The Wrap: More NDC content, more car and train, more connectivity, let’s go Mongolia
Sabre offers NDC content from Qatar
Sabre Corporation has successfully integrated IATA New Distribution Capability (NDC) content from Qatar Airways (QR) to its global distribution system (GDS). After a pilot phase with agency customers in Australia and Sweden, the offers of Qatar’s flag carrier [...]
Hello, Adele, zombies in travel and dragons – Eddie’s got you covered with his electric cab
EVER tried getting on a boat in stormy conditions and you feel it rocking and rolling under your feet as you scramble to clamber onboard without falling into the raging sea? Well, travel in Europe feels a bit like that these days.
Everything seems to be creaking at the seams in Europe and ex-Euro [...]
How going off the beaten path helped Ariane Gorin rise to the top at Expedia
President of Expedia For Business on her belief in B2B, secret sauce to resilience and staying robust in APAC
Yeoh Siew Hoon catches up with Ariane Gorin on the sidelines of Phocuswright Europe in Amsterdam where they have a wide-ranging conversation covering her rise up the corporate ladder, her [...]
Can’t bear to leave your pets alone while travelling? Find a house sitter
Marketplace for “holiday pet sitting” raises $10m to spread the love, alpacas included
IMAGINE you’re leaving for a holiday and you don’t know what to do with your pets – be they lizards, snakes, dogs, cats, goats or even alpacas? You’d rather not leave them at a boarding place (who kno [...]
International travel drives May air traffic recovery
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced passenger data for May 2022 showing that the recovery in air travel accelerated heading into the busy Northern Hemisphere summer travel season.
Total traffic in May 2022 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was up 83.1% [...]
Tiqets expands distribution with Trip.com Group integration
Travelers using Trip.com Group’s brands, including Trip.com, Ctrip and Skyscanner, can now book entry directly in those platforms at more than 4,000 museums and attractions around the world through an integration with Tiqets.
Tiqets founder and president Luuc Elzinga says the company [...]
Bali, Thailand make it to Airbnb’s top 20 places for remote work
OUT of Airbnb’s list of 20 destinations in its Live and Work Anywhere initiative, only two in Asia made the cut – Bali, Indonesia and Thailand.
The choice of Bali and Thailand in Asia is not surprising – these are the two places that consistently make it to the many lists of top places for [...]
Letter from Schiphol: Anyone who’s in customer service should read this
It has rekindled my faith in chatbot-meets-human-intelligence
WHEN my boarding pass blipped at the gate for my KLM flight from Amsterdam to London, my heart jumped. “What’s wrong? Are they going to deplane me?” I immediately thought.
Such is the paranoia of travelling in Europe these days [...]
Around Asia In One Hour: Talking wallets, mobile videos and open-ness to weed
FROM fintech to e-commerce, fuel prices and open-ness to weed, much has fast forwarded in the time travel stood still in Asia, a region that accounts for close to 60% of the world’s population, and where the biggest market, China, remains close and another major market, Japan, is still not fully o [...]
The Wrap: Passengers love mobile, touchless tech, Ascott expands, Air India transforms
Passengers going all in for mobile and touchless tech, SITA Insights show
ITA’s 2022 Passenger IT Insights research highlights pent-up demand for both business and leisure travel emerging from the pandemic, with passengers further embracing mobile and touchless technologies.
The survey revea [...]
