Travel can heal – how suppliers are addressing wellbeing and wellness needs of consumers
AS the pandemic wears on and takes alarming twists and turns around the world, it is clearly taking its toll on mental wellbeing and wellness and there is no denying that when travellers get back on the road, travel is in a unique position to address this need – from wellness retreats to immersio [...]
Travel searches grow, behaviour and attitudes shift
BUILDING on the momentum seen in the first quarter, monthly global search volumes continued to grow in Q2, increasing more than 70% quarter-over-quarter, according to the Q2 2021 Travel Recovery Trend Report released by Expedia Group Media Solutions.
“The ongoing rollout of Covid-19 vaccines� [...]
Mystifly extends flights platform to non-travel brands, creates new call centre business
“We survived, now ready to thrive,” says Rajeev Kumar on 12th (no, second) anniversary
IT may be Mystifly’s 12th anniversary but to founder Rajeev Kumar and co-founder Bharat Goyal, it feels more like its second year “because we went back to zero” when the pandemic devastated its B2B f [...]
Perseverance pulled airlines through worst year on record
“2020 was a year that we’d all like to forget. But analysing the performance statistics for the year reveals an amazing story of perseverance,” said Willie Walsh director general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA)
He was commenting on the resilience of the industry in na [...]
AirAsia’s BigPay secures US$100m from South Korea’s SK Group to grow its financial businesses
BigPay, the fintech unit of airasia Digital, has raised up to US$100 million in financing from SK Group, the third-largest conglomerate in South Korea by asset size.
This is the first time any
portfolio company within airasia Digital has secured financing of this size.
BigPay said the funding [...]
Sustainability: Don’t sell or tell, show it
“It should be a jailable offence to greenwash”, says Bouteco’s Kinsman
IF there was one key message from Episode 5 of the WiT Travel Roadshow last Thursday, it is that it is the industry’s opportunity to turn “revenge travel” into “beautiful travel” by putting sustainability prin [...]
Tentative recovery lifts Q2 results for major travel brands, except for APAC
WHILE things remain glum in Asia Pacific, with almost all cross-border travel within the region halted and countries undergoing new waves of infections, it is good to see financial performance of major travel companies on the mend – although admittedly, recovery remains fragile.
Second quarte [...]
Expedia Group teams up with UNICEF to “give the world a shot”
ONLINE travel brands are stepping in to help fight Covid and to get travel back on its feet.
Today, Expedia Group announced a joint programme with UNICEF, calling on travellers to join in an effort to help safely re-open the world, one trip and one shot at a time.
Effective today, each purch [...]
The Wrap: Air cargo is “saving grace” for APAC airlines, Visit Maldives joins forces with Qatar Airways in destination promotion, and more …
THE Wrap is a round-up of
news in the travel and technology industries, and an update on how businesses
in these sectors are adapting and resetting as they prepare for post-pandemic
travel.
Air cargo is “saving grace” for APAC airlines as travel demand remains suppressed
Ongoing border re [...]
Farewell, Datuk Kee – you made a difference to Penang
ANYONE who’s ever had any dealings with Penang’s travel industry would have met her, if not, would have known or heard of her.
In fact, more often than not, you would hear
or sense her before she actually arrived on the scene because Datuk Kee Phaik
Cheen had a personality that was larger t [...]
