Don’t lose the travel spirit, learn from fungi – see you on the road in 2021
THE other day, I watched in horror as my sweet golden retriever pounced on a young monitor lizard, grabbed it by the neck and whipped it about three times. By the time I pulled Bowie off the creature, it was dead with a deep gash at the neck.
In many
ways, it reminded me of what this year has be [...]
Domestic travel will dominate Lunar New Year 2021, prepare early to capture demand: Sojern
LUNAR New Year, traditionally a busy travel period for some Asian markets, will likely look different next year, with the pandemic looking nowhere close to being overcome. Domestic travel will be the saving grace for the industry, as Sojern’s insights show.
Sojern’s
latest insights capture [...]
Agoda partners Atome to offer instalment payment option for bookings
AGODA has made it easier for travellers who find it "inconvenient" to pay for their accommodation in one lump sum to do so in instalments.
The digital travel platform makes this possible through a regional partnership it just formed with “buy now pay later” technology company, Atome, to off [...]
The WiT Podcast – Episode 31: Dear 2020 (Letters From Friends), Part 2
HERE’S Part
2 of The WiT Podcast, Dear 2020, in which we feature “Dear 2020” letters from
our friends from around the world. What would they say to it? How would they
want to remember it by?
We thought
it’d serve as a time capsule of sorts for our industry so that say, in five
years from [...]
Covid hurries payments sector into contactless space, but travel industry needs to resolve “high and unclear fees”
COVID-19 has accelerated a long-term trend away from physical cash payments – some 84% of respondents confirmed they now pay with non-cash methods like contactless or mobile payments when travelling, according to the Amadeus Travel Payments Guide 2020, a new study examining traveller payment tren [...]
The WiT Podcast – Episode 30: Mira Bharin, Director, Brand, Marketing and Communications, Sentosa Development Corporation
Sentosa United, in partnership with Sentosa Development Corporation
IMAGINE this –
last year, Singaporean residents made about 8.58
million outbound departures by air and there were around 2.13 million outbound
departures by sea in that same year. Amazing numbers for a small island of 5.6
mill [...]
The WiT Podcast – Episode 29: WiT Middle East, Part 2
WELCOME to Part
2 of our special report from the Middle East where we present a summary of our
event held on November 25 when we gathered close to 30 speakers to share their
knowledge and insights over four hours.
In Part 2 we hear how critical aviation is to the distribution of vaccines and how [...]
Velocity eyes $20m for travel fund, aims to match corporates with startups
COVID has given Velocity Ventures new impetus to forge ahead with its travel and hospitality fund, and the firm is targeting to raise US$20 million by December 2021.
Nicholas Cocks (pictured), founder and managing partner of Velocity Ventures, said, “When we thought about the kind of disruptio [...]
The Wrap: Singapore Airlines in deal with Amadeus to expand distribution strategy, Lufthansa Group and Sabre signed new agreement, and more …
THE Wrap is a round-up of news in the
travel and technology industries, and to keep track of developments in these
sectors as businesses adapt and reset to meet challenges in the era of
coronavirus.
Singapore Airlines brings content to Amadeus Travel
platform via NDC
The SIA-Amadeus partnersh [...]
Tech adoption accelerates on cruises as safety takes top priority and customers go digital
Singapore, Taiwan good models for restarting as safe cruise bubbles
THE forced adoption of technology along the cruise customer journey – from pre-boarding to onboard – and the massive shift of consumers to digital booking channels during Covid will be trends that will underpin cruising lon [...]
