Tech in Travel: An app for Australia, a new Vibe in Asia Pacific, Malaysia renews vows with Travelport, Hong Kong hotel for digital natives
The lowdown, Down Under
Planning a trip Down Under? The Australian Visitor Centres App is available for free download from the App Store or Google Play. The app provides the sort of information only the locals know, starting with the location of more than 400 accredited Visitor Information Centres [...]
Tech In Travel: Dancers in Bali, unhappy travel app users and a passenger security prototype pops up Down Under.
THERE is a new dancer in Bali – and it’s not a beautiful Balinese lady performing the Kecak dance.
Launching 17 November, Bali Dancer NFT (non-fungible token) is a digital asset that works as a membership card and assists tourists in premium clubs, restaurants, cafes and tourist spots in Bali [...]
Tech in Travel: When airports need more business, who are they going to call? Skyscanner, maybe
SKYSCANNER will harness the power from data accumulated from its 90-plus million monthly users worldwide to help airports explore route development opportunities.
As flight activity picks up and pandemic fears recede, airports are keen to offer compelling business cases that will attract new airl [...]
The young, the restless and the policy makers drive OTA opportunity in the Middle East
Government measures establish GCC countries as a ‘hot bed’ for travel and tourism
Online travel agents and the aviation sector will be the biggest beneficiaries of the surge in travel demand predicted for Middle East countries and their neighbours as Covid restrictions are wound back across the [...]
Tech in Travel: Cricket at 36,000-ft, a sustainability hub for Spain, Cathay gets chatty, Europe ends the cable wars and an app to help you choose between the train over the plane
Cricket in the air? Vistara won’t be caught behind
India’s Vistara is promising to turn its two of its aircraft into mini sporting stadiums with the introduction of onboard Live TV ahead of the cricket T20 World Cup in Australia.
The Live TV service has launched on Vistara's two Boeing [...]
Searching for each and every Byway, travellers do it their way on slow travel holidays
Travellers with world’s first platform for flight-free holidays are never alone with WhatsApp
It’s midday and hot; you’ve missed your train from a station in a remote part of Spain. You’re worried. Who are you going to call? If you are a customer of Byway, the world’s first platform for f [...]
Tech in Travel: NFTs, a nifty friends and family travel app, and airlines told to fess up on fees
Pandemic pushes travellers to the edge – of nature
Is sustainable travel just a fad? A trendy travel choice that will fade faster than a politician’s promise?
It depends on who you ask.
A Trip.com survey found 21.3% of Europe-based respondents indicated that people opt for sustainable tra [...]
Tech in Travel: Hotel security, preparing for Japanese travel, bye-bye Misterfly, and More
Be ready for the return of the Japanese traveller
Wolfgang Emperger, senior vice president for Europe, Africa and the UK & Ireland at the Shiji Group, has been talking about the steps companies need to take as Japan cautiously opens its borders to travel. Shiji Group provides technological sol [...]
Tech in Travel: In the air (just) and on the ground, partnerships are flourishing
From museums to hotel marketing, technology is taking care of business
Klook, Tiqets expand global reach
If you want to get ahead, get a partner. That message is driving new relationships across the tech space.
Latest two to tango are Tiqets, an online platform for cultural and leisure exper [...]
Cruise lines step up for the challenge of making “high-tech on the high seas” a smooth experience
As cruise passengers jump back onboard, they’re discovering a new world of technology
You’ve woken early on MSC Bellissima – the cruise ship is sailing off the coast of Naples – and you can’t recall which of the ship’s 12 dining venues serves your favourite breakfast of smashed avocado [...]
