What Will the Covid Business Recovery Look Like? Look to Travel and Learn.
When it comes to recovery, fortune favours the bold. In this long read, we compare two destination recovery efforts past and present. In the true spirit of WiT 2020, travel industry alumni, and now chief executive and partner of CP5, Luke Clark, looks back to look forward. Way back in 2003, right i [...]
Travel Zero.O: 10 Key Takeaways from WiT Experience Week
There was as much to learn about organising a hybrid event as there was to learn about travel at this most pivotal of times. Here’s a summary of the key takeaways garnered over the four days of Sept 28-Oct 1.
1. Be prepared to unlearn everything so that you can learn something new
In organ [...]
Singapore gives the go-ahead to two cruise lines to resume sailing
To kickstart the cruise sector and in line with the “calibrated resumption of economic activities” the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is allowing two cruise lines to offer “cruises to nowhere” to the city-state residents from next month.
Genting Cruise Lines’ World Dream will offer thes [...]
Sentosa builds local love as a fun, vibrant tourism hub
Having built a domestic market that made up a quarter of its total visitorship of 19 million pre-Covid, Sentosa Development Corporation and its partners are now pulling together to entice the only market segment available to them right now and to grow it.
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AirAsia X proposes major debt restructuring to avoid liquidation
Just days after Malaysia Airlines announced its restructuring plan the long haul low cost arm of the AirAsia Group, AirAsia X (AAX), has proposed to undertake a group-wide debt and corporate restructuring with a revised business model to survive and thrive in the long-term.
In a filing with the [...]
Malaysia Airlines undertakes “urgent” restructuring exercise to ensure group’s “relevance and survival”
Malaysia’s national carrier Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) is embarking on a comprehensive restructuring of its business and capital structure, which includes revising its Long-Term Business Plan (LTBP) further to ensure survival and protect jobs.
The carrier confirms in a statement that it has r [...]
AirAsia Japan ceases operations
AirAsia Japan, a unit of Malaysia-based AirAsia Group, is shutting down its operations effective today, 5 October, due to “highly challenging operating conditions”.
Jun Aida, representative director and COO of AirAsia Japan, elaborated on the reason for the airline's closure: “Despite our [...]
WiT Experience Week, Rewrite: The start of something new as events take on hybrid life and travel faces life-or-death moments
“I didn’t know how much I had missed this.” “I didn’t think I’d be able to sit through seven hours straight.” “I wouldn’t usually have stayed for dinner.” “We didn’t want to leave.”
These were some of the comments expressed by those who were physically present at WiT Ex [...]
Guest Blog: Capitalising on the rise of domestic tourism in South-east Asia
This is a contribution from Maria Taylor, head of commercial, Asia Pacific, hospitality at Amadeus. She explains what the shift to domestic tourism and staycations means for hoteliers in South-east Asia, which is beginning to open up again, and advises how they can drive profitable demand and retai [...]
Planning the perfect holiday during a pandemic
This is an editorial contribution from Wego .
It is no doubt that planning your holiday during a pandemic can be worrying and exasperating.
Wego is helping travellers have a more pleasant experience when planning for their perfect holiday with the best travel advice. We have put together a li [...]
