Building on the success of the inaugural edition of the largest gaming and esports festival in the world, Gamers8, Mastercard has announced its return to the 2023 edition, which will be larger than ever. Mastercard’s role underlines the company’s commitment to delivering a diverse and exciting range of experiences for young people and passionate gamers…
British Airways trials new digital wayfinding tool to support customers travelling through London Heathrow
British Airways is trialling a new digital wayfinding tool to help customers navigate through London Heathrow. The new technology offers maps of both London Heathrow Terminal 5 and Terminal 3, helping customers who are travelling through the airline’s London hub to locate their departure gate and points of interest including shops, lounges and restaurants. The…
ATTIA announces the Travel Changemakers Awards Judges Panel
The Asia Travel Technology Industry Association (ATTIA) and Web in Travel (WiT) announce who is participating on the Judges Panel for the inaugural Travel Changemakers Awards 2023. The Awards seek to recognise innovators that have used technology to build back better, post-pandemic, with the winners to be announced at WiT Singapore, 2-4 Oct 2023. Those awarded will demonstrate how they…
Black Sheep Tourism launches TravelWorks in Australia
Black Sheep Tourism (Black Sheep) is launching TravelWorks in Australia, unlocking the benefits of the travel agency accounting and back-office systems for travel businesses in this market. Black Sheep, founded by travel industry veteran Trish Shepherd, has secured the deal via a partnership with TravelWorks’ parent company Canadian based Travel Technology Solutions company, PcVoyages. TravelWorks…
Hong Kong ranks #1 in APAC Travel confidence
Booking.com, one of the world’s leading online travel companies, has released the 2023 edition of its APAC Travel Confidence Index (TCI). In light of prevailing macroeconomic realities, the report provides an in-depth analysis of travel mindsets across Asia-Pacific (APAC). It reveals a striking paradox: despite financial concerns ranking highest among their worries (42%), an astounding…
Vietjet increases flight frequency to Bali, making travel a breeze for Indians
Vietnam’s leading new-age carrier, VietJet has increased its flight frequency to Bali, making it easier for travel to the world’s largest island nation- Indonesia from Vietnamese biggest Southern City of Ho Chi Minh City. The airline will operate 4 flights per day from Ho Chi Minh City to Bali and 2 flight per day from Bali to…
KAYAK unveils the trending destinations for July
The latest flight search data analysis from the world’s leading travel site KAYAK reveals a noteworthy surge in flight searches, both on a domestic and international scale and provides insights in the most trending destinations for the month of July 2023. According to KAYAK.co.in, domestic flight searches for travel in July witnessed a jump of…
ATPCO leverages AWS Clean Rooms to enable airline dynamic offers functionality at scale
ATPCO will provide airlines with access to AWS Clean Rooms to collaborate and analyze their collective datasets without having to build time-consuming solutions. To enable dynamic offer creation at scale, airlines need additional data to augment the existing intelligence used to create fares and offers. Using AWS Clean Rooms, ATPCO and collaborating airlines will be able…
Eurowings becomes Germany’s first ‘sneaker airline’
Following a successful test phase, the airline Eurowings has decided to significantly expand its so-called “Sneaker Flydays”. Flight attendants and pilots of the German airline can now wear white Puma sneakers with the Eurowings logo with their uniforms every Friday during the summer season. In this way, the airline, which is part of the Lufthansa…
Thai Vietjet unveils ‘SKY CONNECTION – VIETNAM 2023’
Thai Vietjet, in collaboration with Viet Nam Tourism Exchange (VNTE), hosted ‘SKY CONNECTION – VIETNAM 2023’, further connecting Thailand and Vietnam and stimulating international travel industry recovery, on July 21, 2023, at S31 Sukhumvit Hotel, Bangkok, presided by H.E. Phan Chi Thanh, Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand. ‘SKY CONNECTION – VIETNAM 2023’ enabled hotels, amusement complexes, travel agencies, and tour operators from Thailand and…