2017 Global Travel Price Outlook: Six risks identified – how to manage them
Travel prices are set to increase marginally or remain flat for 2017, while geopolitical and economic uncertainty mean travel managers need to remain flexible and agile.
These are among the findings in the 2017 Global Travel Price Outlook, which identified six key risks that could impact both tra [...]
The game that got everyone fired up and someone fired – it’s 20 years in the making
How can a game that’s not even launched in Singapore get everyone talking about it, fighting to get downloads of it before its official release and even someone fired in Singapore?
Pokemon GO, the augmented reality game which allows you to travel between the real world and the virtual world [...]
The Wrap: Road to Rio 2016: When and how travellers are planning their stay
The weekly news roundup: KAYAK's analysis on hotel bookings for Rio 2016 Olympics, airline reviews at TripAdvisor, Copa Airlines’ digital transformation
HOTELS: Road to Rio 2016: When and how travellers are planning their stay
The Rio 2016 Olympics (August 5-21) is less than a month away. D [...]
Airbnb and BCD Travel integrate data through new partnership
BCD Travel has signed up with Airbnb, the short-term rental service, to integrate the data of their shared corporate travel clients to provide them with a new security and risk management offering.
This feature can track the location and trip patterns of business travellers who book accommodation [...]
The Wrap: CarTrawler teams up with Hotels.com to broaden its ancillary offering
The weekly news roundup: It’s all about partnership this week – Hotel.com partners with CarTrawler, Uber rides with Kaligo, and Mauritania Airlines selects Travelport's distribution solution
SECTORS: CarTrawler team up with Hotels.com to broaden ancillary offering
Leading online travel [...]
Developing your playbook for Asia – nuances matter, people critical
Travel insiders from Asia picked social, mobile and content as the new opportunities for Asia.
As with entry into any new markets, you’ve got to develop the right playbook. The fundamentals may be similar – yes, get the product right, define your market, hire the right team – but it’s in [...]
Marriott-Starwood merger set to change travel buying, corporates urged to plan negotiations now
Marriott’s acquisition of Starwood will change the hotel industry significantly, says Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) and urges travel buyers to think about the implications and plan how it will change their travel programmes.
In its latest white paper the company stated that in 14 of the world� [...]
Under Brexit cloud, travel leaders share experiences of Asia
The timing of the first WIT Europe in London held yesterday could not have happened at a more poignant time in the city’s history and travel industry leaders, while grappling with uncertainty, agreed there couldn’t be a better time than now to seize the Asia opportunity.
Every speaker express [...]
The Wrap: Sabre unveils new next-generation travel agency platform
The weekly news roundup: Refreshed Sabre Red Workspace for travel industry, Android Pay in Singapore, Asian airlines’ performance in May
TECHNOLOGY: Sabre unveils new next-generation travel agency platform
Sabre Corporation has given travel consultants and suppliers across the airline, hote [...]
Letter from London: Brexit aftermath and an Icelandic moment that united
Twenty four hours in London, and it's rather surreal. On the surface, it seems nothing's changed since my last visit a month ago, yet so much has.
I can sense the shock and disbelief that it’s come to pass and the realities and (some regrets) are starting to sink in – what happens now after B [...]
