One-way trips, shorter booking windows – trends impacting travel: Skyscanner report
The New World of Travel Report released this week by Skyscanner looks at what the future of travel should look like, as well as explore the economics of travel and the changing psychology of travellers.
Among the sectors covered are domestic travel,
pattern of booking lead times, lo [...]
IATA calls for systematic Covid-19 testing of all international travellers before departure
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is calling for the development and deployment of systematic Covid-19 testing for all international flight passengers before departure as an alternative to quarantine.
IATA will work through the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) [...]
The Wrap: STB and Visa sign three-year pact to assist Singapore’s tourism SMEs, WTTC Safe Travels stamp adopted by 100 destinations, 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 the green shoots of recovery slowly take root.
STB, Visa collaborate to aid Singapore’s tourism and lifestyle SMEs in their recovery
One of the aims of STB-Visa mark [...]
Covid-19 has shortened flight booking lead times in APAC, led by India and Thailand
Indian travellers appear to be the most
last minute in the Asia Pacific region when it comes to booking flights,
averaging just 10 days before their departure between March-July 2020.
They are followed by Thai and Singaporean
travellers, who booked on average 21 and 25 days prior to departure. & [...]
Building up or breaking up – which is harder? Michael Issenberg on growing Accor APAC from “practically nothing”
You could say the Covid-19 lifestyle of no-travel-stay-home has been kind to Michael Issenberg personally. Without setting out to do so, he has shed at least eight kilos and feels fit and great. “I woke up one day and realised my pants were loose,” he laughed. “It must be the eating at home, [...]
From analogue to virtual to hybrid: Evolution of events picks up speed
Events might have been due for a makeover, but the onslaught of the pandemic and its repercussions on travel and events have undoubtedly quickened the evolutionary cycle.
When the pandemic hit the industry early this year, GlobalSign.in, the team behind GEVME, an event management software, had [...]
The Wrap: OTA 12Go ties up with Amadeus to boost European rail content, Taiwan is top searched destination for travel on Agoda, 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 the green shoots of recovery slowly take root
OTA 12Go boosts European rail content in new distribution pact with Amadeus
12Go customers will have access to European r [...]
Efficiency will triumph, tours and activities will be healthier after Covid: Baidi Li wants to bring the luck of Magpie to APAC
This week, Magpie Travel, the San Francisco-based company offering content management solutions for the tours & activities sector, announced the appointment of Baidi Li as head of growth initiatives. Until recently, Li had been a regional director at Viator, a leading company in the sector.
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Guest Blog: The Safe Flying Protocol (SFP): The Best & Smartest Way To Restart Travel
By Timothy O’Neil-Dunne, 777 Partners and Henry Harteveldt, Atmosphere Research Group
Unprecedented. Extraordinary. Incomprehensible. Ultra-Complex. Unrivalled. Sobering. We have exhausted the superlatives when it comes to describing, Covid-19, and its impact on the global travel industry.
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Don’t hold your breath for “travel corridors” or “green lanes”, work your domestic strategy for now
“True international travel in South-east Asia needs a vaccine”, says Agoda’s Hughes
Travel businesses in Asia should not pin their hopes on “travel corridors” and “green lanes” generating any substantial volume this year, with Agoda’s Timothy Hughes calling it a “dangerous” [...]
