The future of urban air mobility in Singapore and Asia, the land of millionaires and more...
Monday, 5th September 2022

The 2021 Asian Air Passenger Urban Air Mobility In Perspective report states, 'The Asia-Pacific region is a key market for UAM and for premium transportation modes in markets like China, India, Singapore, and South Korea that have significant concentrations of dollar millionaires and notoriously heavy road traffic'.

One such company eyeing the region is Volocopter, the German company that’s building its own range of all-electric aircraft – the VoloCity, VoloDrone, Voloconnect as well as its own urban air mobility (UAM) ecosystem – and working to get its eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft certified and ready to fly by 2024.

Yeoh Siew Hoon catches up with Hon Lung Chu, head of APAC >>

US hotel profitability slowed in July but outpaced 2019 levels for fourth consecutive month
5 Sep 2022 : US hotel gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR) once again exceeded the pre-pandemic comparable, but came in lower than the month prior, according to STR >>

Accor announces a Fairmont hotel & residences in Spain
5 Sep 2022 : Accor signs an agreement for Fairmont La Hacienda, project to be developed by the Spanish SOCIMI Millenium Hospitality Real Estate and operated by Odyssey Hotel Group >>

Hyatt Place Nanchong Gaoping celebrates official opening
4 Sep 2022 : The 276-room Hyatt Place hotel is the first international hotel to open in the heart of Nanchong >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

How Do We Prepare Aviation For The Next Generation of Travel?
Monday, 5th September 2022

As people return to the skies and passenger numbers grow, more than ever we must focus on the need to prepare aviation for the next generation of travel.

According to SITA’s 2022 Passenger IT Insights research, passengers want to embrace mobile, biometric, and touchless technologies to make their journeys easier.

For its part, driven by the pandemic, the industry has begun accelerating the task of making travel processes digital >>

How to Attract 'Digital Travellers'
We're veering into autumn and it won't be too much longer until 2022 comes to a close, so given this, it's a useful time to review trends so you can prepare for the last quarter of the year.

When you are planning campaigns for Q4, keep in mind you will need to be inclusive in your efforts - with 92% of consumers thinking it is important for travel providers to meet the accessibility needs of all travellers.

Consider this too when you are devising marketing campaigns and picking imagery for them. It is important to represent more than the typical 'family' unit for example >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNewsletter of September 02, 2022
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