The Wrap: Marriott and Grab form ‘integrated” partnership, LIVE for Trip campaign raises millions for travel recovery, 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.
Marriott brings its hospitality experience to South-east Asia through partnership with Grab
Bo [...]
No quick recovery to pre-Covid levels for APAC tourist destinations, says GlobalData
Despite some countries across Asia Pacific (APAC) negotiating travel bubble pacts with their “safe” counterparts in a move to revive the tourism sector, recovery to pre- pandemic levels may take time even after all restrictions are withdrawn.
According to data and analytics company GlobalDa [...]
The WiT Podcast – Episode 25: Ong Wee Min, Vice President, MICE, Marina Bay Sands
SGUnited, in partnership with Singapore Tourism Board
“Stressful but strangely exciting” is how Ong Wee Min, who leads the MICE business at Marina Bay Sands, describes this period.
As Covid devastated the lucrative sector the executive, who’s been in the industry for more than 20 years [...]
Don’t fear, K-travel is alive and well – industry’s bursting with creativity and feistiness
WiT Seoul 2020 captured how online travel players are executing by millimetres to last the long game
If there’s one overwhelming feeling I got out of hosting WiT Seoul Virtual yesterday, it is that South Koreans are overwhelming in their creativity and fighting spirit. Yes, we see it in their [...]
Buying flights on AirAsia.com? Don’t forget to pick up zucchinis and potatoes too
While you are buying an air ticket on AirAsia.com for your next holiday, hop one tab over for some groceries, and then to the next one to pick out a gift for your partner.
When COVID 19 closed all borders, it was an obvious move for AirAsia.com to pivot away from just selling flights and hotels [...]
Fee for all coming to an end with Airbnb’s host commission switch?
Pricing is set to get a shakeup in Australia’s short term rental (STR) industry from November 1 when Airbnb scraps guest service charges and moves to a 15 per cent host commission only model – up from 3 per cent – for its software-connected hosts and property managers.
It is a huge change [...]
The Wrap: Asia Pacific airlines still struggling to survive, Trip.com Group bolsters travel recovery with “LIVE for Trip” campaign, 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.
Asia Pacific airlines still struggling to survive, says AAPA
Air passenger demand in Asia Paci [...]
Report: Singapore’s mid-market hotels have to rethink business models and be flexible amid Covid challenges
Covid has upended the hotel industry worldwide, and in Singapore the mid-market segment is “being forced” to consider reimagined business models, guest amenities and experiences, as well as space usage, according to a report by JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group (JLL).
The report, Reimaginin [...]
How Almosafer’s omni-channel strategy helped it ride out Covid-19
Ronnie Varghese, head of digital for Almosafer, the flagship consumer travel brand of Saudi Arabia’s Seera Group, is the first to admit his initial scepticism when the company announced it wanted to actively pursue an omni-channel strategy in 2019.
Almosafer had started as a social media [...]
STB and Airbnb Experiences partner to bring virtual tourism to global travellers
Following on the heels of its two-year global marketing partnership with Expedia last week, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has formed yet another pact - with Airbnb Experiences to offer a variety of virtual tours to global audiences in “the new international tourism climate”
The two partn [...]
