Sponsored Post: Singapore’s Sentosa Island provides enriching experiences for visitors with a variety of new openings
Travellers to the island can explore new work, stay and play experiences that are fruitful and memorable.
Sentosa Island Gateway at night
SENTOSA has forged ahead with its endeavour to constantly refresh and reinvent itself, and to provide new avenues for their guest’s enjoyment. The Islan [...]
Reading between the lines, Klook and Go City are going places
Attractions business looks even more attractive as Covid forces travellers to go local.
IF Covid has offered something positive to the travel trade, it is the
extra time given to people to reassess their businesses, to contemplate next
steps, to read books and draw inspiration from the words of [...]
Travel recovery maintains momentum with increasing demand for leisure and business trips, Expedia report finds
STRONG performance by city destinations, increased demand for travel during the upcoming holiday season, growing momentum for business travel - some of the trends unveiled in Expedia Group Media Solutions Q3 travel recovery trend report.
The report, combining Expedia Group first-party data and [...]
Global air travel demand dropped 53.4% in September compared to same month in 2019: IATA
DEMAND for air travel in September 2021, measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs), declined 53.4% compared to the same month in 2019, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
However, this (performance) was “a moderate rebound” from August 2021’s performance, which [...]
Sponsored Post: Trip.com leads the way for global travel recovery by launching innovative campaigns to support industry partners
The international online travel agency has efficiently launched campaign initiatives across Asia to support partners in line with changing customer demands.
THROUGHOUT the past 18 months, Trip.com, an international one-stop travel service provider owned by Trip.com Group, has launched several in [...]
TripAdvisor CEO Stephen Kaufer stepping down in 2022
AFTER leading TripAdvisor for more than 20 years as its co-founder and CEO, Steve Kaufer will step down from his position in 2022.
"Steve has been the driving force at Tripadvisor since its launch in 2000. His contributions to the consumer's travel experience are immeasurable, and his vision has [...]
Letter from 41,000 feet: Crying over satay and The Father
I NEVER thought I’d feel emotional at the sight of satay but I am told that at 41,000 feet, cabin pressure does something to your senses so you cry more easily over movies (The Father is best watched when alone) and, in this case, familiar skewers of chicken coated with spicy peanut sauce.
Sa [...]
Europe travel drives Booking Holdings’ revenue uptick in Q3
BOOKING Holdings is reporting that room nights booked in Q3 2021 increased for the third quarter in a row, growing to 183 million, and revenue increased to $4.7 billion – putting it just shy of Q3 2019 revenue of $5 billion.
Room nights in the third quarter were up from 157
million in Q2 of th [...]
WiT Experience Singapore: On-site speakers share their perspectives
A TOTAL of six overseas speakers flew from the US and Europe into Singapore under specially-facilitated Safe Travel Passes to take part in WiT Experience. Three of them share their comments on the hybrid experience, and their views on virtual vs hybrid vs physical.
Frederic Barou (extreme right [...]
Case study of WiT Experience: From bedsheets in Luang Prabang to giant drop-down panels at Marina Bay Sands
Business events have come a long way, and there’s a long way more to go
I RECALL once having to host a conference in Luang Prabang, the ancient capital of Laos, and when we arrived at the venue – which was a government’s meeting hall – we realised there was no projector screen in sight. [...]
