WiT’s first Travel Roadshow kicks off at Marina Bay Sands on March 25
MARINA Bay Sands, Expedia Group onboard as Travelling Partners
WiT’s first Travel Roadshow will be broadcast live from Marina Bay Sands’ Hybrid Broadcast Studio in Singapore on March 25, 6 to 8pm SG time.
The first
in the monthly series of events will be run in a hybrid format, featuring [...]
Magpie and Toristy collaborate to power Indonesian OTA Hayo
SAN Francisco-based Magpie Travel has inked an agreement with Toristy, the Helsinki-based provider of SaaS solutions and distribution to the tour, activity and experiences sector.
Under the partnership, the two companies will deliver content management and distribution solutions to tours and a [...]
Tripadvisor rolls out live sentiment dashboard to help in tourism recovery
TRIPADVISOR has launched a live data intelligence dashboard to support destination marketing organisations (DMOs) on their journey to recovery.
Powered by Tourism Sentiment Index, the dashboard is part of Tripadvisor’s wider suite of data intelligence products for DMOs known as Tripadvisor In [...]
Upcoming school holidays mean more staycations; hope for travel bubbles to allow June travel
IN pre-Covid days, the March school holidays for Singapore families would usually mean a short trip to countries like Thailand and even to as far away as the United Kingdom.
This year, however, over 90% of Singaporeans are looking for short staycations during the March 13 to 21 holidays. Howeve [...]
Covid-19 cash burn continues – urgent preparations for restart
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) released new analysis showing that the airline industry is expected to remain cash negative throughout 2021. Previous analysis (November 2020) indicated that airlines would turn cash positive in the fourth quarter of 2021. At the industry level, ai [...]
Travelport introduces new look in “end to end” rebrand
TRAVEL retail platform Travelport has revealed its new look as part of a “holistic” rebrand.
The firm’s well-known blue and green logo has been replaced with a modern look under the tag line ‘Change Is For The Brave’. The logo now appears in two colours, either Travelport Black o [...]
The Wrap: Malaysia Airlines joins IATA’s initiative to champion gender balance, Emirates rolls out content on NDC platform and GDS fees, 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.
Malaysia Airlines joins IATA's 25by2025 to boost gender balance in aviation industry
Malaysia [...]
Emirates operates first flight serviced by fully vaccinated frontline teams
DUBAI-BASED Emirates on January 21 joined the list of world airlines to operate a flight with fully vaccinated frontline teams servicing customers at every touchpoint of the journey.
Flight EK215 departed Dubai for Los Angeles at 8.30am on that day supported by over 70 fully vaccinated frontline [...]
Air China, China Southern and AirAsia highest rated for health and safety protocols
Changi Airport Singapore tops Safe Travel Barometer for airports
AIR CHINA, China Southern and AirAsia topped the January 2021 chart put together by Safe Travel Barometer, a travel tech solution provider that has created a tool to monitor and benchmark traveller experience and Covid-10 health an [...]
The WiT Podcast – Episode 33: Luke Johnson, General Manager, AJ Hackett, Singapore
Sentosa United, in partnership with Sentosa Development Corporation
THE story of how AJ Hackett, which invented commercial bungy jumping 30 years ago and has added thrills to the lives of four million people across the globe, went from 5% domestic business to 100% is an adventure in itself.
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