D-EDGE introduces multi-digital media platform for hotels
D-EDGE has launched MediaGenius, which it described as “the first multi-digital media platform” and “the first platform of its kind in the market”, for hotels to drive direct bookings.
Announcing the new platform
in a media statement D-EDGE said a hotelier using MediaGenius can develop p [...]
Sustainability and tech converge to put pressure on business trips and events
New questions being asked – “Can this meeting be done virtually?” “What is your average carbon emission per travel day?”
FROM corporate travellers setting their own carbon goals
to how corporates reclassify “essential business trips”, it is clear that
corporate travel and meetings [...]
New Vrbo ad tugs at heartstrings with John Legend and real-life reunions
VACATION rental company Vrbo unveiled its biggest campaign to date with a new ad featuring John Legend and real-life families who didn’t realise they’d be experiencing surprise reunions with loved ones while cameras rolled.
The scenes play out as Legend performs a
new version of the classic [...]
Survey: Collaboration and cooperation needed to kickstart travel recovery
BOOKING.COM, in its latest research conducted among 3,000+ accommodation partners in 20 countries, revealed what support is needed to get travel back on its feet.
The survey also looked at what preparations properties worldwide are making to welcome back guests once it is safe for them to trave [...]
Security in Travel: How to realistically open borders.
THERE are so many gaffes in aviation caused by unpreparedness and missteps that it is almost impossible to catalogue. The Covid-19 virus should have been treated at the outset as a security issue. The recovery is disjointed as the lack of common approaches to the pandemic especially in Asia Pacific [...]
LINE Travel jp bets on chat and corporate travel, moves from meta to merchant model
Blurring of business and leisure creates opportunity for blended travel model, says Shibata
LINE TRAVEL jp is taking a bet on its future by blending the world of corporate travel with chat and, in the process, moving to a merchant-of-record model with its new chat-based corporate travel booking [...]
Carbon Conundrum of a Gen Z-er Global Citizen
THE desire to travel is hard to reconcile with sincere consideration towards the environment as a Gen Z-er. However, innovative product offerings are helping bridge the gap between the two worlds.
Growing up as a global citizen
Travelling across
borders has been an integral part of my life fr [...]
Accor launches biggest ever domestic campaign in Indonesia
Ties up with small and micro enterprises to support local businesses
SPURRED by Covid and how it’s forced travel to go domestic, ALL – Accor Live Limitless has launched its biggest domestic campaign in Indonesia, Rediscover Indonesia, bringing together its 130 hotels in over 30 destinations. [...]
The marathon to open borders – starting well doesn’t guarantee success
Asia falls behind, Middle East pushes ahead, EU and US open up, Australia urged to have “courage”
IT truly is
a marathon race. Just because you started off well doesn’t mean you’ll stay
ahead at whichever stage of the race and at this juncture, countries such as
Singapore and Taiwan, wh [...]
Middle East trade heralds return of physical Arabian Travel Market as the push needed in recovery
'Let's get back to business' sentiment prevails
THE physical return of the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai has been heralded as a signal of positive things to come for the travel and tourism industry in the Middle East. And while it wasn’t as busy compared to previous years, the overall sentime [...]
