Productivity is the name of the game right now. As demand for travel skyrockets, the industry has a new challenge: hiring, training, and upskilling enough people to keep things running smoothly. More self-service and more automation can alleviate travel’s resourcing challenges. For understaffed travel agencies, it is not just the …

Shiela L. Yuliong, Regional Head – EMEA and Oceania, Philippine Airlines, shares with TRAVTALK their new programmes, especially designed for the frequent flyers and business class passengers onboard Philippine Airlines. Along with Mabuhay Miles, they have a special programme crafted for kababayans called Overseas Bayani Card, she informs. Shehara Rizly …

St. Petersburg City Tourist Information Bureau and Committee for Tourism Development of St. Petersburg recently held a roadshow in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Leading travel trade agents from the cities participated in the roadshow with partners from DMCs, hoteliers, cruise and shipping companies and medical tourism experts. TT Bureau St. …

IndiGo selects Ras Al Khaimah as its 100th destination and fourth airport in the United Arab Emirates. The new route not only connects Mumbai to Ras Al Khaimah, but beyond Mumbai to other parts of the world, and has been warmly welcomed by the customers and authorities, says Pieter Elbers, …

During the pandemic, revenues for Park Regis Business Bay came from F&B, mainly due to the many novel options they offered to their guests, Azhar Allauddin – Food & Beverage Manager, Park Regis Business Bay, shares with TRAVTALK. TT Bureau After rooms, the next big revenue generator for hotels is …

Ras Al Khaimah welcomed more than half million international and domestics visitors between January and June 2022, an increase of 21 per cent versus the same period last year. ‘We are on track to reach over 1.11 million arrivals by the year-end and fully return to pre-pandemic levels in just …

ATM, the leading travel and tourism event for professionals throughout the Middle East, has announced that ‘Working Towards Net Zero’ will be its official theme for ATM 2023. TT Bureau Arabian Travel Market (ATM) will be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre on 1-4 May 2022. RX (Reed Exhibitions), …

Japan has announced a policy of resuming entry by individual travellers for tourism purposes beginning on October 11, says KOBAYASHI Daisuke, Executive Director, JNTO Dubai Office. TT Bureau JNTO looks forward to welcoming individual inbound travellers back to Japan with the long-awaited lifting of entry restrictions. The resumption of individual …

Switzerland is promoting its Swiss Travel System’s Excellence Program aimed at equipping travel agents, tour operators and media to understand and explore the different aspects of the Swiss Travel System, and finally reward them with a trip to Switzerland, Andreas Nef, Market Manager GCC, Swiss Travel System, shares with TRAVTALK. …

The luxury business-to-business event, TFest, will be held in Atlantis the Palm from 2 to 6 October 2022 with specialised networking sessions between the trade partners. Tourism Ireland will be participating this year at the event, Olivia Frawley – Executive Pan Market Luxury, Tourism Ireland shares with TRAVTALK. TT Bureau …