Sponsored post: Saying Goodbye to the Passenger Name Record and Hello to a retail-centric future
What’s next for travel agencies in this brave new world of travel?
The only constant in life is change. And we’ve certainly seen plenty of that in recent times. But that doesn’t mean change has to be something that simply happens to us in the travel industry. Travel agencies and TMCs are now [...]
A knotty challenge in Cempedak (and elsewhere): Massaging tech into touch
Key learnings from WiT Singapore 2022 and their impact on talent and local communities
EVEN the heavy downpour could not dampen my excitement at returning to the private island of Cempedak, three years since my last visit. I wondered what the all-bamboo, adults-only resort would look [...]
Cyberattacks surge, how to stay safe virtually when travelling in the real world
DATA breaches, cyberattacks, information theft - none of these are shocking headlines in 2022. Yet, while cybercrime has become a byproduct of our evolving online world, it doesn't make these acts any less dangerous. In fact, an upcoming report by Phocuswright titled “Cybersecurity in travel goes [...]
Travel is back, Asia’s rising, here’s what to watch out for in the new world
TRAVEL is back and so is Asia – was the resounding sentiment at WiT Singapore 2022, which gathered more than 400 delegates from close to 30 countries in the first physical reunion of the online travel industry in Asia Pacific in three years.
With the theme of “Hello, New World”, the more th [...]
As travel resumes in 2022, technology promises to meet new expectations
Persistent trip, payments flexibility, AI-driven pricing – the promise of a new world
With the world opening up for travel this year and Asia rebounding, the travel and hospitality industries are quickly gearing up with new technologies that promise to deliver ease of use, convenience and persona [...]
Sponsored: Wego looks at travel trends in the MENA region through pre and post-pandemic data
THE tourism sector has in recent years gone through difficult times. However, thanks to the combination of successful vaccination campaigns and the pent-up demand of frustrated travellers, the situation in the sector improved significantly during the summer of 2022.
But has the travel and tourism [...]
Travel is today’s ultimate luxury, Google identifies four new traveller archetypes
TRAVEL has become the ultimate luxury in today’s world, declared Hermione Joye, Sector Lead, Travel, APAC for Google, as she shared the latest findings from a Google and Kantar study at WiT Singapore 2022 last week.
One, “revenge travel” is here to stay in the APAC traveller mindset, with 7 [...]
Plug Me In: Why Airbnb is betting on Asia’s digital nomad market
As travel businesses struggle to find staff, one prominent company is bucking the trend by offering people the chance to work abroad for 90 days a year. As Luke Clark of CP5 writes, it’s one of many calculated bets that Airbnb has made in order to carve out a new niche for the long-stay worker-tra [...]
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 [...]
