Here’s looking at you, 2021, Part 4: Disappointing start for China, proceed with caution and hope
WE kick off the year with a gathering of views and opinions from our community of industry leaders on their outlook for 2021, from their level of optimism and their plans to get through the year. Here’s the fourth collection.
Steve Saxon, partner with McKinsey & Company, China (f [...]
The Wrap: Singapore Airlines pilots pre-departure testing, Skyscanner appoints new CEO, 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 trials pre-departure Covid testing in partnership with Collinson
Travellers [...]
Klook proves mettle, raises $200m to digitise industry on back of Covid
KLOOK today announced that it has raised US$200 million in additional funding. The Series E round was led by Aspex Management, an investment fund focused on Asia Pacific, in addition to other new investors. Sequoia Capital China, Softbank Vision Fund 1, Matrix Partners China, and Boyu Capital, who [...]
WiT to launch monthly Travel Roadshow to guide community through uncertain year
WiT will launch The Travel Roadshow (2021 Series) in March. To be held monthly, it will provide a regular hangout around which the WiT community can gather to chart new trends, exchange ideas, share lessons and forge a sense of camaraderie to get through the uncertain year ahead.
Said Yeoh
Siew [...]
Consumers are gaining confidence to travel in 2021: Report
A NEW report from TripAdvisor identifies shifting traveller trends and reveals how consumers are planning to travel in 2021, as well as the impact of the pandemic on their trip planning habits.
Confidence among consumers to travel abroad in 2021, particularly in the second half, is increasing re [...]
Listen to your dentist, he knows the drill: How to hone enduring skills and stay relevant in a broken world
WHEN New
York Times columnist and author Thomas Friedman was asked at the PCMA Convening
Leaders 2021 conference which skill he felt had served him best in his career,
he said, “Deep listening – learn when to listen and what you say when you
listen.”
Which is
why I encourage you to go to t [...]
Skycanner identifies unserved routes to help aviation partners in recovery
SKYSCANNER is helping its airlines and airports partners on their recovery journey with the introduction of Unserved Routes’ data module, which identifies untapped demand for new direct flight services.
According to Skyscanner, this new tool helps the aviation sector “leverage forward lookin [...]
The Wrap: KL International Airport to use facial recognition for passenger authentication, D-EDGE launches new resource platform, 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.
Malaysia Airports to roll out facial recognition for faster, safer passenger authentication, repl [...]
Post-Spacemob/WeWork, Fuad makes fintech play with new “BNPL” startup Pace
EIGHT months after his departure from WeWork, veteran entrepreneur Turochas “T” Fuad has unveiled his newest startup in the hot “Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL)” space, Pace Enterprise (Pace).
Armed with a “high seven-figure” seed round co-led by Vertex Ventures, a Temasek subsidiary, and A [...]
Business travel will come back more sophisticated with bigger role for TMCs, says Amadeus
BUSINESS travel, when it returns, will likely be initiated for different reasons, have different requirements for planning, and travellers and corporates will place value on different considerations.
Amadeus’
recent report “Reboot. Recharge. Rethink Business Travel”, based on interviews
co [...]
