Vaccine passports: The latest developments
Vaccine passports: The latest developments As the world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, the world desperately searches for a solution that enables international travel and normality to resume. Governments have been discussing vaccine passports for some time, and many appear close to unveiling schemes. Currently, individuals who are vaccinated receive a vaccination […]
Trust will help the travel industry rebound
Trust will help the travel industry rebound The United Nations Council on Trade and Development estimated that the approximate cost of the pandemic to global tourism is somewhere in the region of US$4 trillion. However, the industry is beginning to heal, and the outlook is looking more positive. At this moment in time, […]
How to successfully establish trust in crisis
How to successfully establish trust in a crisis The coronavirus pandemic instigated huge change in every industry and every market worldwide due to its severity. It is important to remember that the travel industry had experienced crises before the pandemic. For example, when the financial crisis began in 2008, the industry went into free […]
How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed the travel industry?
How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed the travel industry? The travel industry looks very different to how it did at the beginning of 2020. It has been an extremely tough journey for all travel businesses. During the first month or so of 2020, news agencies reported that the travel industry was expected to have another […]
Post-pandemic lessons to be learned…
Post-pandemic lessons to be learned… Travel is back, and that is fantastic news. Recent numbers suggest that bookings are up on 2019 levels by 10-20% in some sectors as the pent-up demand is finally realised. Operators find themselves back doing what they do best – but while this is great, there needs to be a […]
The 2022 Hangover effect
The 2022 Hangover effect It is absolutely fantastic to see travel back, to see bookings across the sector up, along with average spend, and to see more and more jobs in the industry being advertised. However, the travel industry needs to be careful because for all the positivity and increased revenues, is there not a […]
Travel used to be high risk; not its ultra high risk
Travel used to be high risk; not its ultra high risk Why, after Covid, is acquirers’ appetite for travelling about risk rather than reward (or at least security)? Merchant acquiring for the travel industry finds itself at a crossroads after the impact of Covid over the last two years. Acquirers have lost money, seen […]
Travel is back and its not as bad as the news outlets would…
Travel is back and its not as bad as the news outlets would have you believe. While travel is back, and the industry is moving again, a look across mainstream news outlets it’s difficult to see many positive stories. Be it passengers queued around the block outside Schiphol Airport, to unclaimed baggage in Heathrow Terminal […]
Dear Travel Industry friends, it’s time to work together.
Dear Travel Industry friends, it’s time to work together. Some day soon, I’ll try and write a piece without using the word Covid, but I’m not there yet. Reflecting on some of the lessons from the Covid Pandemic, I think the way it brought people together, with a shared fear and camaraderie to overcome an […]
How the Covid-19 Pandemic transformed…
How the Covid-19 Pandemic transformed travel payments The COVID-19 transformed payments for almost all sectors globally. Now that businesses are recovering from the economic shocks of the pandemic, travel providers need to reconsider their travel payment strategies. Consumer preferences have shifted significantly over the last year and a half. We’ve explored how travel […]
