The Wrap: SIA and NUS launch aviation lab, Sabre expands SafePoint’s capability, Greater Bay Airlines partners with Amadeus
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 …
Singapore Airlines, NUS set up aviation lab to redefine passenger air travel experience
A cabin stimulator in the SIA-NUS D [...]
From Volaris to OYO, why Ramirez chose to have skin in the game at Katanox
JULIANA Ramirez was working at OYO Hotels when she got a visit from the founders of Katanox, the startup offering direct API connectivity between sellers and hotels.
Ramirez, who has just joined OYO in 2020 after a 10-year stint with ultra low cost Mexican airline Volaris, knew first hand the c [...]
No, guests do not require human-provided services in hospitality
This opinion piece is by Max Starkov, a hospitality and online travel tech consultant and strategist.
THE classic philosophy in hospitality
goes like this: customers – whether leisure, business, corporate group or SMERF
members - require services provided by super nice, smiling, well-trained
[...]
Welcome to a year that requires grit, strength and a leap of faith
CLOSING out the year, battered by news of yet another Greek tragedy unfolding in our world and the travel industry, I was determined to start 2022 on an optimistic note.
So I listened to an interview with Espen Fadnes, one of the world’s most famous base jumpers, who I think is the most optimi [...]
New generation of startups will change France’s travel scene, and why DMCs remain critical to the trip
Cambon Partners' Morgann Lesne on what makes French travel tech tick or not tick these days
HAVING lunch with investment banker Morgann Lesne in Paris late December, our conversation turned to the acquisition of Etraveli Group by Booking Holdings and we wondered if France has the capability to p [...]
New report examines how big data is being leveraged for tourism recovery
BIG data is already being used to measure, monitor and manage tourism development, but its potential remains to be fully exploited.
To fully realise the potential of big data and digitalisation for better tourism planning and management, the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and the Asian Deve [...]
The boy who liked to fix things and now he wants to fix corporate travel tech
After a three-decade journey, Johnny Thorsen believes he’s in right spot at right time to achieve life’s ambition
EVEN as a child, Johnny Thorsen remembers his interest in pulling things apart and then trying to put them together again in a new and better way.
“That’s
what my mother t [...]
5 technology trends transforming the travel industry in 2022
THIS article by Sébastien Fabre, CEO, SITA for Aircraft, examines the five critical travel technology trends emerging from the Covid pandemic set to transform the industry in 2022 and beyond. He calls for sustainability to be baked into today's essential industry transformation.
1. Auto [...]
Words to banish and those to live by in 2022
Timothy O'Neil-Dunne of T2Impact pens a year-end piece that captures his thoughts on the thinking that needs to change and the new words to embrace in the new year.
ENDING my formal work position this year has given me a lot to think about what 2021 has come to mean and what we should aspire to [...]
These are the top international source markets by world regions
AHEAD of the year-end, provider of travel intelligence Mabrian conducted a global analysis of inbound international air arrivals capacity for the first half of 2022.
The analysis breaks down all the major geographic regions around the world - Africa & Middle East, Europe, Asia & Oceania, [...]
