JWT Intelligence identifies the top ten travel trends of 2020, part one
According to JWT Intelligence’s annual The Future 100: 2020 report released this week, the year will see ten key trends unfold in travel. Many of the trends identified seem to combat the less desirable aspects of the industry – namely over-tourism and its negative environmental impact –& [...]
Sojern’s digital advertising platform now available to all hotels
Digital marketing solutions provider Sojern is offering its enterprise-grade technology developed to power marketing campaigns for the world’s biggest travel brands to independent hotels and chain properties as a subscription.
A commission version of the same solution,
known as ‘Pay On The S [...]
JejuAir buys into Eaststar, IMM takes stake in HanaTour, Yanolja buys Dailyhotel – pivotal moments as WiT Seoul 2020 returns
What a difference a
year makes. South Korea’s travel market enters 2020 with a sense of
anticipation as well as trepidation as to what the first year of the new decade
will bring the industry.
Consider the pivotal moments that happened in travel in 2019.
Hyundai rescues Asiana Airlines; Je [...]
The Wrap: Plaza Premium Group commits US$55m to expand footprint globally
News Roundup: Plaza Premium Group adding new lounges and in-terminal hotels in more international airports, FCM Travel’s ‘minority’ investment in Shep, a US patent for Sydney-based Troovo Technologies
Hospitality: Plaza Premium Group commits $55m to expand footprint globally
Aerotel at [...]
Asia dominates passport power, citizens enjoy global mobility
Countries
that embrace the new reality of global mobility are thriving, with their
citizens having increasing passport power and travel freedom and other
associated perks. And according to Henley & Partners’ Henley Passport Index,
Asia has taken the lead.
Its
recently released report reve [...]
Guest Blog: D-EDGE & dailypoint announce a strategic partnership
D-EDGE – part of the Accor Group – and dailypointTM are pleased to announce a global strategic partnership combining the CRS of D-EDGE, one of the leading providers of digital solutions for hotels, with the CRM and guest data management platform of dailypointTM.
With technology playing an i [...]
Air India signs distribution agreement with Amadeus after dropping Sabre (Updated)
Less than a week after exiting Sabre global distribution system (GDS) and ending a two-decade partnership, Air India has inked a new distribution deal with Amadeus.
The agreement sees the Indian carrier returning to Amadeus after it withdrew its inventory in the GDS.
The airline also has an a [...]
Amid sustainability concerns, cruises get set to sail into the big-time in Asia; travel agents urged to wake up
Just as the word “sustainability” has taken the aviation world by storm, with flight shaming impacting air travel in Sweden and Europe, in particular, cruise companies are also bracing themselves for potential backlash against their industry.
When asked for one key development in 2019, whic [...]
Beautiful Destinations’ Jeremy Jauncey on the challenges facing destination marketers and who’s getting it right
At the VidCon Asia Summit in Singapore in December, Jeremy Jauncey, CEO and founder of Beautiful Destinations spoke about the pressure tourism organisations are under to embrace digital, the role of social media content creators in travel marketing, and the importance of maintaining a focus on sust [...]
MATTA files legal action against rival travel association over trademark infringement
What’s in a name? A lot, where the 44-year-old Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) is concerned as it now finds itself facing a rival travel association with a similar acronym - MATA.
The acronym is that of the newly-registered Malaysia Association Tour Agency/MATA (Persatu [...]
