Two In Three Travel Programs Impacted By Data Breaches
May 7, 2019 via Hotel Management
A sad reality is that any data point a consumer shares with a company in all likelihood eventually will be hacked, lost, leaked, stolen or sold—and it seems that this is happening with travel companies more than ever.
Nearly 70 percent of travel buyers say their travelers have been affected by a payment-related data breach from an outside vendor such as a hotel, airline or retailer in the past year, according to new research from the Global Business Travel Association in partnership with AirPlus International.
The survey of 144 U.S. travel buyers also revealed that they believe the risk of fraud is growing, with two-thirds (68 percent) saying travel programs face a greater threat today than they did two or three years ago.
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