WiT South Korea Watch: Five new tourism hubs, Korean Air’s new Budapest service, shopping festival launched
Highlights: Five new tourism hubs in South Korea, Korean Air’s new route to the Hungarian capital Budapest, shopping carnival in South Korea with attractive discounts across travel sector
Five new tourism hubs picked to expand tourist activities beyond Seoul
Busan's Gamcheon Culture Villag [...]
JWT Intelligence Identifies The Top Ten Travel Trends Of 2020, Part Two
We continue our look at the latest travel trends identified by JWT Intelligence’s annual The Future 100: 2020 report. Last week, we took a closer look at five of the top ten key trends that will unfold in travel this year. Read part one here. Here is part two:
Legacy
tourism – protect [...]
Letter from Penang: Going batty in Green Acres and getting lost in Garden of Evening Mists
With sustainability such a hot topic these days, you can imagine my excitement when I heard a team of bat researchers from Rimba Research was doing field work at Penang Green Acres the day I was due to visit Eric and Kim Chong at their durian farm last week.
I was
curious as to what research th [...]
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 [...]
Beautiful Destinations’ Jeremy Jauncey on the challenges facing destination marketers and who’s getting it right
At the VidCon Asia Summit in Singapore in December, Jeremy Jauncey, CEO and founder of Beautiful Destinations spoke about the pressure tourism organisations are under to embrace digital, the role of social media content creators in travel marketing, and the importance of maintaining a focus on sust [...]
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 [...]
Top 3 Lessons of 2019, Part 3
We continue our series on top lessons learnt in 2019, a pivotal year as we enter a new decade. What are yours?
Angel Llull Mancas, vice president and managing director, Asia Pacific, Booking.com
1. It’s all about the experience. A trip is more than just where you lay your head. That’s [...]
More live entertainment, sports events for Accor’s customers in group’s expanded deal with AEG
Members of Accor’s new guest loyalty programme ALL (Accor Live Limitless) will get to enjoy more concerts and sports events with the extension of the French hospitality group’s partnership with leading sports and live entertainment company AEG.
In announcing the partnership’s expansion Acc [...]
Top 3 Lessons of 2019, Part 2
We continue our series of Top 3 Lessons learnt in 2019 as travel industry leaders share their reflections on the pivotal year that was, and how they will prepare for the year ahead. What are yours?
Greg Schulze, senior vice president, Expedia Group
1. Success requires us to operate under [...]