Letter from Muscat: And so we enter the golden age of digital travel in Middle East
For some reason, Muscat seems closer in my mind than it really is. To get here, I had to connect via Dubai and with a four-hour layover, it’s almost a 12-hour journey and I thought I could have flown to London in that time.
But returning to Oman eight years later was what I wanted to do. After [...]
Thought leaders, disruptors to gather in Singapore for travel forum sharing ideas on Better Travel
In less than two weeks, the bigwigs of the travel industry and up-and-coming disruptors will gather in Singapore for a three-day conference to cultivate ideas and ponder new ways to improve the travel experience.
Some 500 delegates are expected to attend the conference that will run from [...]
Sabre says it is committed to NDC standards
Sabre is working on the development of next generation distribution and retailing solutions, which leverage the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) New Distribution Capability (NDC) in ways that will benefit airlines, travel retailers and consumers.
Speaking at The Beat Live in Dal [...]
Wego’s Ross Veitch on getting the timing right for Middle East and marketplace ambitions
He may have been too early for Singapore as well as Indonesia – indeed South-east Asia in general – but Ross Veitch, CEO and co-founder of Wego, believes he’s finally hit the right timing in the Middle East.
“We probably went into emerging markets too early,” he said. “We thought they [...]
China’s overseas travellers are increasingly opting for experiences over shopping
Chinese travellers are heading out to Asia and Europe in record numbers for the eight-day October national holiday, known as the ‘Golden Week’ (October 1-8).
Ctrip.com International, China’s largest travel site, reveals that over six million of its users are going abroad to spend the holida [...]
Union pushback: Tough lessons learnt on MyCape’s startup journey
Coalescing his early experiences flying on standby as a child of airline executives with his understanding of challenges facing airlines managing perishable products, and then his engineering and enterprise technology knowledge, Lyle Jover set himself on a mission – to help full-service carriers c [...]
Sabre to launch lodging content services next year
Sabre Corporation is developing a technology solution that will integrate multiple sources of content including the Sabre global distribution system (GDS) and non-GDS sources such as aggregators, re-distributors, agency-sourced hotel content and other sources as identified.
Planned for a 2018 lau [...]
Jeju Air’s investment another nod for Air Black Box
Jeju Air’s entry into the Air Black Box Asia Pacific family has given the company specialising in cloud-based airline passenger software platforms another nod.
“There is a new world order in the airline industry. Legacy technologies are increasingly becoming less relevant. It's abou [...]
The Wrap: ‘Exclusive rates’ for agencies on Travelport platform
In the news: Travelport’s Exclusive Rates programme for agencies, HK Express’ loyalty programme new mobile app, Cebu Pacific ‘ASEAN One’ celebrations
TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: Exclusive rates for agencies on Travelport platform
Travel commerce platform, Travelport, is giving its corpora [...]
How SAP’s travel solution helps airlines meet demands of today’s digital traveller
Consumers are changing the way they research and book their travel, driven largely by the digital revolution. German multinational software corporation SAP has a solution to meet this shift in buying habits - a new release of its SAP Hybris Commerce travel accelerator.
The travel-specific sol [...]
