The Way Ahead: How Technology Guide Us in the Post-COVID-19 Era
By Benjamin Boesch, Chief Digital Officer at VFS Global COVID-19 is not the first virus outbreak that the world has witnessed. However, the main distinction…
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The Decade Ahead: How Event Organisers Will Adapt
By ITB Community and Dan Rivlin, CEO at Kenes Group As the world tries to anchor itself amidst the COVID-19 crisis, professional conference organisers (PCOs)…
How a COVID Vaccine Is Changing the Way We Travel for Good
By Hotelmize On the 9th of November, 2020, it was announced that BioNTech and Pfizer made one of the candidates for a COVID-19 vaccine that showed…
Travel Managers’ New Priorities
By ITB Community and Bertrand Saillet, Managing Director, Asia at FCM Travel From the need to rethink corporate travel policies and demand of touchless alternatives…
Wellness Beyond the Boardroom and Other Concepts in the New World of Incentive Travel
By Belinda Shillcock, Regional Managing Director at Abercrombie & Kent Southeast Asia As the world begins to slowly reopen, incentive travel is being re-defined too,…
Rethinking Bucket List Destinations for a More Sustainable Travel World
By Philippa Kaye, Founder of Indian Experiences At the start of the pandemic, there were a lot of reactions as to what would save tourism…
Creating Events in a Virtual and Hybrid World
By Ben Taylor, CEO, APAC at George P Johnson “Unprecedented”, “the new normal”, “we’re pivoting to virtual”, “you’re on mute”, “…This event will start in…
What Will Be Key to Travel the World Again?
By Jiten Vyas, Regional Group Chief Operating Officer – Australasia, China, Africa and Europe & CIS at VFS Global Owing to Coronavirus pandemic, few industries…
Making Travel More Sustainable
By Jennifer Birch, Writer For many explorers who thrive on wanderlust, the current state of travel and tourism today is a disappointing outlook. As COVID-19…
Eight Simple Ways Accommodation Providers Can Truly Cater to the New Traveller
By Ritu Mehrotra, Regional Manager, South Asia at Booking.com COVID-19 has widely disrupted the travel and tourism industry, impacting the way people travel. The pandemic…
Airlines and Flight OTAs: Road to Recovery
By Oliver Dlouhy, Co-Founder & CEO, Kiwi.com Airlines and online travel agencies (OTAs) are working on ways to operate in the post-pandemic world. Will there…
How Can We Reboot Tourism in India?
By Rohit Kapoor, CEO, India & South-East Asia (INSEA), OYO The last 15 to 18 months for the entire world have been extraordinary: we have…
Evolution of Business Travel Experience in a Post-COVID-19 World
By Carl Jones, Vice President, Head of Travel, Asia Pacific & Greater China at SAP Concur I was delighted to be invited to speak at…
Recovering From the Worst Economic Slump: Digital Turnaround in Tourism
By Sandeep Dwivedi, COO, InterGlobe Technology Quotient In the first two decades of 2020, we witnessed two of the worst economic recessions – one caused…
The Travel Economy in 2022
By ITB Community and Abraham Alapatt, President & Group Head – Marketing, Service Quality, Value Added Services & Innovation at Thomas Cook India At a…
Micro Markets & The Future of Hotels in New Normal
By ITB Community and Prashanth Rao Aroor, Board Director at IntelliStay Hotels and Founder at The Avatar Hotel It cannot be denied that leading any…
A Successful Travel Agency Business: The Secret Recipe
By Deepak Narula, Managing Director, GRNconnect.com We need a bold new thinking and energy to bring back the true spirit of travel to travellers. This…
Remote Work Trends During the Pandemic: How Digital Nomadism May Shape the Future of Work and Travel
By Wego Travel This article has been reviewed by Wego’s editorial team to ensure that the content is up to date & accurate. Due to the coronavirus…
Making Incentive Travel Work in 2021
By Sanjeev Joshi, President, SITE India and Nitin Sachdeva, President Elect, SITE India We all know that COVID-19 has adversely impacted tourism and hospitality. Yet…
Corporate Travel Reimagined
By ITB Community and Bertrand Saillet, Managing Director, Asia at FCM Travel With a significant change in the proportion of which corporate travel makes up…
Revenge Travel: Everything You Need to Know About the Post-Pandemic Travel Trend
By Wego Travel This article has been reviewed by Wego’s editorial team to ensure that the content is up to date & accurate. With vaccination drives ramping…
Travel Is a Force for Good
By Ang Choo Pin, Managing Director, Asia & Senior Director Government and Corporate Affairs, Asia at Expedia Group 2020 has been a tumultuous year for…
A New Type of Traveler
By Monica Pitrelli, Editor, CNBC’s Global Traveler A new type of traveler is emerging from this pandemic. What are destinations doing to attract these travelers…
Leading a Hotel in 2021
By ITB Community and Michael Marshall, CCO at Minor Hotels It cannot be denied that leading any part of a hotel business in 2021 is…
The 4R’s Steps to Rebuild Trust and Get Back on Track
By Anthony Lim, President at The Travel Corporation, Asia and Managing Director, Asia at Insight Vacations and Luxury Gold No business makes it through a…
The Future of Cruise Holidays
By Angie Stephen, Vice President, Asia Pacific at Royal Caribbean Cruises Like you, I am anxious for travel to start again. We are in the…
Space Tourism – Your Next Hottest Travel Destination is Totally Out of This World
By Wego Travel This article has been reviewed by Wego’s editorial team to ensure that the content is up to date & accurate. The endless possibilities of…
Business Insights We Learned From a Year of Domestic Travel
By Noelle Chong, Founder, Wanderprime Travel Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has come to a halt with the hospitality and tourism sector being the…
6 Trends for 2021: Travel’s Comeback Story
By Neil Rogan, Head of Global External Communications, Amadeus Predicting the future is impossible but imagining a way forward is critical. That’s why each year…
4 Clever Ways to Reimagine Your Hotel Space and Boost Revenue
By Colin Hannan, Co-Founder, Proven Partners After a devastating 2020, the hotel industry is starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel…
Vaccine Passport: What It Is and What It Means for the Future of Travel
By Wego Travel This article has been reviewed by Wego’s editorial team to ensure that the content is up to date & accurate. The month of December…
Travel 2021 Predictions – A Take on What Travel Might Look Like
By Wego Travel Let’s be honest: Who in 2019 could have predicted that a microscopic organism would come out of the blue and like a…
India’s Consumer Market
By Biji Eapen, Chairman & CEO of Speedwings Aviation Academy and President of IAAI (IATA Agents Association of India) The COVID-19 outbreak in India and…
Seizing Opportunities in Adversity: A Reflection on How Travel Has Been Reimagined
By Abraham Alapatt, President & Group Head – Marketing, Service Quality, Value Added Services & Innovation at Thomas Cook India As we went into the…
The Future of Travel is Wildlife Friendly
By World Animal Protection COVID-19 and the situation we’re in today is widely believed to have started at a wet market in Wuhan in China.…
Adapting for the Future of Hospitality
By ITB Community and Puneet Dhawan, Senior Vice President of Operations – India & South Asia at Accor ITB Community had a conversation with Puneet…
Post-Pandemic Business Recovery
By Anand Srinivasan, CCO, Travel Designer Group Rapidly evolving travel restrictions, changing consumer preferences and an economy waking up from the pandemic shock. The multiple…
A Post-COVID World with Career Diversification
By Aaron Lim, Group HR Director, Park Hotel Group While a global pandemic has been a looming risk for decades, COVID-19 has come as a shock to…
Managing Change – The Change Curve
By Aaron Lim, Group HR Director, Park Hotel Group Seen this cartoon? It’s true! Everyone wants to see change, but to embrace and follow through…
Plan Your Next Business Event in Singapore With Peace of Mind
By Singapore Tourism Board “By showing how countries can consistently comply with hygiene and safety measures, Singapore is a pioneer in organising events for a…
How Brands Can Leverage China’s “Fan Economy”
By Vivian Shao, East West Marketing China’s idol and celebrity industry has transformed with the country’s rapidly growing Internet economy. While idol culture and the…
China Market Survey: How Hoteliers Are Preparing for Recovery
By OTA Insight China was the first country to be hit by COVID-19, and is now progressively moving toward recovery. Domestic travel has begun and…
Singapore: Forging a New Standard for Business Events
By Singapore Tourism Board “With its skilled workforce, world-class facilities and commitment to safety, Singapore can lead the way in organising business events in the…
A Glimmer of Hope for the Travel Industry
By Gavin Tollman, Global CEO of Trafalgar, Costsaver and Brendan Vacations Like many of the days that have changed history, 09 November 2020 is a…
How to Survive the (Hospitality) Zombie Apocalypse
By ITB Asia News What are the skills you and your organization will need to survive and thrive in the (hospitality) zombie apocalypse? Deep pockets…
10 New Creative Room Types to Boost Revenue
By Cendyn Try these new creative room types to boost revenue Hotel marketing has always been a blend of creativity and data. There’s equal parts…
NOWCast versus Forecast: #comebackstronger
By bd4travel Why real-time visitor data is key to rebuilding travel Let’s face it, we are seeing substantial changes in consumer travel booking activity. Where…
Digital, Flexible, Contactless, and Seamless — a “Touchless Traveler Experience” is the New Normal for Business Travelers
By HRS The Coronavirus pandemic is moving more and more focus to digital processes – a direction that is completely changing the way people travel.…
The Art of Cultural Livestreaming
By Richard Whiddington, Jing Travel The first thing most people look for when visiting a museum is a special exhibition — or else the nearest…
(Contact)less is More – Communication in the New Hospitality Scene
By Laura Badiu, TrustYou The last few months have been extremely challenging not only for businesses but for people in general. While many of us…
[Podcast] “I operated my hotel at the heart of the pandemic”
By Knowcross This is a unique discussion with two hoteliers who know, first-hand, what it takes to operate a hotel in a world with COVID-19.…
Beyond Wet Markets: The Many Problems with Wildlife Trade
By World Animal Protection The COVID-19 pandemic is believed to have originated in a ‘wet market’ where wild animals were being sold. But these markets…
Local Travel is on the Way Back: Here Are the 6 Steps to Get Ready
By Simon Van Wyk, Head of Agency, Tourism Solved There is an interesting article on the NYTimes that looks at what is going on country by country. It…
Fundamental Differences in Chinese Online Behaviours
By Anita Chan, CEO, Compass Edge More than two years ago, I wrote the article “Major Misconceptions about getting Direct Hotel Bookings from China”. After me…