JWT Intelligence identifies the top ten travel trends of 2020, part one
According to JWT Intelligence’s annual The Future 100: 2020 report released this week, the year will see ten key trends unfold in travel. Many of the trends identified seem to combat the less desirable aspects of the industry – namely over-tourism and its negative environmental impact –& [...]
Sojern’s digital advertising platform now available to all hotels
Digital marketing solutions provider Sojern is offering its enterprise-grade technology developed to power marketing campaigns for the world’s biggest travel brands to independent hotels and chain properties as a subscription.
A commission version of the same solution,
known as ‘Pay On The S [...]
JejuAir buys into Eaststar, IMM takes stake in HanaTour, Yanolja buys Dailyhotel – pivotal moments as WiT Seoul 2020 returns
What a difference a
year makes. South Korea’s travel market enters 2020 with a sense of
anticipation as well as trepidation as to what the first year of the new decade
will bring the industry.
Consider the pivotal moments that happened in travel in 2019.
Hyundai rescues Asiana Airlines; Je [...]
The Wrap: Plaza Premium Group commits US$55m to expand footprint globally
News Roundup: Plaza Premium Group adding new lounges and in-terminal hotels in more international airports, FCM Travel’s ‘minority’ investment in Shep, a US patent for Sydney-based Troovo Technologies
Hospitality: Plaza Premium Group commits $55m to expand footprint globally
Aerotel at [...]
Air India signs distribution agreement with Amadeus after dropping Sabre (Updated)
Less than a week after exiting Sabre global distribution system (GDS) and ending a two-decade partnership, Air India has inked a new distribution deal with Amadeus.
The agreement sees the Indian carrier returning to Amadeus after it withdrew its inventory in the GDS.
The airline also has an a [...]
Amid sustainability concerns, cruises get set to sail into the big-time in Asia; travel agents urged to wake up
Just as the word “sustainability” has taken the aviation world by storm, with flight shaming impacting air travel in Sweden and Europe, in particular, cruise companies are also bracing themselves for potential backlash against their industry.
When asked for one key development in 2019, whic [...]
MATTA files legal action against rival travel association over trademark infringement
What’s in a name? A lot, where the 44-year-old Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) is concerned as it now finds itself facing a rival travel association with a similar acronym - MATA.
The acronym is that of the newly-registered Malaysia Association Tour Agency/MATA (Persatu [...]
2019: Tipping point for the reinvention of travel
Chetan Kapoor, co-founder and COO, of Videc, does a recap on the key events of 2019.
Distribution Re-wired
From IATA’s 202020 – 20 of IATA’s Leaderboard airlines to achieve 20% of their sales via the NDC framework in 202020; to Marriott and Expedia’s wholesale distribution agree [...]
In 2020, mind the facts, ask key questions and channel Rihanna
We couldn’t have asked for a more spectacular way to mark the end of a decade in Asia – the annular solar eclipse on December 26. According to experts, the next time this will occur in our part of the world will be in 2063 and given I won’t be able to wait that long, I didn’t want to miss i [...]
What’s fuelling the rise in solo travel: Tapping into a growing market
Eric Gnock Fah, COO and co-founder of Klook, shares his thoughts on the market promise that's offered by the rise of solo travel.
Eric Gnock Fah: Different reasons are prompting travellers of all ages to go it alone.
Until recently, solo travel would have
been a daunting concept for many peo [...]
