The Wrap: IATA unveils campaign to advance gender diversity in airline industry
News Roundup: IATA’s 25by2025 campaign to address gender imbalance in airline industry, deeper NDC collaboration between Travelport and Singapore Airlines, booking Grab rides through FCM’s mobile app, Flight Centre Travel Group’s partnership with Troovo
Aviation: IATA unveils campaign t [...]
New crop of startups reflects maturity of Asia’s travel market
Up to 10 travel companies will vie for the WiT Startup of the Year 2019 on October 14 following the completion of the first judging round of travel’s largest startup competition, powered by Amadeus.
The winner of the competition, run as part of the WiT
Singapore 2019 conference, stands to wal [...]
FCM launches Asia chapter of Womenwise to foster female leadership and equality
In a bid to empower women in the workforce, FCM has launched its Asia chapter of Womenwise – an initiative focused on boosting representation, value and rewards for its female workforce. It aims to foster gender diversity and address issues associated with achieving equality in the workplace.
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The Wrap: What travellers want and their frustrations shopping online revealed
News Roundup: Latest study highlights growing demands of travellers and their online frustrations, new CEO for American Express GBT, AirAsia’s faster inflight WiFi
Study: What travellers want and their frustrations shopping online revealed
Many travellers want to personalise their flights [...]
Skyscanner hits 100m milestone, pledges move to sustainable travel
Skyscanner has hit 100m peak monthly active users and said it will take the lead in promoting sustainable travel.
Marking its milestone with a new look, it revealed that more than 172 million passengers have booked $23 billion worth of air tickets through its platform in the past 12 months.
“W [...]
Is there gender equality in travel? Find out soon
How are travel companies faring in gender equity and promoting women’s leadership? Phocuswright will soon have the answers when it completes its second study on gender equity and presents its findings at the upcoming Phocuswright Conference in Hollywood/Fort Lauderdale this November.
Phocuswr [...]
No-commission hotel booking platform Bidroom arrives in Asia Pacific
The hotel booking wars in Asia Pacific is heating up with the entry of “fair-minded” hotel booking platform Bidroom, which aims to boost the profitability of the region's hotel sector with its “radically different business model based on zero commissions.”
Launched in 2014 in the Nether [...]
The Wrap: Klook rides with JR-West to boost tourism in western Japan
News Roundup: Highlights on new products and services from travel suppliers – Klook and Japanese railway company promoting tourism in western Japan, Singapore Airlines expanding its NDC KrisConnect programme, partnership between Wego and Singapore Tourism Board to target Middle East travell [...]
SIA’s workforce gets seamless mobility
Singapore Airlines has partnered with US-based enterprise software provider VMware to create a seamless, mobile-friendly environment for its increasingly mobile-first workforce.
SIA will use VMware’s Workspace ONE
solution to streamline the delivery of mobile applications across more than
14, [...]
OTAs need to reinvent merchandising and retail flow to stay relevant: Amadeus
In today’s evolving digital environment online travel agents (OTAs) in Asia Pacific (APAC) are facing pressure from numerous fronts – from travellers to suppliers to new players – and they must reinvent for future growth.
This is the advice of Amadeus to OTAs in its latest report on the fu [...]
