The exhaustion of optimism but hey, be a rebel and ‘Skroo’ the rules – it pays off
IT was Winston Churchill who famously said, “I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.” And through this pandemic, most of us who are still in travel have chosen to be optimistic. What’s the alternative?
But there are days when even the strongest, most resilient
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How travel marketers are tackling digital advertising in 2021
MANY businesses were hit hard by Covid-19, leading marketers to test new solutions, innovate with new messaging, and do more with less, according to a new report from Sojern.
Findings from the report, “How Travel Marketers are Activating Digital Advertising in 2021”, were from a survey cond [...]
BeMyGuest integrates with Google
BeMyGuest specialists in technology and distribution for attraction, tour and activity operators, today announced the launch of a new integration with Google, allowing attractions and tour operators to show free ticket booking links directly on Google Search.
This new
functionality will help dr [...]
Focus on customer needs pays off for Airbnb as Q2 revenues jump 300%
LONGER stays, rural places, virtual Olympic tours – all part of strategy in APAC to keep engaged
Focusing on what it can control and responding quickly to customer and host needs has clearly paid off for Airbnb which reported a 300% year-on-year jump in revenues in its second quarter to US $1 [...]
The Wrap: Amadeus accelerates NDC adoption in APAC, Etihad trials travel verification solution for Covid-19 tests, 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.
Amadeus steps up NDC adoption with airline and travel partners in APAC
Amadeus is helping its airline and travel [...]
AirAsia’s Teleport buys delivery platform Delivereat in US$9.8m deal
TELEPORT, the cargo and logistic arm of AirAsia Group, is expanding its delivery service in ASEAN with the acquisition of 100% stake in Malaysian online food delivery platform Delivereat for US$9.8 million (RM41.52 million).
Teleport, a unit of airasia Digital, said the transaction in both cas [...]
New virtual travel exchange platform to boost business opportunities for ASEAN tourism players
THE Asia Pacific region was the hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic with international visitor spending falling by 74.4% as many countries across the region closed their borders to inbound tourists, while domestic spending witnessed a sharp decline of 48.1%, according to the WTTC 2021 Economic Tre [...]
ixigo’s road to profitability and IPO – how it did it and the future of bus and rail
FROM the start when Covid first struck, it was inevitable the road ixigo would take to raise future funds – via an IPO. CEO and Co-founder Aloke Bajpai hinted at this during a wide-ranging interview with WiT around this time last year.
When asked what was one of the positives that had emerged [...]
And you thought Covid-19 was bad? What’s coming could be worse – life on Mars
What if Apple built a hotel, streamed it like Netflix,
designed it like Airbnb?
By Philip Schaetz and Martin Reiher
FORGET Covid-19. What if you woke up in Elon Musk’s dream? We have conquered the Red Planet. Through terraforming, we built an atmosphere and a liveable ecosystem. Shuttling [...]
Dream Cruises’ Michael Goh talks cruising trends, new gen cruisers and sustainability
“Rethink, rebuild, reconstruct” was how Michael Goh, president of Dream Cruises, one of the three brands under Genting Cruise Lines, summed up the company’s strategy in sailing through the Covid storm.
Genting Cruise Lines’ World Dream was the first ship in the world to resume cruises du [...]
