Fighting for the Great Cruise Comeback
Cruise lines face vaccination and sustainability battles but “people are splurging again”
ATTENDING my first Cruiseworld conference in Miami, organised by TravelWeekly, I am struck by three things.
One, the cruise industry in the US is massive, and Asia is but a drop in the ocean, to put [...]
Aerial views: How brands can cater to a new breed of traveller as borders reopen
This article is written by Cumarran Kaliyaperumal, Analytical Lead, Travel, Google, and Hermione Joye, Sector Lead, APAC Travel, Google
THE travel industry is kicking into
gear. Border and quarantine restrictions are easing up with increasing
vaccination rates, and people are ready to travel eve [...]
Etraveli’s B2B strategy pays off as it gets acquired by Booking Holdings for 1.6b Euros
IT was a deal waiting to happen, observers say of the acquisition of Etravel Group by Booking Holdings for 1.63 billion Euros announced this week.
The two companies had been in partnership the last couple of years with the Sweden-based Etraveli Group powering Booking Holdings' entry and [...]
RedDoorz CEO on SEA potential, performance marketing lessons and growing up fast
Digitisation accelerated among consumers as well as independent hotel owners
YEOH Siew Hoon interviewed Amit Saberwal, CEO of RedDoorz, Southeast Asia's largest technology-driven hotel management & booking platform at the Phocuswright Conference 2021, where they spoke about the breakout reg [...]
Travelstart and MakeMyTrip: Charting a post-pandemic future
TWO online travel pioneers – Travelstart founded in 1999 in Africa and MakeMyTrip founded in India in 2000 – were at WiT Experience Singapore to share how they are facing the future as they emerge from the dust of Covid.
In a wide-ranging conversation, both companies talked about new service [...]
Sponsored Post: Travel industry maintains momentum
THE third quarter of 2021 saw sustained
momentum for the travel industry, even if the Covid-19 Delta variant and other
global factors impacted performance slightly.
For instance, in Asia Pacific (APAC) the reopening of Singapore - and Australia’s trial vaccine passport programme with select c [...]
Letter from Fort Lauderdale: The sun rises on global travel
Expedia's Kern says no more “peanut butter” approach to expansion while Concur founder Steve Singh dives deep into corporate travel disruption
WHEN Mark Mahaney, senior managing director of investment banking firm, Evercore, asked the audience at the Phocuswright conference how many had trav [...]
The Commander and the Hawk: Sometimes it’s good to let go
KAYAK and Open Table chief on entry into hospitality and changes to work habits
THIS week, KAYAK announced two more hotels in New Mexico, in addition to its existing one in Miami. Steve Hafner talks about what this expansion into hospitality means plus how he’s been managing through the pandem [...]
Japanese travel in transition to better times ahead as curbs eased and Go To Travel campaign may restart
JTB’s president sees “bright future”, Reiwa wants to shake up outbound travel market
JAPAN’S battered tourism industry is hopeful that it
may be turning the corner on the pandemic. At the end of September, the state
of emergency covering Tokyo and 18 other prefectures was lifted and an i [...]
Silversea expects pick-up in Asia from revenge spending
SIMON Yip, vice president sales, Asia for Silversea Cruises believes high end cruising will benefit from revenge spending as travellers in Asia come out of their enforced hibernation and seek a slower, more luxurious pace of travel.
“We are encouraged to see parts of
Asia opening up,” said [...]
