Trip.com Group gives hybrid work a trial
TRIP.com Group has launched its “2021 Hybrid Work Trial”, a programme which seeks to determine if hybrid work can be part of its future work culture.
A continuation of its
“Work From Home Trial” projects launched in 2010 and 2020, which covered
customer service personnel, this initiative [...]
At last, first two-way quarantine-free travel from Singapore to Germany, Brunei
IATA says hooray and urges other
APAC states to follow suit
AS Singapore reaches almost 80% vaccination rate, the doors are creaking open and IATA (International Air Transport Association) was the first to applaud the opening of quarantine-free travel lanes from Germany and Brunei and urged oth [...]
The Wrap: Amadeus accelerates NDC adoption in APAC, Etihad trials travel verification solution for Covid-19 tests, and more …
THE Wrap is a
round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and updates on how businesses in these sectors
are resetting as they prepare for post-pandemic travel.
Amadeus steps up NDC adoption with airline and travel partners in APAC
Amadeus is helping its airline and travel [...]
AirAsia’s Teleport buys delivery platform Delivereat in US$9.8m deal
TELEPORT, the cargo and logistic arm of AirAsia Group, is expanding its delivery service in ASEAN with the acquisition of 100% stake in Malaysian online food delivery platform Delivereat for US$9.8 million (RM41.52 million).
Teleport, a unit of airasia Digital, said the transaction in both cas [...]
New virtual travel exchange platform to boost business opportunities for ASEAN tourism players
THE Asia Pacific region was the hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic with international visitor spending falling by 74.4% as many countries across the region closed their borders to inbound tourists, while domestic spending witnessed a sharp decline of 48.1%, according to the WTTC 2021 Economic Tre [...]
And you thought Covid-19 was bad? What’s coming could be worse – life on Mars
What if Apple built a hotel, streamed it like Netflix,
designed it like Airbnb?
By Philip Schaetz and Martin Reiher
FORGET Covid-19. What if you woke up in Elon Musk’s dream? We have conquered the Red Planet. Through terraforming, we built an atmosphere and a liveable ecosystem. Shuttling [...]
Dream Cruises’ Michael Goh talks cruising trends, new gen cruisers and sustainability
“Rethink, rebuild, reconstruct” was how Michael Goh, president of Dream Cruises, one of the three brands under Genting Cruise Lines, summed up the company’s strategy in sailing through the Covid storm.
Genting Cruise Lines’ World Dream was the first ship in the world to resume cruises du [...]
Travel searches grow, behaviour and attitudes shift
BUILDING on the momentum seen in the first quarter, monthly global search volumes continued to grow in Q2, increasing more than 70% quarter-over-quarter, according to the Q2 2021 Travel Recovery Trend Report released by Expedia Group Media Solutions.
“The ongoing rollout of Covid-19 vaccines� [...]
Perseverance pulled airlines through worst year on record
“2020 was a year that we’d all like to forget. But analysing the performance statistics for the year reveals an amazing story of perseverance,” said Willie Walsh director general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA)
He was commenting on the resilience of the industry in na [...]
AirAsia’s BigPay secures US$100m from South Korea’s SK Group to grow its financial businesses
BigPay, the fintech unit of airasia Digital, has raised up to US$100 million in financing from SK Group, the third-largest conglomerate in South Korea by asset size.
This is the first time any
portfolio company within airasia Digital has secured financing of this size.
BigPay said the funding [...]
