WiT Community Blog: Rajeev Kumar, founder, managing director & CEO, Mystifly
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of
us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for
you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and
foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are eac [...]
WiT Community Blog: Blanca Menchaca, CEO & founder, BeMyGuest
With Planet
Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in
self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, we thought we needed to find
a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a
sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are each doing [...]
WiT Community Blog: Timothy O’Neil-Dunne, principal, 777 Partners
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our
industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at
home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories
within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are eac [...]
Sabre makes over US$200 million in cuts in response to COVID-19
Sabre Corporation will remove over $200 million in cash costs from its business this year, a move deemed necessary to get through the negative impact the outbreak of Covid-19 has inflicted on the travel industry.
“This is an unprecedented time. The global travel industry is facing challenges [...]
Help the crisis-hit Asia Pacific air transport industry, AAPA urges governments
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) is calling governments to take immediate action to help the Asia Pacific (APAC) air transport industry reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic and the draconian travel measures put in place over the past two months.
The association has been vocal since [...]
WiT Community Blog: Lorraine Sileo, online travel analyst and co-founder of Phocuswright Research
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our
industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at
home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories
within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are eac [...]
WiT Community Blog: Isolation Station – 14 days to prune the roses
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are ea [...]
WiT Community Blog: Andrea Traversone, Amadeus Capital Partners
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are ea [...]
Trip.com chairman James Liang: How mobile apps could help to contain epidemics
James Liang, chairman of Trip.com Group, both an economist and entrepreneur, shares his thoughts on current events, their effects on the travel industry, and how technology can help alleviate some of these issues, specifically an app that acts like an “electronic passport” with a Health Code. ( [...]
Don’t drop rates, call to hoteliers as occupancy plummets amid the pandemic
A report by the Malaysian Association of Hotels states that over 157,000 rooms in Malaysia were cancelled as of February 17, resulting in an estimated RM66 million (US$15 million) loss in revenue following the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.
Now the picture is even more dismal with the implemen [...]
