The Wrap: Malaysia Airlines to launch digital travel health pass, new direct booking solution for groups from Groups360, 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.
Malaysia Airlines to introduce digital travel health pass in move to reopen safe travels
Passe [...]
Amadeus takes hit in revenues and profits, steamrolls ahead with new partnerships and NDC initiatives
DESPITE a 61% contraction in revenue to €2,174.0 million and a 123.9% decline in profit to a loss of €302.4 million in its 2020 results, Amadeus continues to push ahead with new partnerships and New Distribution Capability (NDC) initiatives to drive advanced travel retailing.
In announcing i [...]
Indie hotels need to step up digitisation to get fair share of online rebound
How the OTA landscape in Asia changed during Covid
IT speaks to the acceleration of technology adoption among independent hotels in the Asia region that despite a year of literally no cross-border travel, ZUZU Hospitality Solutions was able to double its customer base from 1,500 to 3,000 last ye [...]
“The mess of the passes”: The battle by airlines to open borders
THERE’S not a day that goes by these days that I do not receive a news release about a new travel/health pass or some other initiative designed to help governments open their borders with some measure of confidence that by so doing, they will not invite another outbreak.
The day after the [...]
Upcoming school holidays mean more staycations; hope for travel bubbles to allow June travel
IN pre-Covid days, the March school holidays for Singapore families would usually mean a short trip to countries like Thailand and even to as far away as the United Kingdom.
This year, however, over 90% of Singaporeans are looking for short staycations during the March 13 to 21 holidays. Howeve [...]
Why FCM Asia chose to launch own Digital Health Wallet
“We can’t wait for a global solution, we have to solve immediate needs”
WHILE waiting for the various travel passes to be sorted out, FCM Travel Solutions Asia has launched its own Digital Health Wallet, an app aimed at helping its customers back on the road, specifically travellers out of [...]
Travelport introduces new look in “end to end” rebrand
TRAVEL retail platform Travelport has revealed its new look as part of a “holistic” rebrand.
The firm’s well-known blue and green logo has been replaced with a modern look under the tag line ‘Change Is For The Brave’. The logo now appears in two colours, either Travelport Black o [...]
Expedia Cruises launches new tools to help industry navigate recovery
Eichhorst on Covid’s impact on digitisation and distribution, and how cruises will restart
CRUISES may be stalled for the moment but positive search data in fourth quarter 2020, signifying substantial pent-up demand, has promoted Expedia Cruises to launch a new suite of tools to support cruis [...]
The Wrap: Malaysia Airlines joins IATA’s initiative to champion gender balance, Emirates rolls out content on NDC platform and GDS fees, 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.
Malaysia Airlines joins IATA's 25by2025 to boost gender balance in aviation industry
Malaysia [...]
The WiT Podcast – Episode 33: Luke Johnson, General Manager, AJ Hackett, Singapore
Sentosa United, in partnership with Sentosa Development Corporation
THE story of how AJ Hackett, which invented commercial bungy jumping 30 years ago and has added thrills to the lives of four million people across the globe, went from 5% domestic business to 100% is an adventure in itself.
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