Google launches free “living” data tools for destinations and hoteliers in APAC
GOOGLE is leveraging the power of its search data to launch today Travel Insights with Google, two free real-time tools to help destinations and hoteliers understand live demand patterns and respond in an informed and tactical manner to customers.
Destination Insights and Hotel Insights
are bein [...]
Travel 2021 Predictions: A take on what travel might look like the next year with Covid-19
LET’S be honest - who in 2019 could have predicted that a microscopic organism would come out of the blue and like a wrecking ball turn our world upside down? Yet, here we are, hoping that the next year will be the ray of sunshine at the end of a long, grim tunnel. What will 2021 be like? Are we [...]
Some hiccups at launch, the “monumental” making of SingapoRediscover Vouchers
What went on behind the scenes to make this happen and concerns remain over the fate of smaller agents and operators who may not be able to outlast Covid.
ON midnight December 1, Singaporeans were able to redeem their SingapoRediscover Vouchers (SRV) through the five chosen platforms – Trip.c [...]
Suffering from travel withdrawal symptoms? You’ve got “Wanderlost”, says Klook
IF you miss travel and suffer from wanderlust withdrawal, you’ve probably contracted “Wanderlost”, according to tours and activities platform Klook which recently commissioned a study with YouGov across 15,323 individuals in 13 markets in Asia Pacific.
There is pent-up demand and a genu [...]
The Wrap: Thailand and Agoda partner to market hotel quarantine packages online, report on Asian NTOs’ readiness in tapping Muslim travel market, 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
Thailand enlists Agoda to expediate booking of hotel quarantine packages online
Agoda's dedicat [...]
Accor and Ennismore team up to form mega lifestyle platform
GIANT French hospitality group Accor has entered into a new partnership with Ennismore, the parent company of The Hoxton hotel chain, to form what they termed as “the world’s leading lifestyle operator in the hospitality sector.”
Through the all-share merger the new entity will bring toget [...]
Wego data reveals how travel behaviour in the Middle East has changed post Covid
THE
coronavirus pandemic has brought about irrevocable changes in the world of
travel. Travel priorities along with the pattern of booking and planning have
seen considerable changes throughout 2020 in the Middle East and the rest of
the world.
In the latest Customer Behaviour Report 2021 [...]
Meet the OTAs investing their way out of crisis in Middle East
WEGO launches Shopcash, MakeMyTrip starts TripMoney, Seera enters alternative accommodation and car rentals, Cleartrip goes back to roots
From top, clockwise, Stephan Ekbergh, Travelstart, moderating the OTA panel – Muzzammil Ahussain, Seera Group, Ross Veitch, Wego, Subramanya Sharma, Cleart [...]
Could I have attended this virtually? Events in the age of new protocols, cool tech and changed expectations
I had my first ART yesterday. I wished I could say this involved me splashing blobs of paint on a blank canvas like Pollock or Picasso; rather it was having cotton buds stuck up my nostrils. Honestly, the Antigen Rapid Test wasn’t as bad as I had feared, it felt more like the tingling you get fro [...]
JTB’s new chief sets end-to-end customer experience as key goal but for now, it’s survival and rapid digitalisation
EIJIRO Yamakita, who was appointed president of the 108-year-old company this year, is committed to continuing globalisation and digitalisation. In this wide-ranging conversation during WiT Japan & North Asia Virtual, the executive speaks about surviving Covid, reviving domestic tourism, gender [...]
