Asia’s travellers are back and with new preferences and expectations
SINCE the onset of the pandemic the travel industry has dealt with a great amount of adversity – particularly in Asia. But now the tide is finally turning. Travel demand in the region started picking up towards the end of last year and has continued accelerating during the past months.
The grad [...]
No shorthaul if there is rail, no day trips and limits on number of staff in one event
Ernst & Young sets rules on business trips, tests blockchain direct bookings with airlines and hotels
SUSTAINABILITY and technology, rather than health and safety, dominated the discussions during the panel on corporate travel at the CAPA Airlines in Transition Summit in Manchester last week, w [...]
Having survived, Blue Mansion on mission to build a business that matches the brand
Venture capitalist-turned-hotelier Shen on “hospitality with a conscience”
HAVING been involved with the family business since 2015, Loh-Lim Shen Yi decided to return to Penang to lead the heritage Cheong Fatt Tze/The Blue Mansion fulltime in January 2020 “when I felt it could pay me a salary [...]
Airlines – the end of golden days or “the beginning of our third epoch”?
“Traumatised, shocked and stunned, but we will get over it,” says Emirates’ Sir Tim Clark
SO on the one hand, you have Peter Harbison, chairman emeritus, CAPA (Centre of Aviation) painting a rather grim picture for the future of aviation – he believes the golden days may be over – and on [...]
The Wrap: Tourism Malaysia-Visa partnership, Accor’s collaboration with D-EDGE, Avatar the Experience in Singapore
THE Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology sector – new partnerships, product launches, aviation industry updates, innovative solutions, and more …
Tourism Malaysia, Visa team up to drive inbound travel
Malaysia, which opened its borders to international travellers on 1 Ap [...]
Ekert on how Sabre will disrupt itself to win in the market
TMCs in tech arms race – scale and capabilities to invest will win, says ex-CWT chief, now Sabre president
LIKE almost everyone who’s asked themselves hard questions during the pandemic, Kurt Ekert also took time out after he left his CEO role at CWT. “I was doing a bit of board work, I neede [...]
“Celebrate the difference” as a different VELTRA emerges from the pandemic
World home cuisine, crowd funding, B2B ticketing solution – all part of moves to go beyond travel
VELTRA, Japan’s leading tours and activities player, rolled out a new brand and corporate identity this week to mark its 10th anniversary and although it says the timing had nothing to do with the [...]
Q&A: Travelport on IPO, Russia, growth plans
SIX months after Greg Webb became CEO of Travelport in August 2019, COVID-19 emerged to wreak havoc on the travel industry, bringing many elements of it to a standstill. But Travelport has been plowing ahead with changes, offloading businesses including Locomote and eNett, rebranding the company and [...]
The Wrap: AirAsia’s new Super+ subscription plan, weak passenger demand for APAC airlines, RedDoorz’s Urbanview brand
THE Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology sector – new partnerships, product launches, aviation industry updates, innovative solutions, and more …
airasia Super App introduces Super+ with unlimited flight redemption, free food delivery
In a timely move to coincide with [...]
10 years and counting, Traveloka “firing on all cylinders” to ride on recovery
From meta-search to lifestyle superapp as it adds services from food delivery to Buy Now Pay Later
THERE'S no disputing the fact that Traveloka, Indonesia’s homegrown travel unicorn, has come a long way in the 10 years it’s been around.
What started out as a flight meta-search in CEO and co- [...]
