Innovating the future of online travel booking
Agoda's new tech-driven CEO Omri Morgenshtern lives and breathes technology, seeking to break new ground with online services to enable customers to build their travel itinerary on the platform over a period of time
Liz Ortiguera
With the pandemic putting up a persistent fight, PATA plows on with its multi-layered support system for travel and tourism members, and now focuses on strategic initiatives that will bring the industry towards a sustainable future, shares the organisation’s CEO.
Rebuilding, rethinking travel
Travelport’s chief marketing officer Jennifer Catto shares her thoughts on the digitalisation of the travel industry, post-pandemic opportunities, and the future of travel technology on the sidelines of the company's The Future of Travel Retail Thought Leadership event held recently in Dubai
Klooking towards the future
Wilfred Fan, chief commercial officer of Klook, details how a pivot to hyper-local experiences has helped the travel OTA to ride through the pandemic, and why the domestic market cannot be overlooked
Keep the love coming
Travellers are staying away from Australia due to global media coverage of its raging bushfires but Chris Schumann, owner of Kangaroo Island Seaside Inn, stresses that the destination will need tourists more than ever in its recovery.
Charting a course for recovery
The cruise tourism industry has taken a beating from the combined impacts of Covid-19’s tourism freeze and negative media reports on infections onboard – tough times that Cruise Lines International Association is helping its community to navigate through with enhanced education, government advocacy and careful planning with medical experts. Managing director Australasia & Asia, Joel Katz details how
Master of change
Numerous changes are afoot at Pan Pacific Hotels Group (PPHG), led by Lothar Nessmann who took over the reins as CEO in February 2017. He talks to Karen Yue about pushing for changes that take the organisation forward, adopting technology applications that make sense and keeping the critical dance with travel agents going
Conquering new horizons
As Buffalo Tours Asia goes global in its merger with Olympus Tours Americas, managing director for Asia, Suyin Lee, tells how the DMC – now operating under a new brand name of Discova – plans to shake up the business of destination management.
Championing the sports tourism movement
Singapore’s intensified development of sports tourism gets strong backing from statutory board Sport Singapore, which recognises the far-reaching benefit of this ambition – it inspires a more active nation, elevates sports-focused professionalism, creates jobs, attracts related business activity, and more, details CEO Lim Teck Yin
Driving ITB’s brand strategy
Easy to grow an established brand like ITB that has 51 years of history behind it? Trust the Germans to be prudent and never...