How TMCs are facing pandemic’s challenges and strategising for growth
TRAVEL Management Companies (TMCs) are reinventing themselves and strategising to not only recover, but also to rebuild and grow in a new world of business travel.
In its latest e-book, “Rebuilding Business Travel”, Amadeus highlights the challenges facing TMCs, the new opportunities emergin [...]
The Year In Review and Looking Forward to 2022, Part 1
OKAY we hit another bump on the road to a fragile recovery but that’s no reason to despair. If there’s one thing this pandemic has taught us, it’s not to take anything for granted but to take each punch as it lands and get up again. So here’s looking back at 2021 (oh, what a year) and forwa [...]
Pace, The Atlas, Spotnana – fuelled by experience, passion and funding
Three startups, helmed by seasoned entrepreneurs, the ones to watch
IF there is one
trend we’ve seen in the startup world, it’s that seasoned entrepreneurs are
returning to solve problems they’ve either been working on for a long time or
turning their eye to new and hot spaces they hope to [...]
D’EDGE accelerates on Europe, consolidates in APAC as pandemic rages on
IF there is one thing the pandemic has done, it’s forced global companies to retreat to local and regional frontiers and Paris-based D-EDGE Hospitality Solutions is certainly looking at the Asia Pacific region in a new light, given the slow recovery of the market.
Pierre Charles Grob: “At le [...]
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 [...]
The Wrap: Amadeus unveils cloud vision in new report, WTTC identifies digital solutions to revive travel, Sabre seals tech partnership with GBT
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 …
Amadeus unveils cloud vision to transform travel
New report from Amadeus and Microsoft sets cloud vision in transforming tra [...]
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 [...]
The Wrap: Agoda boosts product offerings, AirAsia introduces FACES, Garuda strengthens partnership with SIA
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 …
Agoda boosts product offerings to facilitate return to travel,
Hotels in Indonesia are now featured in Agoda's alternative sta [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
