Amadeus takes hit in revenues and profits, steamrolls ahead with new partnerships and NDC initiatives
DESPITE a 61% contraction in revenue to €2,174.0 million and a 123.9% decline in profit to a loss of €302.4 million in its 2020 results, Amadeus continues to push ahead with new partnerships and New Distribution Capability (NDC) initiatives to drive advanced travel retailing.
In announcing i [...]
Indie hotels need to step up digitisation to get fair share of online rebound
How the OTA landscape in Asia changed during Covid
IT speaks to the acceleration of technology adoption among independent hotels in the Asia region that despite a year of literally no cross-border travel, ZUZU Hospitality Solutions was able to double its customer base from 1,500 to 3,000 last ye [...]
“The mess of the passes”: The battle by airlines to open borders
THERE’S not a day that goes by these days that I do not receive a news release about a new travel/health pass or some other initiative designed to help governments open their borders with some measure of confidence that by so doing, they will not invite another outbreak.
The day after the [...]
Why FCM Asia chose to launch own Digital Health Wallet
“We can’t wait for a global solution, we have to solve immediate needs”
WHILE waiting for the various travel passes to be sorted out, FCM Travel Solutions Asia has launched its own Digital Health Wallet, an app aimed at helping its customers back on the road, specifically travellers out of [...]
Expedia Cruises launches new tools to help industry navigate recovery
Eichhorst on Covid’s impact on digitisation and distribution, and how cruises will restart
CRUISES may be stalled for the moment but positive search data in fourth quarter 2020, signifying substantial pent-up demand, has promoted Expedia Cruises to launch a new suite of tools to support cruis [...]
For sale. Melatonin. Never Used.
BUT don’t despair. Connect@Changi launched to revive business travel, Budget to deepen position as global Asia node in startups and deep tech.
I know. It’s shameless, borrowing from the great Ernest Hemingway and his
“baby shoes, never used” quote, but I felt rather teary, looking at my [...]
Flush with new funds, Questo brings its gaming tours to Asia and beyond
City games being developed in Thailand, Japan, and UAE
ROMANIA-BASED startup Questo, that brought gamification to the tours and activities space two years ago, has secured a new round of funding totalling US$1.5 million and is ready to double the size of its footprint and to expand its list of p [...]
Hilton banking on “resilient business model, spirit of innovation” and “a clear purpose” to overcome pandemic
HILTON
is confident that its “resilient business model, spirit of innovation” and “a
clear purpose” will tide it through this challenging period.
“Ultimately, we believe that will be this swift, responsive and adaptive innovation that will help us progress towards the travel and touri [...]
Hopes of early recovery in air travel extinguished, AAPA puts weight behind digital travel passes
THE recent surge in Covid-19 infections plus the reality that the global rollout of vaccinations will take time has effectively extinguished hopes for an early recovery in air travel, said Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) at a media roundtable on Tuesday (February 9).
During the brief [...]
Welcome to Travellers Anonymous – tips on how to beat VDS
“WHEN was the last time you sat in a bar and had a drink with
strangers?” Someone asked me that the other day on a Zoom call.
He was in Amsterdam, I was in Singapore. We were reminiscing about the
wonderful bars we used to frequent in his city.
Not that I am counting but as I write this [...]
