Expedia Group offers additional revenue streams to airlines via its template technology
EXPEDIA Group is offering airlines an additional revenue stream in the wake of Covid-19 via its template technology, which provides travellers with the option of adding lodging or car to their flight booking.
The easy-to-integrate technology from Expedia Partner Solutions (EPS) enables airlines [...]
Workations and “bleisure” concepts take root in Japanese work culture, thanks to Covid
ALL eyes are on Japan as its major cities enter a state of emergency, a couple of months before the Olympics. We catch up with co-founder of WiT Japan & North Asia, Kei Shibata, co-founder & CEO, LINE Travel jp & Trip101, for an update from Japan.
“Workation” and "bleisure" cou [...]
South Korea domestic stays resilient, Tidesquare cautiously preparing for return of outbound by Q3
SOUTH Korea may still be averaging more than 600 Covid cases a day but the domestic travel market has stayed resilient throughout.
In an update from Seoul, Min Yoon, CEO of Tidesquare and co-founder of WiT Seoul, said, “People have started travelling again domestically. Some specific destinati [...]
The Wrap: Surge in holiday bookings with opening of trans-Tasman travel bubble, Malaysia Airlines’ new fly pass aims to spur domestic travel, and more …
THE
Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and an
update on how businesses in these sectors are adapting and resetting as they prepare
for travel recovery.
Opening of Australia-New Zealand travel bubble sparks spike in holiday bookings
New Zealand's Queens [...]
Guest Post: Runway to a smart, sustainable and safe restart
The trans-Tasman travel bubble opened on 19 April, fuelling hopes of more borders opening and hastening travel recovery. Subhas Menon, director general of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), shares his views on travel bubbles and how the Asia Pacific aviation industry can restart in a [...]
Trip.com Group first global travel group to be dual listed in Hong Kong and US
TWENTY two years after its founding, and 14 months after its business was crushed by the pandemic, Trip.com Group officially listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange today (9961.HK), becoming the first global travel group to be dual listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as well as the NASDAQ stock e [...]
Dubai vs Singapore – what happened to hotel reviews during Covid?
THERE is a generally held belief that local guests are more demanding than foreign guests, which would affect the way they review hotels. WiT asked TrustYou to test this hypothesis.
The way in
which the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted hospitality and travel happened
through both a global and a l [...]
The Wrap: Saudia partners IATA to test Travel Pass, Narita Airport pilots biometric boarding process, and more …
THE
Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and to keep
track of developments in these sectors as businesses adapt and reset to meet
challenges in the era of coronavirus.
Saudia introduces IATA Travel Pass on Kuala Lumpur to Jeddah flights
On successful trial of th [...]
The WiT Podcast – Episode 35: Dr Paul Tambyah: Travel must work with medicine to prevent being taken hostage in next pandemic
GOVERNMENTS
will go to default “shut borders” mode in absence of “scientific, calibrated
approach”, argues president-elect of International Society of Infectious
Diseases
The travel
industry needs to take a more proactive approach to managing future pandemics
because even if WHO declare [...]
What Travelport+ means to an OTA or TMC
What does the launch of Travelport+ mean in practical terms to an OTA or TMC? We posed a few questions.
Q: Will a customer (say TMC or OTA) be able to create their own UX solution on top of the new Travelport+ microservice layer?
Absolutely. Our new JSON/RESTful APIs create the kind of develo [...]
