Only one-third (31%) of travelers from APAC contact their families when on business trips, compared with half of business travelers from the Americas and around a quarter (27%) of Europeans.
The probability of ‘restarting’ a conversation as a passenger moves across channels has to come down. Blair Koch, Datalex’s CTO and President USA asserts that airlines need to capture all the interactions, encompassing offline and online touchpoints.
The Lufthansa Group intends to capitalise on the growing reach of Alibaba and other ecosystems. The complexion of digital commerce can change in the next few years in China.
While alternative accommodation in China is "still in infancy", the market of the whole Asia Pacific area is picking up fast.
There have been reports of many guests canceling and re-booking their hotel rooms to achieve better rates, so how does this impact hoteliers and what can they do about it?
The pace with which retailing continues to evolve means random selling of air ancillaries and non-air ancillary products won’t work or pay off in the future.
Timothy O'Neil-Dunne, Head of Product & Founder at Air Black Box Company, talks to ChinaTravelNews about digital transformation's priority for airlines in a video interview.
Digital transformation can eradicate a passenger’s pain points and make every offer or interaction meaningful, but the whole effort can go awry, too, without an earnest manner, explains Blair Koch.