Tag: Novel Coronavirus Impact
Remote working, greater sustainability focus to drive slow travel post-pandemic
Pent-up demand for immersive travel experiences with no set time limit could help slow travel become the next big tourism trend, predicts GlobalData.
The analytics...
Bright spots in APAC tourism recovery in 2022: PATA
The new mid-year revision of the Asia Pacific Visitor Forecasts 2021-2023 from the PATA indicates a hard year ahead in 2021 but with recovery...
As room demand weakens, new hotel revenue sources awaken
For almost two decades since 2002, Singapore-based Global Hospitality Solutions (GHS) has established a profitable business in helping hotel partners be present in the...
Ascott rolls out telehealth, telecounselling and travel security advisory services
The Ascott has partnered with International SOS to offer its guests global access to a suite of telehealth, telecounselling and travel security advisory services.
Now...
APAC airline traffic remains dismal in April: AAPA
International passenger demand continued to linger at the significantly depressed volumes seen since April 2020, according to preliminary traffic figures released by the Association...
Fresh lifeline for Malaysia’s tourism sector with govt’s latest stimulus
The Malaysian government has unveiled a RM40 billion (US$9.7 billion) economic stimulus package to cushion the impacts of a nationwide two-week total lockdown which...
Travel trade backs Malaysia’s full lockdown
Tourism and hospitality players have welcomed the move by the Malaysian authorities to impose a full nationwide lockdown for two weeks beginning tomorrow (June...
IATA predicts strong comeback for air travel by 2023
Global air passenger traffic is expected to recover to 88 per cent of pre-Covid levels by 2022, as the vaccine rollout and testing advancements...
Trade urged to start planning as travel shows signs of strong...
Tour operators need to start laying the groundwork for travel rebound which is anticipated to come “fast and furious”, according to industry stakeholders.
At the...
One-night, one-dollar plan proposed to lure tourists back to Phuket
A catchily named campaign, One-night, one-dollar, has been proposed by the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) to attract international tourists back to Phuket, ahead...
