FIT, customised and bleisure travel: Trends among Chinese travellers in the new normal
With health and safety as key concerns in the time of coronavirus the habits of travellers worldwide have changed which, in turn, led to new travel trends in the new normal.
Such concerns have impacted the travel intentions of Chinese consumers who are showing preferences for customised and FiT [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 21: Carl Jones, VP and Head of Travel, APAC and Greater China, SAP Concur
Carl
Jones’ last trip was to Seoul in February and since his return to Singapore, he
hasn’t flown nor has he returned to the office. Like all of us, the executive,
who’s been in the corporate travel world for many years, is rethinking how he
will travel in future.
While he’s
hoping to be [...]
How boutique hotels are like sourdough bread: AKARYN’s Anchalika on navigating Covid with wellness and sustainable luxury
Like most
of humanity during lockdown, Anchalika Kijkanakorn became really good at baking
sourdough bread. Each morning, she’d wake up at 6am to “go and feed the beast”,
the beast being the starter needed to make sourdough, as the non-baker me learnt.
And if she
could, she said, she’d s [...]
Have safety measures in place and people are more likely to travel, Travelport study finds
The majority of travellers will consider booking domestic and international trips but only if airlines, airports, hotels and car rental companies collectively implement 10 different safety measures.
This is the finding in a new independent research released on August 24 by Travelport. The study [...]
The Wrap: Singapore commended for easing of border restrictions to restart travel, Beijing Capital Airport implements contactless technologies, 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 the green shoots of recovery slowly take root.
IATA, AAPA applaud Singapore’s initiative to reopen air travel corridors
The airline industry is on “life support" a [...]
Covid Entry Check gives TruTrip a breakout moment as it builds new SME corporate tool focused on risk management and duty of care
You wouldn’t call it the best of timing. Singapore-based corporate travel startup TruTrip, which is creating a tool for SMEs to manage their travel, went live with its beta version in April but the timing has actually worked in its favour.
Co-founder Hugh Batley said the timing has given it t [...]
AirAsia comes together with Agoda to expand its offerings, incentivise travel in SE Asia
AirAsia seems to be on a partnership-forming spree. Close on the heels of tying up with Chinese travel giant Trip.com Group to reignite travel in South-east Asia (SE Asia) it has inked another “strategic partnership”, this time with digital travel platform Agoda.
Through this partnership Ai [...]
More “good companies” will go public post-Covid, says Saberwal as RedDoorz enters positive recovery territory
As Airbnb prepares for its much-anticipated IPO, Amit Saberwal, founder and CEO of RedDoorz, predicts that good travel companies will emerge out of Covid and there will be a lot of focus on getting these companies public.
“The good companies that will emerge will go on to become your unicorns [...]
Still and Stuck: What’s the one big thing Covid-19 challenged your thinking on? Here are some answers
“Nearly the
end of August and still,” sighed my hairdresser this week.
Yes, still.
Still stuck. Still masked. Still Zoom.
Since
March, I must have interviewed countless people from across the world, ran lots
of virtual events. And I sense a weariness settling in. It’s in the shoulders. [...]
The Wrap: Singapore Tourism Board’s new programme ensures Indian travellers have the city in mind, Flight Centre buys San Francisco-based Whereto, 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 the green shoots of recovery slowly take root.
STB keeps Singapore in the minds of Indian traveller until they can travel again
Virtual tour of Singapore's Sentosa Isl [...]
