Flywire and Davidson Hospitality Group Expand Partnership to Streamline Guest Payments

Flywire Corporation has expanded its partnership with Davidson Hospitality Group to deploy integrated payment and e-signature capabilities across its entire portfolio. For fintech professionals, this move highlights the growing demand for vertical-specific payment solutions that combine digital authorization with multi-rail processing to reduce chargeback risks and operational overhead in the hospitality sector.

What was announced

Davidson Hospitality Group is scaling Flywire’s transaction management platform following a successful initial deployment that demonstrated significant processing fee savings. The solution integrates guest deposit collection and contract execution into a single, mobile-first workflow. Key performance indicators from the early rollout include a 75% reduction in signature turnaround times and a significant decrease in back-office reconciliation tasks.

The platform allows Davidson properties to accept ACH transfers alongside traditional credit and debit cards, effectively shifting transaction volume to lower-cost rails. This shift is designed to reduce per-transaction expenses while accelerating cash collection cycles. Furthermore, the system captures signed authorizations and payment intent simultaneously. This creates a robust audit trail that has allowed Davidson to maintain a chargeback ratio below 0.03%, while achieving a win or no-contest rate of over 70% on disputes.

The automation extends to the reconciliation process, matching payments between property management systems and accounting platforms to minimize manual data entry. By streamlining digital authorization workflows, the rollout aims to provide guests with more flexible payment options and transparent fee structures while reducing the operational "busywork" for event sales and planning teams. The expansion covers Davidson's full portfolio of managed properties, focusing on compressing the revenue cycle through enhanced digital workflows.

"Flywire creates value for us as a partner because they built their platform specifically for hospitality operations - not as a generic payment processor. What we've seen is a real reduction in friction across both our revenue cycle and guest journey. Our teams spend less time on operational busywork and more time focusing on the guest experience."

Tim Debruin, Senior Corporate Director, Event Sales & Planning at Davidson Hospitality.

The companies involved

Flywire Corporation, headquartered in Boston, is a Nasdaq-listed global payments enablement and software company. It specializes in high-stakes, complex payment environments, offering a platform that connects entities across the education, healthcare, and travel sectors. The company focuses on solving vertical-specific payment problems by combining its own global payment network with industry-specific software.

Davidson Hospitality Group is an award-winning, full-service hospitality management company that oversees a diverse portfolio of hotels and resorts. The group manages properties under some of the industry’s most recognizable brands, including Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt, as well as lifestyle and luxury brands like Kimpton, Margaritaville, and Nobu. Davidson’s operational focus includes event sales, planning, and revenue cycle management. In the broader fintech ecosystem, Flywire frequently integrates with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems such as NetSuite to facilitate seamless financial reporting. By focusing on vertical-specific software, Flywire positions itself as more than a commodity payment processor, instead acting as a software-led financial partner for large-scale hospitality operators who require deep integration with existing property management systems.

What FF News has reported before

FF News has tracked Flywire’s ongoing efforts to modernize payment rails and expand its geographic footprint. In August 2026, we reported on how Flywire and Trustly Expand Open Banking Partnership to U.S. and Canadian Markets, a move that facilitated more efficient account-to-account transactions for consumers and businesses alike. This expansion into open banking aligns with the current rollout at Davidson, which emphasizes ACH acceptance to lower processing costs. Our previous coverage of the sector also includes analysis of treasury management and cash flow optimization, such as the recent report on how Reach Partners with Atlar to Power AI-Native Treasury and Cash Management Across 200+ Markets, highlighting a broader industry trend toward automating complex financial workflows and reducing manual intervention in cross-border and multi-currency environments.

What this means

This expansion signals a shift in how the hospitality industry views payment processing—moving away from generic gateways toward vertically integrated platforms. By combining e-signatures with payment rails, Flywire is addressing the specific pain points of event-driven revenue, where contract disputes and chargebacks are historically high. This puts traditional, horizontal payment processors under pressure, as they often lack the workflow-specific tools to mitigate "friendly fraud" effectively. The move to ACH also suggests that even in guest-facing sectors, the dominance of credit cards is being challenged by lower-cost digital alternatives. The success of this model will likely force other management groups to reconsider their legacy reconciliation processes.