Bali hoteliers anticipate end July reopening – no firm date yet but “we are ready”, says BHA chief
HOTELIERS in Bali anxiously await their moment in the sun whilst closely following the progress of their ASEAN counterparts in Thailand, who are preparing to launch the Phuket Sandbox programme on July 1.
Although no official reopening date has been confirmed for Bali there's plenty of speculat [...]
Rapid vaccination drive puts Cambodia on track for possible reopening Q4
Golden opportunity to position country as complete destination, not as extension to Vietnam or Laos, says ALL DREAMS' boss
WITH Phnom Penh on track to be the most vaccinated capacity city in the ASEAN region – it is projected that the city will be entirely vaccinated by July – moves are afoo [...]
The Wrap: Vietjet and Malindo Air pilot IATA Travel Pass, Sabre partners with health risk management platform GOPASS, and more …
THE
Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and an
update on how businesses in these sectors are adapting and resetting as they
prepare for post-pandemic travel.
VietJet, Malindo Air join IATA Travel Pass trial
Vietjet will trial IATA Travel Pass on its internation [...]
The time of living vicariously
What happens when the world opens up and you’re still at home staring at
your Zoom screen
THE word “vicarious” means “experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person”. So to live vicariously means to live through the experiences of others. For example, [...]
Leisure travel leads recovery; business travel may soon follow: Sabre
DESPITE new surges of Covid-19 in APAC, a new industry report by Sabre Hospitality Solutions suggests traveller confidence is returning and highlights strategic themes for hoteliers to capture returning travellers.
The recovery of travel
Bookings with ultra-short windows (<7 days) decline [...]
A generation to watch; Gen-Z’s know what they want and aren’t afraid to ask for it
ONE of the thematic focuses of the WiT Travel roadshow episode 3, was talent. According to a UN policy brief, more than 100 million travel jobs were lost last year due to Covid-19, and 63 million of those job losses were in APAC.
As travel haemorrhaged jobs last year it is not inconceivable tha [...]
High stakes as Phuket prepares for reopening July 1
Spikes in bookings from all markets and across demographics, says Anthony Lark – except for Asia
IMAGINE being the first foreign visitor to walk off the plane at Phuket International Airport on July 1. Imagine the warm embrace that the locals would give you if they could. In any case, the “s [...]
RedDoorz goes up the value chain with fourth brand, Sunerra
AS it chases scale and its ambition to be South-east Asia’s largest hospitality company, Singapore-based RedDoorz yesterday launched a new mid-scale brand, Sunerra Hotels, pitched at the three stars and above market.
This is the fourth brand in its stable as it attempts to climb up the value c [...]
April travel demand a tale of two markets: Domestic recovery and international stagnation
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that domestic travel demand improved in April 2021 compared to the prior month, although it remained well below pre-pandemic levels while recovery in international passenger travel continued to be stalled in the face of government-imposed [...]
Thorsen: Covid could produce well-funded corporate travel startups to go after long-term opportunity
TRAVEL tech evangelist Johnny Thorsen, who has his own vision of a “Traveltopia”, is watching to see if Covid will give the industry a new generation of well-funded startups “that are able to go after the long term opportunity, and really become a threat to the established environment”.
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