5 technology trends transforming the travel industry in 2022
THIS article by Sébastien Fabre, CEO, SITA for Aircraft, examines the five critical travel technology trends emerging from the Covid pandemic set to transform the industry in 2022 and beyond. He calls for sustainability to be baked into today's essential industry transformation.
1. Auto [...]
These are the top international source markets by world regions
AHEAD of the year-end, provider of travel intelligence Mabrian conducted a global analysis of inbound international air arrivals capacity for the first half of 2022.
The analysis breaks down all the major geographic regions around the world - Africa & Middle East, Europe, Asia & Oceania, [...]
The Wrap: Malaysia Airports implements biometric tech, Emirates expands collaboration with Alhosn, PAL deploys self-service rebooking tool
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 …
Malaysia Airports provides touchless journey for passengers with biometric technology
The biometric-enabled self-service Sm [...]
The Year In Review And Looking Forward to 2022: In a Playlist
THIS contribution to our year in review and 2022 outlook series comes from Stephan Ekbergh, CEO, Travelstart whose answers came to him in songs and so, here's his playlist for your listening pleasure. Enjoy (definitely a word to embrace in 2022).
Stephan Ekbergh, CEO, Travelstart
Q: Looki [...]
The Year In Review And Looking Forward to 2022, Part 4
ACCELERATE, unity, hope – among words being used to describe 2022 in this list of contributions from our community – Part 4 of looking back at 2021 (oh, what a year) and forward to 2022 (please, let it be good). And, again from the answers in this batch, there's cautious optimism for the year a [...]
The Year in Review and Looking Forward to 2022, Part 3
CONTINUING our series of contributions from our community – Part 3 of looking back at 2021 (oh, what a year) and forward to 2022 (please, let it be good). And, again from the answers in this batch, there's cautious optimism for the year ahead, even as the Omricon variant continues to spread alarm [...]
WiT Japan & North Asia 2022 – time to rebuild bridge and “open eyes to the world again”
Hybrid event returns to Tokyo on Jan 14-15
WiT will kick off its first event of 2022 with a “Homecoming” to Tokyo for its ninth edition of WiT Japan & North Asia. The hybrid event, on January 14-15, is expected to be attended by up to 150 on-site delegates, complemented with a virtual au [...]
Yanolja Cloud acquires Dable to beef up AI and big data in hotel solutions
CONTINUING with its ambition to be “number one travel company in the world” and to grow Yanolja from unicorn to decacorn, Yanolja Cloud has acquired South Korea-based ad tech company Dable to strengthen its AI technology in the global market.
Dable, started in 2015 in Seoul by four entrepren [...]
The Year In Review and Looking Forward to 2022, Part 2
OKAY we hit another bump on the road to a fragile recovery but that’s no reason to despair. If there’s one thing this pandemic has taught us, it’s not to take anything for granted but to take each punch as it lands and get up again. So here’s Part 2 of looking back at 2021 (oh, what a year) [...]
Digital acceleration, travel, savings and spending are among factors shaping global economy in 2022
THE Covid pandemic has disrupted global economies in 2021, and
continuing to do so with the recent emergence of the Omicron variant that is
now found in 63 countries, as per the World Health Organisation
(WHO).
Will 2022 then be the year for recovery? A question the Mastercard Economics Institut [...]
