From sake tourism to temple stays, ESG to metaverse, North Asia waits patiently for rebound
“KIKO No Ikioi” – Japanese saying for “no choice but to carry on” – and travel companies in North Asia have certainly carried on even though cross-border travel remains at a standstill, two years into the pandemic. Global to local OTAs have carried on investing in tech, team and product [...]
High tech’s lessons for travel
ARE you daring or boring?
Before
you answer, consider this: Daring is the
name of a company producing a plant-based food that looks and tastes like
chicken. The Boring Company is an
Elon Musk enterprise that completed
the Vegas Loop, a tunnel that shuttles conference goers in
human-driven Teslas [...]
Singaporeans lead the optimistic pack in planning travel in 2022
Tripadvisor study shows strong appetite for new places but uncertainty continues to hold travellers back
TRAVELLERS in Singapore are the most optimistic about planning to travel in 2022, followed by those in Australia and Japan, according to new travel research by Tripadvisor.
‘Travel in 2 [...]
November saw passenger uplift but Omicron restrictions likely to affect period ahead
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the recovery in air travel continued in November 2021, prior to the emergence of Omicron. International demand sustained its steady upward trend as more markets reopened. Domestic traffic, however, weakened, largely owing to strength [...]
The Wrap: SIA and NUS launch aviation lab, Sabre expands SafePoint’s capability, Greater Bay Airlines partners with Amadeus
THE Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology sector – new partnerships, product launches, aviation industry updates, innovative solutions, and more …
Singapore Airlines, NUS set up aviation lab to redefine passenger air travel experience
A cabin stimulator in the SIA-NUS D [...]
New generation of startups will change France’s travel scene, and why DMCs remain critical to the trip
Cambon Partners' Morgann Lesne on what makes French travel tech tick or not tick these days
HAVING lunch with investment banker Morgann Lesne in Paris late December, our conversation turned to the acquisition of Etraveli Group by Booking Holdings and we wondered if France has the capability to p [...]
These are the top international source markets by world regions
AHEAD of the year-end, provider of travel intelligence Mabrian conducted a global analysis of inbound international air arrivals capacity for the first half of 2022.
The analysis breaks down all the major geographic regions around the world - Africa & Middle East, Europe, Asia & Oceania, [...]
The Wrap: Malaysia Airports implements biometric tech, Emirates expands collaboration with Alhosn, PAL deploys self-service rebooking tool
THE Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology sector – new partnerships, product launches, aviation industry updates, innovative solutions, and more …
Malaysia Airports provides touchless journey for passengers with biometric technology
The biometric-enabled self-service Sm [...]
To API or not? Travel agents face dilemma as cruising distribution undergoes shift
New players like Klook, Lazada swooping into vacuum created by pandemic – sales went from zero to “couple of million dollars”
HARRY Sommer, president and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line, told a good story during last week’s CruiseWorld Asia. He spoke of how he started a travel agency right [...]
The Year In Review And Looking Forward to 2022: In a Playlist
THIS contribution to our year in review and 2022 outlook series comes from Stephan Ekbergh, CEO, Travelstart whose answers came to him in songs and so, here's his playlist for your listening pleasure. Enjoy (definitely a word to embrace in 2022).
Stephan Ekbergh, CEO, Travelstart
Q: Looki [...]
