IATA urges governments to rescind travel bans
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) is calling for governments to follow World Health Organisation (WHO) advice and immediately rescind travel bans introduced in response to the coronavirus Omicron variant.
Part of the WHO advice states: “Blanket travel bans will not prevent the [...]
Ready to be a giddy GOAT? Yes, it’s time to go BIG
Yeoh Siew Hoon feels like a kid in a candy store after a marathon trip across the US and Europe
I’VE always fancied myself to be a bit of an eagle (free, fast and flying high) or an owl (wise and nocturnal) – by the way, my new favourite bookstore is now The Learned Owl in Hudson, Ohio [...]
Think novel practice and how to avoid the hippo problem
Covid has changed rules globally, learn from “lean startup Africa”
IN a “lean startup” continent like Africa, “novel” practices work best when it comes to innovation, according to Professor Hemmanth (Herman) Singh, speaking at the inaugural WiT Africa – that means not “best” or [...]
Velocity adds three new startups to portfolio
TRAVEL and hospitality-focused venture capital firm, Velocity Ventures, has announced three new investments in travel and food and beverage (F&B) tech early-stage startups: Hong Kong-based travel booking platform TripGuru, Malaysia-based F&B procurement and inventory management platform F [...]
Govt reponse to Omicron threatens emerging recovery
Travel bans go against WHO's advice, says IATA
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the recovery in air travel continued in October 2021 with broad-based improvements in both domestic and international markets. It also warned that the imposition of travel bans by gov [...]
Lessons from WIT Africa: Collaboration can be a reason for celebration
No fear, young Africans are treading new paths to entrepreneurial success
ONE continent fascinated 19th century explorers more than any other: Africa.
Explorers like the Scot, David Livingstone; Henry Stanley, who recorded
his journeys for the New York Times, and British scholar Sir Richard B [...]
Letter from Paris: Down here, it’s normal. Out there, it’s not
“I HAD forgotten how much I missed this,” said the passenger seated next to me as our aircraft taxied to the gate at Newark Airport.
“This?”, I
asked politely, even though I was anxious as hell to get off the plane given
the flight had been delayed by two hours and I only had 30 minutes [...]
“Africa is like startup”, says Yanolja’s Jongyoon
South Korean giant close to sealing partnership or acquisition deal as it pursues bid to grow to decacorn
JONGYOON Kim, CEO of Yanolja and Yanolja Cloud, is excited about the African market because he says, “Africa is a startup” and he announced at last week’s WiT Africa that he was close [...]
Fighting for the Great Cruise Comeback
Cruise lines face vaccination and sustainability battles but “people are splurging again”
ATTENDING my first Cruiseworld conference in Miami, organised by TravelWeekly, I am struck by three things.
One, the cruise industry in the US is massive, and Asia is but a drop in the ocean, to put [...]
Etraveli’s B2B strategy pays off as it gets acquired by Booking Holdings for 1.6b Euros
IT was a deal waiting to happen, observers say of the acquisition of Etravel Group by Booking Holdings for 1.63 billion Euros announced this week.
The two companies had been in partnership the last couple of years with the Sweden-based Etraveli Group powering Booking Holdings' entry and [...]
