Cambodia celebrates full reopening of borders
“Incredible achievement” in handling Covid, industry players say
CAMBODIA’s travel trade, which had been waiting eagerly for borders to reopen, is in jubilant spirits following the government’s sudden decision to lift quarantine for all vaccinated travellers with immediate effect.
On [...]
Post-pandemic travellers want to eat, pray and love
How urban destinations like Singapore can shine in sustainability and wellness
THE pandemic has given people around the world pause to consider wellness – and not just physical but mental as well – and they are looking for it within their travel experience.
Klook recently ran a survey th [...]
Silversea expects pick-up in Asia from revenge spending
SIMON Yip, vice president sales, Asia for Silversea Cruises believes high end cruising will benefit from revenge spending as travellers in Asia come out of their enforced hibernation and seek a slower, more luxurious pace of travel.
“We are encouraged to see parts of
Asia opening up,” said [...]
Sponsored Post: Singapore’s Sentosa Island provides enriching experiences for visitors with a variety of new openings
Travellers to the island can explore new work, stay and play experiences that are fruitful and memorable.
Sentosa Island Gateway at night
SENTOSA has forged ahead with its endeavour to constantly refresh and reinvent itself, and to provide new avenues for their guest’s enjoyment. The Islan [...]
Reading between the lines, Klook and Go City are going places
Attractions business looks even more attractive as Covid forces travellers to go local.
IF Covid has offered something positive to the travel trade, it is the
extra time given to people to reassess their businesses, to contemplate next
steps, to read books and draw inspiration from the words of [...]
Travel recovery maintains momentum with increasing demand for leisure and business trips, Expedia report finds
STRONG performance by city destinations, increased demand for travel during the upcoming holiday season, growing momentum for business travel - some of the trends unveiled in Expedia Group Media Solutions Q3 travel recovery trend report.
The report, combining Expedia Group first-party data and [...]
Sponsored Post: Trip.com leads the way for global travel recovery by launching innovative campaigns to support industry partners
The international online travel agency has efficiently launched campaign initiatives across Asia to support partners in line with changing customer demands.
THROUGHOUT the past 18 months, Trip.com, an international one-stop travel service provider owned by Trip.com Group, has launched several in [...]
How Certares is making capital out of Covid
‘The only shop in town’ has travel companies queuing at the door
IF you’re a travel company seeking pandemic survival funds, there’s probably only one person you are going to call: Greg O’Hara, founder and senior managing director of New York-based investor managers, Certares.
But d [...]
The Wrap: RWS leverages Trip.com’s marketing hub to meet post-pandemic demand, SITA makes its digital travel declaration tool free for governments, and more ….
THE Wrap is a round-up of
news in the travel and technology industries, and updates on how businesses in these sectors
are resetting as they prepare for post-pandemic travel.
RWS leverages Trip.com’s marketing hub to meet post-pandemic demand from Chinese travellers
The Resort Worlds [...]
Royal Caribbean tells traditional travel agents: ‘Don’t be afraid of the digital space’
Travel partners who are digitally selling cruises have been able to recover business faster than those who have not yet entered the space successfully.
THERE are not many people selling travel who can claim that the Covid pandemic has been good for their business.
Angie Stephen, vice-presiden [...]
