Booking.com rolls out travel sustainable badge for the hospitality industry
BOOKING.COM has launched a Travel Sustainable badge for accommodation implementing sustainable practices that "meet the requisite impact threshold for their destination".
According to Booking.com, the badge is the "first of its kind" in the hospitality industry and is applicable to all kinds of [...]
APAC airlines commit to sustainable and smooth recovery of the industry
AAPA pledges to partner governments in rebuilding global air travel
“WE do see light at the end of the tunnel and more and more governments are coming up with roadmaps to reopen their borders and also understanding the importance of sustainability for the airlines,” said Subhas Menon, direct [...]
Post-pandemic travellers want to eat, pray and love
How urban destinations like Singapore can shine in sustainability and wellness
THE pandemic has given people around the world pause to consider wellness – and not just physical but mental as well – and they are looking for it within their travel experience.
Klook recently ran a survey th [...]
Greenwashing? Forget it. Don’t tell and sell, just do it
MORE and more, customers want to participate in sustainable travel so forget greenwashing. And don’t tell and sell, just do it.
This was the consensus among the three panelists at the recent WiT Experience Singapore during a session on “The Tech, Heart & Dollars of Sustainability”. Eve [...]
Cheers to beers and Sentosa’s common goal
Strength in numbers guides Sentosa down the path to sustainability
ITS resorts are world class. Its
attractions are hard to beat. Its overall appeal is undiminished.
But when Covid hit, Sentosa’s international
arrivals, which had previously accounted for 80% of all arrivals – slumped. It [...]
Thrust Carbon wins Grand Prize and People’s Choice award at WiT Startup Pitch signalling industry intent on sustainability
THRUST Carbon has emerged victorious in this year’s WiT Startup Pitch after beating two other finalists to come out tops in the Grand Finals, held yesterday at WiT Experience Singapore 2021, the first travel conference in Asia Pacific to return to a full in-person and hybrid format.
Thrust Car [...]
Covid has enabled more interesting conversations with hotel owners, says IHG’s Serena Lim
FOR Serena Lim, who’s been involved in hotel development work for the past two decades – indeed it was her first job in hospitality – one of the biggest pleasures of her work is going into uncharted territory and scoping out feasibility and development opportunities for new builds in remote d [...]
Sustainability is not cheap, “you have to spend to save”: Pan Pacific’s Choe
Parkroyal Collection expands to Malaysia, group to open 13 new hotels by 2024
SITTING in the lobby of the Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay, I am aware of a feeling of déjà vu mixed with a sensation of something new, lighter, greener. From the outside, it looks and feels like the hotel it used t [...]
Investing in hybrid tech, creating new products and experiences, RWS prepares for a post-pandemic future
THE WiT Travel Roadshow Episode 5 made a bit of history by being the first hybrid broadcast event to be staged at the RWS Convention Centre, which has been re-purposed for events in these extraordinary times.
Speaking to WiT, RWS
vice-president of business innovation, Lam Xue Ying tells us that [...]
The Wrap: UNESCO designates Penang Hill a biosphere reserve, Etihad inks new deal with Amadeus, and more …
THE Wrap is a round-up of
news in the travel and technology industries, and updates on how businesses in these sectors
are resetting as they prepare for post-pandemic travel.
UNESCO recognises Penang Hill as biosphere reserve for its unique natural heritage
The Penang Hill Biosphere Re [...]
