The Wrap: Malaysia Airlines to launch digital travel health pass, new direct booking solution for groups from Groups360, and more …
THE Wrap is a
round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and to keep track of
developments in these sectors as businesses adapt and reset to meet challenges
in the era of coronavirus.
Malaysia Airlines to introduce digital travel health pass in move to reopen safe travels
Passe [...]
Amadeus takes hit in revenues and profits, steamrolls ahead with new partnerships and NDC initiatives
DESPITE a 61% contraction in revenue to €2,174.0 million and a 123.9% decline in profit to a loss of €302.4 million in its 2020 results, Amadeus continues to push ahead with new partnerships and New Distribution Capability (NDC) initiatives to drive advanced travel retailing.
In announcing i [...]
Lumitics continues relentless push to cut food waste in travel
LOI'S mission gets momentum from Covid-cost pressure and sustainability movement.
When Lumitics’
founder and CEO Raynor Loi hit upon the idea of tackling the issue of food
waste in Singapore as a 22-year-old finance undergraduate, he would not have imagined
having a platform to speak to minist [...]
Magpie and Toristy collaborate to power Indonesian OTA Hayo
SAN Francisco-based Magpie Travel has inked an agreement with Toristy, the Helsinki-based provider of SaaS solutions and distribution to the tour, activity and experiences sector.
Under the partnership, the two companies will deliver content management and distribution solutions to tours and a [...]
Indie hotels need to step up digitisation to get fair share of online rebound
How the OTA landscape in Asia changed during Covid
IT speaks to the acceleration of technology adoption among independent hotels in the Asia region that despite a year of literally no cross-border travel, ZUZU Hospitality Solutions was able to double its customer base from 1,500 to 3,000 last ye [...]
“The mess of the passes”: The battle by airlines to open borders
THERE’S not a day that goes by these days that I do not receive a news release about a new travel/health pass or some other initiative designed to help governments open their borders with some measure of confidence that by so doing, they will not invite another outbreak.
The day after the [...]
Covid-19 cash burn continues – urgent preparations for restart
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) released new analysis showing that the airline industry is expected to remain cash negative throughout 2021. Previous analysis (November 2020) indicated that airlines would turn cash positive in the fourth quarter of 2021. At the industry level, ai [...]
Expedia Cruises launches new tools to help industry navigate recovery
Eichhorst on Covid’s impact on digitisation and distribution, and how cruises will restart
CRUISES may be stalled for the moment but positive search data in fourth quarter 2020, signifying substantial pent-up demand, has promoted Expedia Cruises to launch a new suite of tools to support cruis [...]
The Wrap: Malaysia Airlines joins IATA’s initiative to champion gender balance, Emirates rolls out content on NDC platform and GDS fees, and more …
THE
Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and to keep
track of developments in these sectors as businesses adapt and reset to meet
challenges in the era of coronavirus.
Malaysia Airlines joins IATA's 25by2025 to boost gender balance in aviation industry
Malaysia [...]
Emirates operates first flight serviced by fully vaccinated frontline teams
DUBAI-BASED Emirates on January 21 joined the list of world airlines to operate a flight with fully vaccinated frontline teams servicing customers at every touchpoint of the journey.
Flight EK215 departed Dubai for Los Angeles at 8.30am on that day supported by over 70 fully vaccinated frontline [...]
