Vineet Travel Talks

24/10/2020

Travel Talks.
https://ppcexpo.com/blog/travel-industry-and-covid-19

The travel industry and COVID-19 are now bound together for the foreseeable future. Learn some strategies to increase conversions amid the chaos.

24/10/2020

Traveling during COVID-19
https://research.skift.com/report/travel-marketing-during-covid-19-crisis/

Phases of Marketing Responses During COVID-19 Most of the analysis of and advice on what is the right marketing during this crisis reads as a checklist.

06/02/2020

Robots- future of tourism and hospitality industry

Robotic technology allows machines to take various forms and perform multiple operations nowadays, from the physical ones to those requiring cognitive functions.

Travel industry is actively introducing robotic technologies at present. It happens due to the changes in tourists’ habits. The travelers demonstrate increasing demand for the self-service opportunities. It motivates hotels, travel agencies and other related businesses use artificially intelligent robots extensively in their activity.

Henn-na Hotel, the world's first hotel entirely staffed by robots, opens in Nagasaki, Japan on July 17. (Video/Photo: Huis Ten Bosch) Don’t miss a WSJ video,...

06/02/2020

Top 5 Travel Industry Trends in 2020

As a travel industry business leader you know that it’s vital to keep pace with the competitors and even get advantage over some of them, improving at the same time the unique customer experience you offer your clients.

1. Chatbots and Artificial Intelligence
Chatbots demonstrate topnotch ability to accurately and continuously sort through data and deliver rapid responses. It allows artificial intelligence to provide advice on the improvement of business performance of the organization and manage inventories.
Artificial Intelligence can provide customer support in the travel industry, which is realized via chatbots. It is estimated that 40% of large business brands will adopt the technology by 2020.

2. Augmented and Virtual Reality
Virtual reality is going to be one of the promising tech travel trends. It can allow the traveller to digitally get into the virtual surroundings of the place.
Having only a smartphone or a tablet with a special application, the person will be able to find out the real time location. It is relatively cheap and it allows the professionals of the travel industry to enhance clients experience.

3. Voice Technology
Human voice is the best and most effective means of communication. A large number of hoteliers have started introducing voice activated devices at their hotels to enable customers to switch over to voice interactions whenever possible.
Voice commands can be used to adjusting the room settings in hotel according to the individual needs of the guest and for providing most up-to-date information provision for customer service purposes.

4. Personalization
The biggest priority among the modern travel industry trends in personalization. A personalized approach is now viewed more as an expectation rather than considering it as something extraordinary.
People value the unique experience they get while travelling.
Personalization has become the first priority among the modern trends in the travel and tourism industry.
Delta Flights, for instance, has already introduced account-specific messaging with corporate clients. It concerns their exclusive benefits. The flight attendants of Delta have recently got a Guest Service Tool. The device allows them to provide personalized services to corporate clients, including recognition, assistance, and even down-line flight and gate information.

5. Recognition Technology
The recognition technology, face recognition, in particular, has great potential for the industry of travel.
The main spheres of the technology application are collecting data and identifying the personality of a traveler. It will allow the travel business stuff provide their clients with personalized services, reward them for being regular customers and grant them access to the associated services. It may be a gym or a pool, in a hotel, a special business lounge access from an airline, whatever.

06/02/2020

How Coronavirus is Impacting Global Tourism

1. Travel Ban
China is world's largest outbound travel industry with more than 150 million outbound trips annually. In order to contain the spread of coronavirus, the authorities in China have to enforce a ban on travelling. This ban has been applied to at least 35 million people thus far, and the number is likely to increase.
China has temporarily banned its citizens from booking overseas tours along with overseas flights and hotel booking.
Hong Kong and Russia have closed their borders with China and have halted travel permits to Chinese tourists.

2. Suspended Flights and Airport Screenings
Several airlines have stopped all their flights to China. Airlines are facing a major downfall in stocks and value.
China Eastern Airlines has already fallen in value by 13%.
United Airlines which is one of the most popular airlines for U.S.-China, has dropped by 9%.
Airports throughout the world have added extra security measures to prevent the spreading of coronavirus. All people arriving from China have to undergo screenings, thermal testing, blood tests and more. How does that look like for a tourist??

3. Renowned destinations closed
Many of the renowned tourist sites in China including Disneyland, The Great Wall of China, Beijing's Forbidden city and many other famous attractions are closed.
In addition, famous resorts such as Las Vegas Sands and Wynn Resorts are also facing the heat and both have lost more than 8% stocks in the past week alone.

4. Desolate New Year
The Lunar New Year is a key celebration time for people in China. It sees the largest human migration in the world. More than 3 billion trips across the country link families between cities but with the outbreak of coronavirus, China suspended all public celebrations for the New Year.

06/02/2020

Devastating wildfires affect tourism in Australia

Tourism is important to Australia's economy as it accounts for more than 3 percent of its annual GDP and employs nearly 650,000 people.
Australian tourism industry is highly worried because of the bushfires and its reputation is also at stake. Tourism and tourists are affected by the deadly wildfires in Australia. While there is no significant data yet, but it is being feared that the bushfires will give a significant blow to the tourism industry.
The hotel industry in Sydney saw a drop of 10 percent in occupancy in December 2019.
U.S. embassy officials warned tourists to leave Australia's South Coast due to extreme fire danger.
The Australian Tourism Industry Council has warned that international tourists are being scared by the images of fire which can cost the tourism industry hundreds of millions of dollars.