“Cannot stand anymore” – after a year of no travel, what have you learnt?
“CAN you believe it? Today’s the day WHO called Covid a pandemic a year
ago,” said my caller this morning (March 11, 2021).
At this stage I am ready to believe anything. Well, not everything because there’s a lot of mixed reality out there – there’s someone’s truth and then there� [...]
The Wrap: Singapore Airlines to trial IATA Travel Pass, Trip.com expands partnership with Shangri-La, and more …
THE Wrap is a round-up of news in
the travel and technology industries, and to keep track of developments in
these sectors as businesses adapt and reset to meet challenges in the era of
coronavirus.
Singapore Airlines to pilot IATA's Travel Pass on London service
SIA passengers on the Singapo [...]
FCM renews identity on back of a new technology platform to address changing customer needs
Global travel management company FCM has announced a new
tech platform and a new brand identity in response to a rapidly evolving
business travel landscape.
“With the global pandemic causing a seismic shift in the
business travel industry, FCM has made it a priority to address customers’ pai [...]
Catch-22 of health passports
AS borders around the world continue to
flip-flop in the face of the pandemic, the travel & tourism industry is
putting its collective force behind health passports in a bid to revive travel.
Simply put, health passports would allow the industry to assess travelers based
on their recently uploa [...]
ShopCash to give Wego new wings and funds till travel takes flight again
IN launching ShopCash, its new online
shopping cashback and deal discovery app for Middle
East consumers,
Wego wants to ride on the coat-tails of the
soaring instant cashback e-commerce culture that got further accelerated during
Covid and give investors another reason to back its future growth.&nb [...]
TripActions bucks trend: Gets new funding, sees strong growth, predicts robust comeback for business travel
IN the midst of the pandemic and a travel shutdown, TripActions, a business travel and spend management platform, announced it raised US$155 million in Series E funding. Its co-founder & CEO Ariel Cohen said in spite of the events of 2020, TripActions had seen accelerated adoption by companies [...]
Strong demand for domestic tourism among Saudis, planning to travel internationally with opening of borders
THE majority of Saudi nationals are
enjoying holidays in their own backyard, with many planning to travel both
domestically and internationally this year.
These findings are revealed in the second travel sentiment survey by omni-channel travel brand Almosafer. Conducted online in Saudi Arabia be [...]
Solo Female Travellers chomping at the bit to travel – Greece tops bucket list
IN a year of no travel, the Solo Female Travellers Club managed to grow its members base from 15,000 to 80,000. “Engagement was really high,” said Mar Pages, co-founder of the group that started on Facebook six years ago and is primarily run on the social network.
“I
think people were real [...]
HRS introduces a ‘green’ solution to help organise business travel more sustainably
GLOBAL lodging platform HRS has unveiled Green Stay Initiative, described as “a first-of-its-kind solution that gives corporations and employees a way to organise business travel more sustainably.
Introduced as a pilot in the first quarter of this year, the initiative leverages proprietary tec [...]
Accor and Expedia team up to expand UNESCO sustainability pledge globally
FRENCH multinational hospitality company Accor has joined forces with global travel platform Expedia Group to expand the UNESCO Sustainable Tourism Pledge (The Pledge) into 96 countries to promote sustainable tourism globally.
This tripartite agreement
will see 3,358 Accor hotels globally join t [...]
