“Cannot stand anymore” – after a year of no travel, what have you learnt?
“CAN you believe it? Today’s the day WHO called Covid a pandemic a year
ago,” said my caller this morning (March 11, 2021).
At this stage I am ready to believe anything. Well, not everything because there’s a lot of mixed reality out there – there’s someone’s truth and then there� [...]
ShopCash to give Wego new wings and funds till travel takes flight again
IN launching ShopCash, its new online
shopping cashback and deal discovery app for Middle
East consumers,
Wego wants to ride on the coat-tails of the
soaring instant cashback e-commerce culture that got further accelerated during
Covid and give investors another reason to back its future growth.&nb [...]
Strong demand for domestic tourism among Saudis, planning to travel internationally with opening of borders
THE majority of Saudi nationals are
enjoying holidays in their own backyard, with many planning to travel both
domestically and internationally this year.
These findings are revealed in the second travel sentiment survey by omni-channel travel brand Almosafer. Conducted online in Saudi Arabia be [...]
Solo Female Travellers chomping at the bit to travel – Greece tops bucket list
IN a year of no travel, the Solo Female Travellers Club managed to grow its members base from 15,000 to 80,000. “Engagement was really high,” said Mar Pages, co-founder of the group that started on Facebook six years ago and is primarily run on the social network.
“I
think people were real [...]
Despite Asia being closed, Maldives on track to achieve tourism recovery by mid-2021
Having practised Covid-safe management policies since July 15, destination will get headstart when borders fully open
THE Maldives is betting that its own vaccination programme, the
earlier-than-expected global vaccine rollout and the effectiveness of its Covid-safe
management policies will stan [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
