The Wrap: Asia Pacific dominates air travel with 35% of the world market
In The News: IATA releases its yearbook of the airline’s industry’s performances; Booking.com launches the first Technology Playmaker Awards; ATPCO and SITA announces the NDC Exchange
IATA STATISTICS: Asia Pacific dominates air travel with 35% of the world market
Asia Pacific, once ag [...]
Letter from Muscat: And so we enter the golden age of digital travel in Middle East
For some reason, Muscat seems closer in my mind than it really is. To get here, I had to connect via Dubai and with a four-hour layover, it’s almost a 12-hour journey and I thought I could have flown to London in that time.
But returning to Oman eight years later was what I wanted to do. After [...]
Thought leaders, disruptors to gather in Singapore for travel forum sharing ideas on Better Travel
In less than two weeks, the bigwigs of the travel industry and up-and-coming disruptors will gather in Singapore for a three-day conference to cultivate ideas and ponder new ways to improve the travel experience.
Some 500 delegates are expected to attend the conference that will run from [...]
Sabre says it is committed to NDC standards
Sabre is working on the development of next generation distribution and retailing solutions, which leverage the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) New Distribution Capability (NDC) in ways that will benefit airlines, travel retailers and consumers.
Speaking at The Beat Live in Dal [...]
SpotHero, DVI win awards at BTN Group’s award show
SpotHero for Business walked away with The BTN Group's 2017 Business Travel Innovator Award during the fourth annual Innovate conference produced by the publishers of Business Travel News, Travel Procurement and The Beat at the New York Hilton Midtown last week.
Among 14 Business Travel Inn [...]
Amadeus urges industry to make travel inclusive and accessible for all
“We don’t want anything special, just to travel like anyone else” is a quote from Amadeus’ new research report on accessible travel that looks at just that - better understand the needs of people with accessibility issues and to identify a framework for action for the travel industry.
Acc [...]
Wego’s Ross Veitch on getting the timing right for Middle East and marketplace ambitions
He may have been too early for Singapore as well as Indonesia – indeed South-east Asia in general – but Ross Veitch, CEO and co-founder of Wego, believes he’s finally hit the right timing in the Middle East.
“We probably went into emerging markets too early,” he said. “We thought they [...]
China’s overseas travellers are increasingly opting for experiences over shopping
Chinese travellers are heading out to Asia and Europe in record numbers for the eight-day October national holiday, known as the ‘Golden Week’ (October 1-8).
Ctrip.com International, China’s largest travel site, reveals that over six million of its users are going abroad to spend the holida [...]
Working towards seamless travel, SIA and Grab join forces
SIA and Grab have announced a joint effort to get travellers from air to ground in one seamless experience. SIA and Grab will integrate their mobile apps to offer enhanced convenience to customers when travelling to the airport in six countries across Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Malaysia, t [...]
Sabre to launch lodging content services next year
Sabre Corporation is developing a technology solution that will integrate multiple sources of content including the Sabre global distribution system (GDS) and non-GDS sources such as aggregators, re-distributors, agency-sourced hotel content and other sources as identified.
Planned for a 2018 lau [...]
