The longtail of travel may get cut off – automation is one way to get it back up
It’s hard not to paint a bleak picture of the in-destination experiences sector. Tom Jenkins, CEO of the European Tour Operators Association, called the tour operator business “a bloodbath in the jungle.”
Rezgo CEO, Stephen Joyce, who spoke at WiT Indie 2020 earlier this month, predicted [...]
China showing green shoots of recovery
Buried in a daily digest of bad news, China has emerged with a positive outlook with signs of recovery definitely on the horizon.
Similar reports are coming through from several corners. The number of unique travellers for both domestic and inbound international searching for flights to China h [...]
Help the crisis-hit Asia Pacific air transport industry, AAPA urges governments
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) is calling governments to take immediate action to help the Asia Pacific (APAC) air transport industry reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic and the draconian travel measures put in place over the past two months.
The association has been vocal since [...]
WiT Community Blog: Lorraine Sileo, online travel analyst and co-founder of Phocuswright Research
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our
industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at
home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories
within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are eac [...]
WiT Community Blog: Isolation Station – 14 days to prune the roses
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are ea [...]
Running an event in a pandemic – worse than bungy jumping but it gets you thinking about the future of meetings
I’ve done many things in my life – bungy jumped, tandem skydived, climbed Mount Kinabalu, trekked many trails, ran into armed gunmen in Thailand, rolled down a jeep in Namibia, contended with a scorpion sting in the middle of the night in Bostwana – but I’ve never ever run an event in the m [...]
WiT Community Blog: Andrea Traversone, Amadeus Capital Partners
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are ea [...]
Trip.com chairman James Liang: How mobile apps could help to contain epidemics
James Liang, chairman of Trip.com Group, both an economist and entrepreneur, shares his thoughts on current events, their effects on the travel industry, and how technology can help alleviate some of these issues, specifically an app that acts like an “electronic passport” with a Health Code. ( [...]
Don’t drop rates, call to hoteliers as occupancy plummets amid the pandemic
A report by the Malaysian Association of Hotels states that over 157,000 rooms in Malaysia were cancelled as of February 17, resulting in an estimated RM66 million (US$15 million) loss in revenue following the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.
Now the picture is even more dismal with the implemen [...]
European Tour Operators Association CEO pronounces: “It’s a bloodbath in the jungle”
There is no way to sugar-coat a situation so dire.
During a recent online panel organised by Arival with four key European figures in the tour operator business on the panel, Tom Jenkins, CEO of the European Tour Operators Association said, “Everyone’s being very sweet and nice, but this is [...]
