BR-DGE partners with Vibe to fast-track travel payments

By Gloria Methri

BR-DGE has announced a new partnership with Vibe, a B2B travel tech platform that enables online travel agencies (OTAs) to build complete and bespoke booking solutions. At a time when global travel is surging and set to break records, Vibe can offer vastly enhanced payment connectivity and choice to its travel merchants and their end customers by integrating its platform with BR-DGE’s payment orchestration platform.

As an independently owned, vendor-agnostic payment orchestrator, BR-DGE is a partner for several high-volume enterprise merchants in the travel sector through its modular solutions. Vibe joins the likes of Kenwood Travel and Travel Counsellors as part of a growing cohort of leading travel companies working with BR-DGE to support the delivery of an exceptional end-to-end online payment experience. This follows hot on the heels of BR-DGE’s newly announced capabilities for platform businesses as part of its White Label product launch.

Through a single integration with BR-DGE, Vibe’s merchants will gain enhanced global payments connectivity, stronger platform resilience and stability, more capabilities to drive acceptance optimisation, and an expedited time-to-market. The partnership has already gained interest, with the first OTA merchant signed up to go live with the combined solution in the coming months.

Commenting on the partnership, Tom Voaden, Head of Partnerships at BR-DGE, said, “With so many multinational enterprises like airlines and hotels and their differing platforms in the mix, OTAs and booking firms are in dire need of better payment orchestration, especially when cross-border transactions, FX and dynamic pricing are involved. ​Those are the challenges that BR-DGE’s payment orchestration tech was designed to solve.”

Danny Girling, Business Development and Head of Partnerships at Vibe, said, “We’re really excited about this partnership with BR-DGE. It is not just about adding more payment options but about giving our clients even more flexibility and reliability when it comes to handling transactions. By working with BR-DGE, we’re able to bring even more value to the table, helping our travel merchants process payments smoothly, even during peak times. This partnership is a natural extension of what we already offer, and it’s all about making sure our clients have the best tools to succeed in a fast-paced industry.”