In five minutes or less, keep track of the most important news of the week, curated just for you. We present to you hand – picked news on latest industry perspectives and some general updates. Read on!!
Saudi Arabia Shows A Positive Year for Travel
The online travel market in Saudi Arabia has been making significant moves to open up its borders to international tourists. As domestic travel reopened this summer, Saudi Tourism Authority (STA) launched the Kingdom’s largest domestic tourism campaign which gives a big boost to domestic travel. In August, the advance bookings in Saudi Arabia exceeded pre-Covid level reaching 110%. Read how Saudi tourism playing a vital role leading the travel recovery in Middle East-
https://www.erevmax.com/blog/index.php/2020/10/saudi-arabia-shows-a-positive-year-for-travel/
Business travel will remain extraordinarily week through end of 2021, and likely beyond
Even if vaccines proliferate and governments begin relaxing or lifting entirely their heavy Covid-19-derived restrictions on cross-border travel, business travel will be particularly slow to rebound vis-à-vis the rate of leisure travel recovery.
Agoda pins hopes on Asia’s domestic tourism to drive revenue
Asia-focused online travel agency Agoda is counting on a revival of domestic tourism in parts of the region to help it weather the coronavirus pandemic. Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan among top markets where domestic tourism activity is returning.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-tourism-agoda-bookings-idUSKBN26Q1FB
How Booking.com is optimizing search for local travel
Consumer appetite for nearby getaways is growing in parallel with last-minute bookings. Here’s how Booking.com is optimizing its search function to cater to this new traveler behaviour.
https://partner.booking.com/en-gb/click-magazine/how-bookingcom-optimising-search-local-travel
Chinese travelers are resorting to a new kind of holiday
An increasing number of China’s travelers are looking to visit one nice place for a few days instead of trying to hit several tourist spots during the National Day holiday.
Hotelbeds and Thomas Cook sign strategic partnership
The 180,000 hotels that work with Hotelbeds worldwide – many under exclusive terms & conditions – will be available to Thomas Cook’s travelers.https://press.hotelbeds.com/news-room/press-release/hotelbeds-and-thomas-cook-sign-strategic-partnership
Reach out to us for your connectivity needs to make the most of your online revenue- https://goo.gl/3gKUJZ
Thanks and have a good day!