How to turn revenge travel into beautiful travel – tips from those doing it
PENT-UP demand there will be for sure – look at how
travel has rebounded in markets where restrictions have been lifted – but how
can the industry turn “revenge travel” into “beautiful travel”, given the
downtime it has had to create new products and services to cater to changed
consume [...]
Travellers don’t want same old, they want new – from how they travel to where they go
Expedia's first Traveler Value Index shows consumers “do not want to go back to what it was in 2019”, says Greg Schulze
JUST as the Olympics, which is currently ongoing in Japan, proves that sports can unite humanity, so can travel and Expedia Group’s Greg Schulze believes it won’t be lo [...]
“Animal spirits” keeping travel alive, Phuket Sandbox making history
LET'S face it, there’s just no killing the human desire to travel. Look at all the conditions around travel these days and all the news about rising infections, and you’d be surprised there are still people travelling – people finding ways to get around the restrictions.
It’s amazing to [...]
Phuket Sandbox’s encouraging response paves way for Thailand’s reopening to international tourists
TWO weeks on since the July 1 launch of the Phuket Sandbox – a cocoon of vaccinated foreign tourists – despite a surge of Covid infections on the mainland, the scheme has seen some measure of success, receiving 5,473 arrivals and almost 200,000 room nights booked up until the end of August.
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Travel trends – Maldives, Phuket, Bali
A QUICK grab of the trends Sojern is seeing in search for Maldives, Phuket and Bali, up to July 5, 2021. (All data from Sojern)
MaldivesThe Maldives is welcoming Indian tourists again and some South Asian countries from July 15. Trends show: • Hotel search demand in April and May is slightly [...]
Thailand ramps up organic tourism movement with reopening of Phuket
Thai Organic Consumer Association partners with TAT to launch platform connecting travellers with organic farmers
IN tandem with the reopening of Phuket tomorrow (July 1), the Thai Organic Consumer Association (TOCA), in partnership with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), will be launching [...]
The Wrap: UNWTO develops new project to help in jobs recovery, Qatar Airways introduces NDC retail platform, and more …
THE
Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and an
update on how businesses in these sectors are adapting and resetting as they
prepare for post-pandemic travel.
UNWTO launches Jobs Factory to kickstart tourism jobs recovery
Job-seekers can create a profile and sea [...]
As Saudi Arabia opens up, Almosafer sees 76% recovery in travel bookings
SINCE the resumption of international travel from Saudi Arabia last month, Almosafer, the kingdom's leading travel brand, has recovered 76% of total bookings compared to the same time in 2019 and expects this percentage to further increase by Q4 to exceed pre-pandemic booking volume.
Its latest [...]
Americans are off and cruising, new cruisers hop onboard in Asia
GIVEN the timeless, borderless virtual world we live in these days (ironic in itself I know), I tuned into the Expedia Cruises 2021 Virtual Conference, which set sail around 11.30pm SG time on Tuesday. I was curious to find out what was happening on the other side of the ocean – are people really [...]
Bali hoteliers anticipate end July reopening – no firm date yet but “we are ready”, says BHA chief
HOTELIERS in Bali anxiously await their moment in the sun whilst closely following the progress of their ASEAN counterparts in Thailand, who are preparing to launch the Phuket Sandbox programme on July 1.
Although no official reopening date has been confirmed for Bali there's plenty of speculat [...]
