G2 Travel partners with Nium to power real-time hotel payments

By Gloria Methri

Nium, the global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, has announced a strategic partnership with G2 Travel. The wholesale tour operator will use Nium’s virtual card payment solution to pay hotel partners globally. The partnership adds more local currencies to G2 Travel’s offering and makes supplier payments faster, more efficient, and more secure.

The hospitality industry has long faced challenges with payment failures and fraud risks. Nium’s virtual card solution addresses these issues by offering G2 hotel partners faster settlements, automated reconciliation, and broader acceptance, enhancing both security and payment efficiency.

Through this partnership, G2 Travel will leverage Nium’s ability to issue Visa and Mastercard-accepted virtual cards globally, with access to over 20 local currencies. The collaboration already supports multiple live currencies, with more to follow.

G2 Travel will use Nium-issued virtual cards to pay a vast network of directly contracted hotels. Nium’s real-time funding and issuing capabilities help streamline bulk reservations, improving hotels’ cash flow and unlocking working capital.

“We chose Nium for their unmatched global reach and currency coverage, making them the ideal partner for powering worldwide hotel payments. With Nium, we have the scale we need to tap into high-growth markets and meet rising demand for quicker, more secure, and reliable payments across the travel ecosystem, now and in the future,” said David Littlefair, Founder at G2 Travel.

“By combining our travel payments expertise with G2’s global distribution network, we are helping hotels get paid faster, reduce fraud, and improve cash flow — so they can focus on creating exceptional guest experiences. We are excited to see this partnership grow as we expand into new markets and solutions, delivering the benefits of virtual cards to more travel intermediaries and accommodation providers around the world,” said Max Lehmann, SVP Head of Enterprise & Travel, Europe at Nium.

Looking ahead, G2 Travel plans to expand its global payment capabilities with Nium, add more virtual card currencies, and further enhance its group business offerings.