Yearly Archives: 2020
Plotting post-pandemic travel: Six technology trends set to transform air travel...
2020 will go down in the history books as the air transport industry’s most turbulent year to date, with massive fluxes in passenger volumes...
Accor Ambassador Korea grows footprint across country
Accor Ambassador Korea has signed four new hotels in South Korea, which will see the group enter Pyeongtaek, Mokpo and Jeju for the first...
Google rolls out new tools to aid tourism recovery
Google has launched the Travel Insights with Google platform designed to provide insights into travel demand to drive data-driven decisions.
The platform is built around...
Covid returns global air traffic to 1999 levels: Cirium
The fallout from the pandemic has wiped out 21 years of global airline passenger traffic growth in a matter of months, reducing traffic this...
The future of experiences
Emerging from the pandemic, tours and activities are becoming more intimate and digitalised, and featuring sharper storytelling, finds Anne Somanas
Tourism investment zones part of Malaysia’s 10-year plan to revive sector
The National Tourism Policy 2020-2030, recently launched by Malaysia’s prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, will see the creation of special tourism investment zones to attract...
IATA unveils key design elements of IATA Travel Pass
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has unveiled key design elements of the IATA Travel Pass, a mobile app to help travellers easily and...
ASM releases 2021 predictions on air travel recovery
Global route development consultancy ASM has made 10 predictions for 2021, including forecasts that consumer economic pressure will restrain air fare rises and low-cost...
New tourism minister for Indonesia
Indonesia President Joko Widodo's cabinet reshuffle has produced six new ministers and five new vice ministers, including a fresh minister of tourism and creative...
Opportunity in crisis
From embracing technology to investing for the long-term, Santika is sowing the seeds of recovery.
