As technology disrupts travel, fresh skills are being required of industry professionals and new jobs are being created in the fast-growing segment of online travel.
To answer this demand for new skills and address the opportunity for new jobs, a one-day travel careers event will be launched in Singapore on August 27.
The inaugural Tern, founded by Yeoh Siew Hoon of Web In Travel (WIT) and sponsored by Accor Hotels Asia Pacific, has three key objectives â€" to change perceptions of travel careers beyond the traditional jobs, help travel industry professionals remain relevant and adapt in a fast-changing market and address the mismatch between skills and new jobs emerging as more travel moves online and businesses adopt more technology.
“Technology has changed so much in travel with more consumers moving online and also in how travel companies have had to adapt their business models and practices and if travel is to grow at the pace it is projected to in Asia, we are going to need people to adapt and catch up,” said Siew Hoon, who founded WIT in 2005 to address the changes technology would bring to the travel industry in the region.
“Every travel company I speak to tells me people are their biggest challenge and opportunity to make a difference in the coming years and the skills they now need â€" for example, digital marketing, data analytics, computer programming, mobile â€" are not easily found.”
According to the World Travel & Tourism Council, travel and tourism touches 10% of all jobs in the world and the fastest growing segment globally is that driven by technology.
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