“Overtourism needs to be fixed, we’re so over with metaverse”: More predictions for 2025
Year In Review 2024, Looking Ahead To 2025, Part 3
New years always begin with such anticipation while we end each year with a tinge of nostalgia, a mood of reflection and sometimes, a sigh of relief that another year is over. Well, this is it – we’re coming to the end of 2024 and as we wind do [...]
Rise of Silent Travel and Micro-Sabbaticals: More predictions for 2025
Year In Review 2024, Looking Ahead To 2025, Part 2
New years always begin with such anticipation while we end each year with a tinge of nostalgia, a mood of reflection and sometimes, a sigh of relief that another year is over. Well, this is it – we’re coming to the end of 2024 and as we wind do [...]
Year In Review 2024, Looking Ahead To 2025: Part 1
New years always begin with such anticipation while we end each year with a tinge of nostalgia, a mood of reflection and sometimes, a sigh of relief that another year is over. Well, this is it – we’re coming to the end of 2024 and as we wind down for what was yet another tumultuous year, it’s [...]
Musings on AI, knowledge appliances and the travel consumer
Just lately I, like so many people, am scratching my head to get a handle on AI, which I prefer to think of Assisted Intelligence. For me, the question I am asking is, how can we provide value to our consumers? At present we don’t seem to be doing anything that directly helps the customer, other t [...]
Klook’s surge in Korea: Localised operations driving global ambitions
Korea needs more localisation than most, says Klook's James Lee
In a travel market renowned for its digital nuances and unique consumer behaviors, Klook is making significant strides in South Korea by tailoring its operations to meet local needs while leveraging global resources.
The company, un [...]
Decoding the future of search and travel discovery in an AI-driven world
The Evolution of Search: From Cave Walls to Google
With the rise of social networks in the last 10 years, and Generative AI in the last two, it’s a messy time to start predicting the future of search and travel discovery.
Most of us have spent the last two decades using Google as the ultimate [...]
All-inclusive travel is booming. Travel partners should take advantage. (Sponsored)
About the author: Greg Schulze is the Chief Commercial Officer at Expedia Group
All-inclusive holidays have exploded in popularity in recent years, with more travelers booking all-inclusive packages now than ever before. Since 2019, the all-inclusive demand on Expedia and Hotels.com has grown [...]
Tech debt in the travel industry: Why airlines are still trying to fly with fossils
Welcome to the airline industry’s secret shame: Tech Debt. Decades of patchwork systems, outdated booking platforms, and clunky old databases that might as well be fossilized – if these systems were any older, archaeologists would be studying them. Airlines have essentially been strapping roller [...]
The New Face of Hospitality: Different models emerge to meet post-pandemic demand
From apartment-style hotels to longevity retreats and high-end private villas, travellers are seeking new experiences
The world of travel has changed dramatically since the pandemic, bringing with it a wave of innovation in hospitality. While traditional hotel stays are still in demand, the hospita [...]
How startups, entrepreneurs and investors can avoid a genAI car crash
As an experienced investor in early-stage travel tech companies, I am as excited as anyone that the travel industry value chain is on the verge of a truly seismic reinvention, driven by generative AI (genAI). The intelligence revolution we’re going through is happening at a pace that makes the ind [...]
