Sponsored post: Your journey starts and ends on TikTok
CHOICES, choices, choices. And the choices are immense as destinations around the world lay out the welcome mat to travellers from Asia, whom they have missed as well. Should I go to Portugal, which seems to have become one of the trendiest destinations in Europe? Or should I revisit London and Pari [...]
Move to digital gains momentum in tours and activities sector
BARRING no major disruptions, the tours, activities and attractions (TAA) sector will exceed pre-pandemic levels by 2024, with global revenue reaching $260 billion.
But the recovery will be uneven, with certain regions, channels and segments recovering faster than others.
Online travel agencie [...]
Pace of innovation set to pick up in travel sector, though fraud worries grow
INNOVATION breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) may not be directly disrupting the travel industry just yet but they are among the new technologies that could drastically change the way services are delivered in the coming years, say experts at the WiT Singapore 20 [...]
WiT Singapore 2022: Small tech innovations spark a big travel revolution
The pandemic-induced tech boom is changing the lives of travel community in big ways, shares panel experts at WiT 2022.
If there’s one thing good that came out of the pandemic, it was the acceleration of travel technology fuelled by the global travel industry’s immense pressure to adapt quickly [...]
Top of the WiT Ep 05: Airbnb and digital nomads, travellers love videos, elevating conscious tourism
On “Top Of The WiT”, we bring you a grab of the news that happened this week in travel, technology and Asia – interesting nuggets that caught our eye and made it into the weekly WiT newsletter.
It has been a busy week for the WiT crew as the dust settles from WiT Singapore 2022 that took [...]
Sponsored post: Saying Goodbye to the Passenger Name Record and Hello to a retail-centric future
What’s next for travel agencies in this brave new world of travel?
The only constant in life is change. And we’ve certainly seen plenty of that in recent times. But that doesn’t mean change has to be something that simply happens to us in the travel industry. Travel agencies and TMCs are now [...]
Cyberattacks surge, how to stay safe virtually when travelling in the real world
DATA breaches, cyberattacks, information theft - none of these are shocking headlines in 2022. Yet, while cybercrime has become a byproduct of our evolving online world, it doesn't make these acts any less dangerous. In fact, an upcoming report by Phocuswright titled “Cybersecurity in travel goes [...]
As travel resumes in 2022, technology promises to meet new expectations
Persistent trip, payments flexibility, AI-driven pricing – the promise of a new world
With the world opening up for travel this year and Asia rebounding, the travel and hospitality industries are quickly gearing up with new technologies that promise to deliver ease of use, convenience and persona [...]
Sponsored: Wego looks at travel trends in the MENA region through pre and post-pandemic data
THE tourism sector has in recent years gone through difficult times. However, thanks to the combination of successful vaccination campaigns and the pent-up demand of frustrated travellers, the situation in the sector improved significantly during the summer of 2022.
But has the travel and tourism [...]
Travel is today’s ultimate luxury, Google identifies four new traveller archetypes
TRAVEL has become the ultimate luxury in today’s world, declared Hermione Joye, Sector Lead, Travel, APAC for Google, as she shared the latest findings from a Google and Kantar study at WiT Singapore 2022 last week.
One, “revenge travel” is here to stay in the APAC traveller mindset, with 7 [...]
