Philip Wolf, pioneer, legend, mentor, traveller
EVER since I could remember, from the day I started WiT in 2005, everyone would ask me, “Have you been to Phocuswright?” That was the gold standard, they told me, in travel tech conferences. “And Philip Wolf, have you met him? You must.”
For years, those two phrases rang in my mind as I [...]
Talent drain from travel will hurt recovery – the time to upskill and reskill is now
FOR those in hospitality and whose employment has been impacted by the pandemic, the time is now to upskill and give yourself the best chance to re-enter the industry which has been transformed likely for good, says hospitality veteran and Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)’s associate profe [...]
The Habitat out to create pandemic-proof businesses while waiting for travel to resume
FOLLOWING a year of dismal revenues, The Habitat Penang Hill has had to think hard about creating alternative revenue streams and pandemic-proof businesses while waiting for travel to return.
With Covid having shown the park how reliant its business was on physical visitors, Allen Tan, managing [...]
“Cannot stand anymore” – after a year of no travel, what have you learnt?
“CAN you believe it? Today’s the day WHO called Covid a pandemic a year
ago,” said my caller this morning (March 11, 2021).
At this stage I am ready to believe anything. Well, not everything because there’s a lot of mixed reality out there – there’s someone’s truth and then there� [...]
The Wrap: Singapore Airlines to trial IATA Travel Pass, Trip.com expands partnership with Shangri-La, and more …
THE Wrap is a round-up of news in
the travel and technology industries, and to keep track of developments in
these sectors as businesses adapt and reset to meet challenges in the era of
coronavirus.
Singapore Airlines to pilot IATA's Travel Pass on London service
SIA passengers on the Singapo [...]
FCM renews identity on back of a new technology platform to address changing customer needs
Global travel management company FCM has announced a new
tech platform and a new brand identity in response to a rapidly evolving
business travel landscape.
“With the global pandemic causing a seismic shift in the
business travel industry, FCM has made it a priority to address customers’ pai [...]
ShopCash to give Wego new wings and funds till travel takes flight again
IN launching ShopCash, its new online
shopping cashback and deal discovery app for Middle
East consumers,
Wego wants to ride on the coat-tails of the
soaring instant cashback e-commerce culture that got further accelerated during
Covid and give investors another reason to back its future growth.&nb [...]
TripActions bucks trend: Gets new funding, sees strong growth, predicts robust comeback for business travel
IN the midst of the pandemic and a travel shutdown, TripActions, a business travel and spend management platform, announced it raised US$155 million in Series E funding. Its co-founder & CEO Ariel Cohen said in spite of the events of 2020, TripActions had seen accelerated adoption by companies [...]
Passenger traffic tumbles 72% in January, but air cargo demand recovers to pre-pandemic levels
JANUARY air passenger demand fell 72% compared to the pre-Covid level in January 2019, revealed the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
The traffic volume, measured in revenue
passenger kilometres (RPKs), was worse than the 69.7% year-over-year decline
recorded in December 2020.
I [...]
Despite Asia being closed, Maldives on track to achieve tourism recovery by mid-2021
Having practised Covid-safe management policies since July 15, destination will get headstart when borders fully open
THE Maldives is betting that its own vaccination programme, the
earlier-than-expected global vaccine rollout and the effectiveness of its Covid-safe
management policies will stan [...]
