Expert Opinions

With the average person expected to communicate more with chatbots than with their own spouses by 2022, airlines can start using bots to remove friction in customer conversation, without completely cutting out the travel agent, according to Mike Tansey, managing director & travel and hospitality lead, Asia-Pacific, Africa Middle East & Turkey, Accenture

Sundar Narasimhan, senior vice president of Sabre's labs and product strategy, breaks down technology transformations that will affect travel agencies' traditional way of doing business.

Ian Heywood, Travelport's global head of new distribution, takes a look at how the new NDC standard brings diverse concerns and opportunities across different regions worldwide, and why industry players should get on board to collectively benefit from changes in distribution.

In today's dynamic business world, Maxim Sevastianov, CEO and founder Traveknowledgy, takes a look at OTAs and TMCs can increase profitability while maintaining customer loyalty.

Making guests feel special is what hotels do best, and hospitality providers should use technology to provide the high-touch connection. Take it from Roman Milisic – who made clothes for Gwen Stefani and Lady Gaga out of X-rays and zip ties – and today applies his creative and forward-looking vision in a world of boutique hotels as creative director of the mobile hotel curation, booking and experience platform, Porter & Sail

In 2018, Asia-Pacific received an inbound volume of around 688 million visitors, almost 50 million more foreign arrivals than in 2017, according to PATA's...

Íñigo Valenzuela, CEO of Smartvel, breaks down the dilemmas when it comes to consumer data and offers his two cents on how airlines can go about obtaining data with the trust of their passengers

As travel companies increasingly look to data to guide business decisions, Olivier Ponti, vice president insights at ForwardKeys, lays out the path between big data and big results.

Jay Jhingran, general manager of The Continent Hotel Bangkok, shines a light on the technologies that lay hidden from the view of guests, but that can serve as strong enablers for hoteliers.

Charles Ng, vice president of AI enterprise, Appier, sheds light on how AI can help businesses navigate the explosion in traveller data for more meaningful engagement and longer-term value.