Posts by WiT
Trip.com Group launches hybrid work model
02/03/2022 by WiT
Increased job satisfaction and happiness are the two main reasons employees gave in support of a hybrid work model CHINA’S Trip.com Group has implemented a global hybrid work model where employees are given the option to work remotely on certain days each week starting from March 1. The compa [...]
The Wrap: Depressed passenger traffic for APAC airlines, Emirates-TAT joint promotion of Thailand, MAS and Qatar Airways expanded partnership
02/03/2022 by WiT
THE Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology sector – new partnerships, product launches, aviation industry updates, innovative solutions, and more … APAC airlines’ passenger traffic remains depressed There is still no uplift in international passenger demand for Asia Paci [...]
Air passenger numbers to recover in 2024, says IATA
01/03/2022 by WiT
APAC the laggard in recovery, with China showing no signs of border relaxations THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects overall traveller numbers to reach 4.0 billion in 2024 (counting multi-sector connecting trips as one passenger), exceeding pre-Covid-19 levels (103% of the 201 [...]
FCM predicts swing to profit by Q2 as business travellers return
28/02/2022 by WiT
Recovery in Asia driven by Vaccinated Travel Lanes in Singapore, rebound in India Just a few months into 2022, FCM is reporting a positive trajectory across its global operations, with client demand and bookings emphatically on the rise as more countries open their borders to international travelle [...]
SITA appoints veteran executive David Lavorel as new CEO
25/02/2022 by WiT
SITA has appointed David Lavorel as its new CEO, who takes the reins of the company as airlines and airports look to technology to support industry recovery.  He replaces Barbara Dalibard who left SITA after five years at the helm. Lavorel joined  the Geneva-based air transport industry [...]
Growing appetite for travel driven by borders reopening and VTLs: Report
24/02/2022 by WiT
THE fourth quarter of 2021 saw a “tremendous appetite” for travel compared to 2020, with travellers looking and booking long haul destinations – fuelled by international borders reopening and the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTLs) in Asia Pacific (APAC) This is one of the insights highlighted in [...]
The Wrap: Surge in flight bookings to Australia, Hopper-Sabre tech partnership expanded, airasia Super App’s launch in Bangkok
23/02/2022 by WiT
THE Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology sector – new partnerships, product launches, aviation industry updates, innovative solutions, and more … The rush Down Under is on as Australia reopens borders to international travellers When Australia announced it would reopen i [...]
Wego acquires Cleartrip’s Middle East business from Flipkart
21/02/2022 by WiT
ONLINE travel marketplace Wego has signed a “definitive agreement” with India's homegrown e-commerce company Flipkart Group to acquire the Middle East business of Cleartrip. The transaction also includes the sale of Riyadh-based online travel agency Flyin.com, as well as a  technology coope [...]
airasia to revolutionise air travel with launch of ride-sharing service in SE Asia
21/02/2022 by WiT
CONTINUING the diversification of its business airasia plans to launch an air ride-sharing service across South-east Asia by 2025 in partnership with international aircraft leasing company Avolon. The budget carrier has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to lease 100 VX4 electric ve [...]
airasia, STB leverage technology and share insights to drive regional travellers to Singapore
17/02/2022 by WiT
“Everything that standardises and removes friction is desperately needed,” says Fernandes of ASEAN travel Budget airline airasia is sharing its tech know-how and featuring Singapore's tourist offerings on the airasia Super App to help boost travel to Singapore from key regional markets in South [...]