Why the travel industry is reluctant to change payment rules

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With rumblings in the airline world, and the high profile collapse of E-Clear in the UK, payments is fast becoming one of the hot topics in the travel industry.

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Day Five of Five: Rough guide to credit card and PCI issues in travel

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Day Five: Reducing the scope of PCI Compliance

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Day Four of Five: Rough guide to credit card and PCI issues in travel

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Day Four: Protecting data at rest and data in motion – Tokenization and encryption.

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Day Three of Five: Rough guide to credit card and PCI issues in travel

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Day Three: On the horizon… What’s next for PCI DSS?

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Day Two of Five: Rough guide to credit card and PCI issues in travel

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Day Two: Easy things you can do that cost little or no money

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Day One of Five: Rough guide to credit card and PCI issues in travel

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Day One: Compliant with PCI? Impact on the Hotel Industry.

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Dollar bills banned as Continental Airlines cashes in on cashless-cabin trend

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Continental Airlines today became the latest airline to introduce a cashless cabin for on-board purchases.

So, starting Dec. 1, if you want to purchase an alchoholic beverage or headset on a Continental mainline flight — with the exception of China routes — you will have to bring some plastic in the form of a credit or debit card.

Hand-held devices, which the airline began testing last Summer, will read the cards, crunch the transactions and help the airline manage product inventory.

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