How TMCs are facing pandemic’s challenges and strategising for growth
TRAVEL Management Companies (TMCs) are reinventing themselves and strategising to not only recover, but also to rebuild and grow in a new world of business travel.
In its latest e-book, “Rebuilding Business Travel”, Amadeus highlights the challenges facing TMCs, the new opportunities emergin [...]
The Year In Review and Looking Forward to 2022, Part 1
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 looking back at 2021 (oh, what a year) and forwa [...]
Pace, The Atlas, Spotnana – fuelled by experience, passion and funding
Three startups, helmed by seasoned entrepreneurs, the ones to watch
IF there is one
trend we’ve seen in the startup world, it’s that seasoned entrepreneurs are
returning to solve problems they’ve either been working on for a long time or
turning their eye to new and hot spaces they hope to [...]
IATA urges governments to rescind travel bans
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) is calling for governments to follow World Health Organisation (WHO) advice and immediately rescind travel bans introduced in response to the coronavirus Omicron variant.
Part of the WHO advice states: “Blanket travel bans will not prevent the [...]
The Wrap: Amadeus unveils cloud vision in new report, WTTC identifies digital solutions to revive travel, Sabre seals tech partnership with GBT
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 …
Amadeus unveils cloud vision to transform travel
New report from Amadeus and Microsoft sets cloud vision in transforming tra [...]
Govt reponse to Omicron threatens emerging recovery
Travel bans go against WHO's advice, says IATA
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the recovery in air travel continued in October 2021 with broad-based improvements in both domestic and international markets. It also warned that the imposition of travel bans by gov [...]
The Wrap: Agoda boosts product offerings, AirAsia introduces FACES, Garuda strengthens partnership with SIA
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 …
Agoda boosts product offerings to facilitate return to travel,
Hotels in Indonesia are now featured in Agoda's alternative sta [...]
New WTTC & Trip.com Group report uncovers latest consumer trends and shift in traveller behaviour
THE World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and Trip.com Group (Trip.com, Ctrip and Skyscanner) have published ‘Trending in Travel’, a new report that provides an outlook on the shift in traveller behaviour and future booking trends in the wake of Covid-19.
The report focuses on booking tr [...]
Booking.com rolls out travel sustainable badge for the hospitality industry
BOOKING.COM has launched a Travel Sustainable badge for accommodation implementing sustainable practices that "meet the requisite impact threshold for their destination".
According to Booking.com, the badge is the "first of its kind" in the hospitality industry and is applicable to all kinds of [...]
Aerial views: How brands can cater to a new breed of traveller as borders reopen
This article is written by Cumarran Kaliyaperumal, Analytical Lead, Travel, Google, and Hermione Joye, Sector Lead, APAC Travel, Google
THE travel industry is kicking into
gear. Border and quarantine restrictions are easing up with increasing
vaccination rates, and people are ready to travel eve [...]
