GHA DISCOVERY revenue up 16% to an all-time high of $2.7 billion
Global Hotel Alliance celebrates 20th anniversary with record-breaking 2024 results
UAE-headquartered Global Hotel Alliance (GHA), the world’s largest alliance of independent hotel brands, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2024 by delivering its best-ever results. The milestone year saw record-b [...]
Podcast: Lunar New Year trends. OTAs vs Hotels. MG Group’s comeback kid.
We're trying something new with our weekly-ish podcast this year - we're outsourcing it to Artificial Intelligence. This is both an experiment and, if we're being honest, a convenient way to digest the top articles of the week from the WiT website into a nugget-of-a-podcast.
First, Trip.com data [...]
Longer holidays, bigger budgets: Why APAC travellers are extending Lunar New Year trips
Rise in cross-border travel with stays up to 10% longer this holiday season. Growing interest in off-the-beaten-path destinations and cruises
Trip.com Group has unveiled its latest LNY trends for 2025, showcasing how travellers are prioritising longer stays, meaningful experiences and unconventiona [...]
Navigating 1H 2025: Travel and hospitality’s strategic horizon
As Southeast Asia transitions into 2025, the travel and hospitality sectors are navigating a landscape marked by both opportunity and challenge. According to the 1H 2025 Strategy & Investment Outlook Report by Velocity Ventures and Pear Anderson, the region’s recovery from the pandemic continu [...]
Expats, BNPL and international credit cards are driving UAE’s high-growth payment market
Nuvei, a Canadian-based payments company with APAC headquarters in Singapore, recently launched a report called "Global Expansion Guide to High-Growth Markets", which provides a data-driven roadmap for businesses to expand into some of the world’s fastest-growing markets. Released quarterly, each [...]
10 travel insights that should be on your radar in 2025
Phocuswright just published Travel Forward: Data, Insights and Trends for 2025, a resource (available to everyone) which provides broadscale insights into the $1.61 trillion global travel market, offering essential data for understanding industry trends and growth.
Featuring highlights by segmen [...]
Did you know 50% of travellers book restaurants before their flight? Surprising trends shaping 2025 travel
Based on Hilton’s latest trends report, The Vacation Maximized, travel preferences are undergoing a transformation. The report sheds light on emerging habits and desires shaping global travel, from adventure-seeking tourists to the rise of sleep-focused vacations; these insights reveal how modern [...]
APAC leads growth with a 19.9% expansion in passenger demand
Passenger demand up 8.1% in November
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for November 2024 global passenger demand with the following highlights:
Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), was up 8.1% compared to November 2023. Total capacity, m [...]
Cargo and long-haul surge propel Asia Pacific airlines to pre-pandemic passenger demand
Preliminary November 2024 traffic figures released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed further growth in both the international air passenger and cargo markets, on the back of robust consumer and business demand.
The region’s airlines collectively carried 31.0 million inte [...]
Singaporeans prefer ‘rest and recharge’, Indonesians like adventure, study finds
Travel booking platform, Traveloka, in partnership with YouGov, has released a study called "Travel Redefined: Understanding and Catering to the Diverse Needs of APAC Travelers". Based on a survey of nearly 12,000 respondents across nine countries, the study highlights the evolving travel habits and [...]
