VIDEOS: WiT Europe 2019 – Through the Looking Glass
This year’s WiT Europe @ Phocuswright Europe on May 16 in Amsterdam took a peek "Through The Looking Glass" at the key trends driving and influencing two of the world’s largest and fastest changing travel markets – Asia Pacific and the Middle East. The discussions went deep into the opportuni [...]
Top 10 semifinalists picked for final showdown at WiT Japan & North Asia Startup Pitch 2019
Ten semi-finalists have been judged and selected for a final pitch and showdown at the upcoming WiT Japan & North Asia event in Tokyo this July.
Amadeus is supporting the startup pitch event which attracted close to 30 entries from 11 countries.
The WiT Startup Pitch is an ann [...]
A Bird’s Eye View: What will OTA 4.0 look like?
I guess if someone had been asked 20 years ago what an OTA 1.0 might look like, few people would have the answer – until Booking.com and Expedia did it in 1996 and Ctrip followed in 1999, and showed the way.
It’s a testament to these three that two decades on, they are still on top of their [...]
New investor in Travelstart gives it access to funds to own Africa
"We can now do the deals we want to do," says CEO Stephan Ekbergh
Travelstart, Africa’s leading online travel company, has taken on a new investor in the form of global private markets investment firm HarbourVest in a move that CEO Stephan Ekbergh says gives it access to capital to realise it [...]
The Wrap: Malaysia Airlines, JAL pursue joint business partnership to boost traffic, enhance services
In the news: Partnerships make the travel world go round, or so it seems judging from the number of agreements and MoUs inked almost daily between companies to increase product offerings, expand accommodation choices and more. Latest to join forces are Malaysia Airlines /Japan Airlines, Amadeus/Boo [...]
Emerging technology trends and their impact on the hospitality industry: Viewpoint
Earlier this month Amadeus and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) released a research paper – Drivers of Change in Hospitality – produced in collaboration Foresight Factory and Cornell University that identified three trends that the sector must respond to meet the needs of the consumer of the [...]
Record number of Asians take cruises but account for smaller slice of global cruise pie in 2018: CLIA
A record number of Asian sourced passengers took cruises in 2018, but ended up accounting for a smaller slice of the global cruise pie, according to the latest CLIA cruise report.
CLIA’s 2018 Asia Cruise Industry Ocean Source Market Report said there were 4.24 million Asia sourced cruise [...]
Trade tensions? Ctrip sees opportunity, reports strong financials
Ctrip.com has put concerns over escalating trade tensions with the US and a slowing economy to rest with a strong showing in the first quarter results of 2019.
The online giant’s net revenue increased by 21% year-over-year to RMB8.2 billion (US$1.2 billion) in the first quarter of 2019. Inco [...]
Amadeus runs live NDC bookings through global partnership with Travix
Amadeus announced last week that it has started conducting live NDC bookings since last November, through a newly established global partnership with online travel agency, Travix.
Travix is considered one of Amadeus’ “driver customers” for its NDC-enabled Web Services solution, which the G [...]
It’ll take the whole industry to truly make NDC a reality, but progress is being made
In
the complicated world of airline distribution, NDC is an acronym many use but seemingly
few truly understand. In a panel made of travel management companies, airlines
and GDS providers openly shared their hopes and hesitations regarding the
elusive technology that continues to promise to revolut [...]
