales are expected to reach a staggering USD $817 billion by 2020. Driven by a desire for convenience, fast access to cheap deals and the confidence that comes with ATOL protection, people are more than happy to book a holiday on their laptop or their mobile.

Life is extremely fast-paced and stressful at the best of times, but when international travel is a mandatory element of your job role it can be tricky to try and appreciate the new cities and locations you are sent to with work. It doesn’t need to be this way.

For the majority of online travel agents, payments represent nothing more than a necessary evil; it’s widely accepted that getting paid costs money, and most merchants are prepared to leave it at that. However, by taking the time to understand why these costs exist, and by asking acquirers the right questions, businesses have the potential to significantly drive down their payments expenditure.

Sports provide the tourism industry with a consistent series of events and spectacles for countries, cities and venues across the world to hang their hat on. Sports enthusiasts are now looking for that next evolution of their sporting fandom, whether that’s upgrading a previous experience or ticking something further afield off their sports travel bucket list.