Assets lying idle during travel shutdown? Not so for some
Empty planes, empty hotels, empty streets, empty tourist attractions, convention and exhibition halls. These are indeed unprecedented times with travel assets emptied out the world over. For some, however, having unused travel assets represents an opportunity to alleviate stress points in the fight [...]
ADARA launches Tourism Dashboard offering for destination marketers
As part of its Covid-19 response, ADARA has launch the ADARA Tourism Dashboard as part of its new COVID-19 Resource Center. The dashboard is designed to provide up-to-date destination trends and projections based on each country and by state.
The new product helps destinations and tourism marke [...]
Your plane is clean but is it safe? A plan for “safe flight protocol”
Answer no. And it’s not the airline’s fault. World flying has dwindled to a trickle. On any given day it's a fraction of normal. Traffic through the airports in USA have fallen to less than 5% of normal for the past week in the USA. China had only 15% of airline passengers in February 2020 [...]
Covid-19 exposed weaknesses in value chain, collaboration needed to improve product and back-end automation
During its darkest days in the eye of the storm, Trip.com found itself handling “tens of thousands” of domestic flights and hotels cancellations a day. Thankfully, Yudong Tan, CTO and vice president, flight business, who described that time as “really bad”, said the group had invested heavi [...]
Letter from the Kingdom of Covid-19: A time of ugly truths and bare essentials
I think
it’s finally sunk in. The reality. I probably had the longest denial period of
anyone I know. From Wednesday, Singapore went into “circuit breaker” mode in
the ongoing fight against Covid-19 which seems to have more twists and turns
than “Kingdom”, the K-drama hit which, to me, co [...]
Airlines have melted like “snow in the Sahara”; why flying will not be the same again
Aviation veteran Christoph Mueller last
night paid tribute to airline executives for the amazing job they have done,
building up networks that allowed people to fly everywhere, earning dividends
for investors and shareholders and paying bonuses to staff for the past 25
years.
“To see it [...]
Keeping the fantasy of travel alive: WiT Watch on destination marketing – Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Portugal, Australia
Just because we can’t travel now doesn’t
mean we can’t keep the fantasy of travel alive in our customers’ minds. Here’s
a round-up of destinations doing their bit to keep dreaming alive.
Dubai: Till We Meet Again
In this time when we all need to pause – take a moment to reflect, [...]
WiT Community Blog: Luke Hurford, senior vice president, strategy, YTL Hotels, Malaysia
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our industry at a standstill and many of
us in self-isolation or quarantine at home, or grounded, this is our blog for
you – it’s a way to share stories within our community, to form solidarity and
foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are eac [...]
WiT Community Blog: Seng Mah, owner and instructor, Venture Photography Workshops
With Planet Earth in lockdown, our
industry at a standstill and many of us in self-isolation or quarantine at
home, or grounded, this is our blog for you – it’s a way to share stories
within our community, to form solidarity and foster a sense of belonging.
Short essays on what we are eac [...]
With recovery a “constantly moving target”, hotels step up to serve in fight against Covid-19
As
sprouts of recovery are being seen across Asia markets, as evidenced by the
gradual return of domestic travel, there has been an air of cautious but
significant optimism in the industry… a glimmer of light at the end of this
long, dark tunnel.
Following the virus’ peak in mid-February in [...]
