Rapid vaccination drive puts Cambodia on track for possible reopening Q4
Golden opportunity to position country as complete destination, not as extension to Vietnam or Laos, says ALL DREAMS' boss
WITH Phnom Penh on track to be the most vaccinated capacity city in the ASEAN region – it is projected that the city will be entirely vaccinated by July – moves are afoo [...]
The Wrap: Vietjet and Malindo Air pilot IATA Travel Pass, Sabre partners with health risk management platform GOPASS, and more …
THE
Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and an
update on how businesses in these sectors are adapting and resetting as they
prepare for post-pandemic travel.
VietJet, Malindo Air join IATA Travel Pass trial
Vietjet will trial IATA Travel Pass on its internation [...]
The time of living vicariously
What happens when the world opens up and you’re still at home staring at
your Zoom screen
THE word “vicarious” means “experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person”. So to live vicariously means to live through the experiences of others. For example, [...]
High stakes as Phuket prepares for reopening July 1
Spikes in bookings from all markets and across demographics, says Anthony Lark – except for Asia
IMAGINE being the first foreign visitor to walk off the plane at Phuket International Airport on July 1. Imagine the warm embrace that the locals would give you if they could. In any case, the “s [...]
RedDoorz goes up the value chain with fourth brand, Sunerra
AS it chases scale and its ambition to be South-east Asia’s largest hospitality company, Singapore-based RedDoorz yesterday launched a new mid-scale brand, Sunerra Hotels, pitched at the three stars and above market.
This is the fourth brand in its stable as it attempts to climb up the value c [...]
The Wrap: New Covid travel restrictions tool for the travel trade, reduced operations by Malaysia Airlines due to lockdown, and more …
THE
Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and an
update on how businesses in these sectors are adapting and resetting as they prepare
for post-pandemic travel.
New tool for travel trade to monitor Covid restrictions launched
The tool displays both international a [...]
Massive opportunity in alternative payments as e-wallets soar in Asia and BNPL gains ground
Multi-currency payments; fraud; how many payment methods should you offer – key headaches addressed
WITH 1.7b unbanked adults in the world, according to Findex Database,
Worldbank, the opportunities to address this market with alternative payment
methods are immense. The potential is biggest i [...]
Overtourism, pollution of beaches, deforestation: Top concerns of environmental impact on tourism
TRAVELLERS globally have listed overtourism, pollution of beaches/waterways, deforestation and energy inefficiencies as their main concerns of the impact of tourism on the environment, according to Agoda’s Sustainable Travel Trends Survey.
The findings from the online survey, which polled 18,3 [...]
Travel product chiefs on tech that works, those that didn’t and those that should
IN the last year, tech teams have built platforms that went unused and scrapped projects only to repurpose them later in new incarnations; as Thomas Edison said once upon a time, “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.”
Tech and product c [...]
Ahead of G7 Summit, IATA urges governments to use data to liberate travel
Cites medical findings, Airbus, Boeing modelling of risks
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged governments to make data-driven decisions to manage the risks of COVID-19 when reopening borders to international travel. Strategies without quarantine measures can enable internati [...]
