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Travel-payment solution provider TravelPay and Australian foreign-card fintech company Pelikin have announced a strategic partnership.

• As Aussies get ready for summer holiday travel, inflation and cost-of-living concerns drive 66% of vacationers to seek out bargain holiday deals
• 1 in 3 Australians have been scammed when booking, with a third (35%) of those losing $500-$1,000
• 61% of all adults worry more about digital safety than physical safety when on vacation

COMPANY NEWS: Today, McAfee Corp., a global leader in online protection, revealed Australia-specific findings from its new ‘Safer Summer Holidays’ Travel Report. The report surveyed 7,000 people across seven countries to discover how safe it is to plan and book travel online, and how cautious people are when interacting with digital tools while traveling abroad. The research reveals 29% of Aussies have fallen victim or know someone who has fallen victim to an online scam while trying to save money when booking travel. 35% of those who had money stolen have lost $500-$1,000 before their trip has even begun, while 59% lost up to $1,000.

COMPANY NEWS:  Entrust, a global leader in trusted identity, payments and data protection, today announced its expansion to the travel industry with its Seamless Travel Solution, a fully-digital travel service. This solution enables a touchless and seamless experience for travelers by minimizing contact points, while bringing simplicity and greater security for border control, immigration and travel service provider operations.

Digital experiences are key to winning the attention of tech-savvy younger generations, with young Australian travellers expecting their priorities of convenience and service to be delivered via their digital devices, according to a survey by travel company Travelport.

Travellers across the world are increasingly prioritising value over cost, demanding more autonomy over personalisation and using digital solutions to research and manage their trips – but they have encountered problems of trust with online travel reviews.

Optus has launched a new suite of international usage and roaming add-ons on selected prepaid plans targeting travellers.

Poor holiday planning and budget blunders are leaving the average Australian traveller out of pocket — and costing the economy $4.6 billion — with many Australians travelling overseas turning to emergency credit cards or savings to get by, according to newly published research.

Ok, ok, so Sydney isn't really being snubbed, it's just that travellers to Melbourne find Airbnb a very popular option compared with travellers to Sydney, according to the latest research.

Travelling around remote and isolated areas of Australia for sightseeing or for work often means no mobile phone network signal and the average Joe doesn’t have access to a satellite phone, let alone something which can actually transform the mobile into a satellite phone.

Malaysia Airlines has inked a deal with global travel technology provider Amadeus for a new Passenger Service System (PSS) which the airline claims sets the benchmark for the traveller of the future.

Queensland’s University of Technology has collaborated with Austria’s University of Salzburg to develop a mobile prototype – TravelPal – that enables tourists and other travellers to connect to each other in real time.

Just a day after hiking up international mobile roaming charges by a whopping 50% and tripling excess data charges, Telstra is at it again, this time hitting consumers with the introduction of a 50 cent charge for calling directory assistance from landlines.

In the lead up to the peak Christmas-New Year travel season, Telstra has increased mobile roaming charges by 50% and tripled excess data charges.

Norwood Systems has unveiled World Phone, a consumer-focused communications app for international travellers that harnesses the “sharing economy” to provide global access to high-quality low-cost telecommunications.