Light at the end of the tunnel: International tourism is slowly restarting, Qantas & Jetstar launch 250 flights, metasearch advertising just got a lot more complicated.

Light at the end of the tunnel: International tourism is slowly restarting
Wednesday, 11th November 2020

Laos opened its borders for Mainland Chinese visitors, who need to show a negative test and have to stay 48 hours in quarantine and the first batches of holidaymakers arrived in Thailand, Japan announced to open for Chinese non-leisure visitors later this month etc.

As predicted, China’s international tourism is slowly restarting, Hong Kong is not yet allowed to open the border with the Mainland again, but Macau welcomed almost one million Mainland Chinese visitors between July and October 2020 >>

Boom! NSW opens Vic border
11 Nov 2020 : Qantas and Jetstar today announced they’ll operate more than 250 flights across five routes between NSW and Victoria from November 23, the date the border between the states reopens after months of closure due to Victoria’s Coronvirus crisis >>

Guests are starting to use Airbnb for longer-term stays
11 Nov 2020 : Here are key findings from booking data and a global survey we conducted at the end of October 2020 with guests who booked longer-term stays* with Airbnb in the last three months >>

Accor grows its portfolio in Africa
11 Nov 2020 : Accor is expanding its footprint in Africa after signing a management agreement with Kamak Investment to manage its first properties in Djibouti with two more to come >>

ITB Asia 2020 (Virtual) news & happenings ~ Read more here

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Metasearch Advertising Just Got a Lot More Complicated
Wednesday, 11th November 2020

Today, we’re talking about: The complicated relationship metasearch engines have with OTAs and your book direct strategy.

Not quite sure the difference between an OTA and a metasearch engine Over the next two minutes, we’re going to simplify that relationship, and then—if you stick around—we’ll take another two minutes to complicate it again >>

Turning Customers Into Company Representatives
Everyone knows that word-of-mouth marketing is the most effective and efficient way to attract new customers to a brand or a store, yet before the widespread adoption of social media, word-of-mouth happened by accident and was not something easily managed >>

Where Smart City Projects Are Still Pushing Ahead
While some smart cities projects hitting hurdles, China’s are racing to the front of the pack >>

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