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 [...]
Reading between the lines, Klook and Go City are going places
Attractions business looks even more attractive as Covid forces travellers to go local.
IF Covid has offered something positive to the travel trade, it is the
extra time given to people to reassess their businesses, to contemplate next
steps, to read books and draw inspiration from the words of [...]
Global air travel demand dropped 53.4% in September compared to same month in 2019: IATA
DEMAND for air travel in September 2021, measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs), declined 53.4% compared to the same month in 2019, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
However, this (performance) was “a moderate rebound” from August 2021’s performance, which [...]
Sponsored Post: Trip.com leads the way for global travel recovery by launching innovative campaigns to support industry partners
The international online travel agency has efficiently launched campaign initiatives across Asia to support partners in line with changing customer demands.
THROUGHOUT the past 18 months, Trip.com, an international one-stop travel service provider owned by Trip.com Group, has launched several in [...]
TripAdvisor CEO Stephen Kaufer stepping down in 2022
AFTER leading TripAdvisor for more than 20 years as its co-founder and CEO, Steve Kaufer will step down from his position in 2022.
"Steve has been the driving force at Tripadvisor since its launch in 2000. His contributions to the consumer's travel experience are immeasurable, and his vision has [...]
Europe travel drives Booking Holdings’ revenue uptick in Q3
BOOKING Holdings is reporting that room nights booked in Q3 2021 increased for the third quarter in a row, growing to 183 million, and revenue increased to $4.7 billion – putting it just shy of Q3 2019 revenue of $5 billion.
Room nights in the third quarter were up from 157
million in Q2 of th [...]
How Certares is making capital out of Covid
‘The only shop in town’ has travel companies queuing at the door
IF you’re a travel company seeking pandemic survival funds, there’s probably only one person you are going to call: Greg O’Hara, founder and senior managing director of New York-based investor managers, Certares.
But d [...]
The Wrap: RWS leverages Trip.com’s marketing hub to meet post-pandemic demand, SITA makes its digital travel declaration tool free for governments, and more ….
THE Wrap is a round-up of
news in the travel and technology industries, and updates on how businesses in these sectors
are resetting as they prepare for post-pandemic travel.
RWS leverages Trip.com’s marketing hub to meet post-pandemic demand from Chinese travellers
The Resort Worlds [...]
