Sabre partners Accor to create the first unified technology platform for hospitality
Sabre Corporation and Accor are partnering to create the first unified central reservation (CR) and property management (PM) platform for the global hospitality industry.
Sabre intends to develop a new full-service property management capability to layer on its existing central reservation and [...]
Alibaba and Nielsen identify top Chinese travel and mobile payment trends in 2020
A new report released by Nielsen and Alipay, 2019 New Trends for Mobile Payment in Chinese Outbound Tourism, outlined the latest trends in Chinese outbound tourism and spending habits.
According to the China Tourism Academy,
China’s outbound tourism market totalled over 81 million trips in th [...]
The Wrap: Malaysia Airlines expands codeshare with Qatar Airways, suspends Boeing 737 MAX delivery (Updated)
News Roundup: Partnerships take centre stage with Malaysia Airlines and Qatar Airways expanding code share agreement and Accor teaming up with Grab for additional benefits to loyalty members; highlighted too is Travelport reporting positive results from its Travel Unified campaign
Aviation: Ma [...]
Study looks at the way forward for Asia’s tours and activities sector
At WiT Singapore 2019 last October BeMyGuest, specialists in technology and distribution for the travel experience industry in Asia, presented a report into the state of the attractions, tours and activities sector in the region and where it could be headed. Its CEO Blanca Menchaca shares a snapsho [...]
New technology trends shape the future airport
To accommodate the additional 2.1 billion annual passengers by 2036 expected to arrive in Asia, airport operators will have to look to automation and new technology to maximise the capacity of existing infrastructure.
Travel industry leaders were asked, in a recent report by Amadeus, which tech [...]
JWT Intelligence Identifies The Top Ten Travel Trends Of 2020, Part Two
We continue our look at the latest travel trends identified by JWT Intelligence’s annual The Future 100: 2020 report. Last week, we took a closer look at five of the top ten key trends that will unfold in travel this year. Read part one here. Here is part two:
Legacy
tourism – protect [...]
WiT Africa 2020 to connect the dots between the Asian and African travel markets, in Cape Town, May 28
Singapore Tourism Board comes on-board as Destination Partner
Following
its success in Asia and the Middle East, WiT (Web in Travel) will host its
debut WiT Africa conference in Cape Town, drawing focus on the growth and
potential of the African travel market and its connection with Asia.
Th [...]
From Scoot to Swoop, from hot to cold: Greenway on surviving in Canada and the future of the airline seat
To say that it’s been a major adjustment for Steven Greenway, as he went from Scoot to Swoop, is probably the understatement of the year. Not only was it a change in model, from low cost to ultra low cost (yes, that’s the new term these days, ULCC), it was also a switch from the tropics to the [...]
Letter from Penang: Going batty in Green Acres and getting lost in Garden of Evening Mists
With sustainability such a hot topic these days, you can imagine my excitement when I heard a team of bat researchers from Rimba Research was doing field work at Penang Green Acres the day I was due to visit Eric and Kim Chong at their durian farm last week.
I was
curious as to what research th [...]
Meet Benny: revolutionist, disruptor and the next gen travel agent
Enter Benny, a self-proclaimed revolutionist and disruptor in the hotel and travel agency space on a mission to “break free from the powers of the OTA”. Founded by Sage45 which is made up of a team of hotel experts, Benny is an invite-only community where travellers become agents for independen [...]
