The Wrap: ASEANTA’s digital initiative to expedite region’s reopening, CWT-Etihad Airways carbon offsetting partnership, new retailing tools on Travelport+
THE Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology sector – new partnerships, product launches, aviation industry updates, innovative solutions, and more …
ASEAN tourism players to fast-track reopening of region with digital initiative
ASEANTA ATEX digital platform is set [...]
Plight of Cathay Pacific and The Great Talent Crunch That Looms
Scoot, Accor speak of staffing challenges in ramp-up to recovery
WHEN I was a kid, I dreamt of travel and thought the best way to do this would either be a flight attendant or tour guide. In the end, I found another way – I’d have been a disaster as a cabin crew – but millions of kids had [...]
Travel is good for mental well-being, “vaccinations are a part of life”
“Not much space for the unvaccinated,” says Dr Walter Lim
IN Booking.com’s Travel Predictions 2022, which surveyed 24,000 travellers across 31 countries, one finding stands out – that “Vitamin Vacay” is the best thing for mental well-being.
Sharing the
highlights at its media brie [...]
Sponsored Post: 6 ways Sentosa offers a sustainable leisure experience
The leading leisure destination is forging ahead with a sustainability roadmap to achieve its ambitious climate goals.
SINGAPORE’S Sentosa island is a complete destination in itself, with a variety of attractions, resorts, restaurants and enriching experiences on one island, just minutes [...]
From sake tourism to temple stays, ESG to metaverse, North Asia waits patiently for rebound
“KIKO No Ikioi” – Japanese saying for “no choice but to carry on” – and travel companies in North Asia have certainly carried on even though cross-border travel remains at a standstill, two years into the pandemic. Global to local OTAs have carried on investing in tech, team and product [...]
High tech’s lessons for travel
ARE you daring or boring?
Before
you answer, consider this: Daring is the
name of a company producing a plant-based food that looks and tastes like
chicken. The Boring Company is an
Elon Musk enterprise that completed
the Vegas Loop, a tunnel that shuttles conference goers in
human-driven Teslas [...]
Travelperk raises $115m round, adds ex-Booking.com CEO to board
TRAVELPERK will have former Booking.com CEO Gillian Tans and General Catalyst's Joel Cutler on its board following another large investment round.
The $115 million Series D comes just nine months after a $160 million investment (also a Series D) in April 2021 bringing the company's total funding [...]
What a journey ahead – buzzwords for 2022
New Normal, Metaverse, “I minted my own NFT”, Connectivity – what’s yours?
WELL, 2021 has been quite the journey and it looks like we could be in for another journey in 2022, the way the year is starting out. And there, I’ve done it – committed the crime of the journalist’s profess [...]
Singaporeans lead the optimistic pack in planning travel in 2022
Tripadvisor study shows strong appetite for new places but uncertainty continues to hold travellers back
TRAVELLERS in Singapore are the most optimistic about planning to travel in 2022, followed by those in Australia and Japan, according to new travel research by Tripadvisor.
‘Travel in 2 [...]
November saw passenger uplift but Omicron restrictions likely to affect period ahead
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the recovery in air travel continued in November 2021, prior to the emergence of Omicron. International demand sustained its steady upward trend as more markets reopened. Domestic traffic, however, weakened, largely owing to strength [...]
