Check-in Asia

19/05/2022

Check-in Asia's Gary Bowerman was interviewed by Al Jazeera this week, to discuss Asia Pacific's slow recovery, which "underscores the outsize importance of China and Japan to travel and tourism."

“South East Asia and Australia rely heavily on air traffic from China and Northeast Asia," Gary commented. "Until China reopens, the recovery in Southeast Asia, for example, has a much lower ceiling. The region’s air travel ecosystem badly needs China because it combines a mix of Chinese carriers, national carriers and low-cost carriers.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/5/17/jobs-are-at-stake-asia-playing-catch-up-on-post-covid-travel

Head of global airline body says region falling behind rest of the world on restarting international travel.

26/04/2022

"The China market that accounted for 28% of arrivals in 2019 continues to remain irreplaceable for Thailand, according to Check-in Asia’s Gary Bowerman."

This week, Gary was interviewed by Skift for this article assessing how Thailand can attract visitors from India and other replacement inbound markets in 2022 while Chinese tourists remain absent.

https://skift.com/2022/04/25/thailand-drops-test-requirements-just-as-it-plans-to-woo-indian-tourists/

Thailand loosens entry requirements from May 1 to draw inbound traffic and help accelerate the economic recovery of its tourism sector.

05/02/2022

In January, Check-in Asia's Gary Bowerman was a panellist for X-Change Malaysia, an online seminar addressing ways to rethink the future of business events travel in Malaysia. Some of his panel comments were quoted by Travel Weekly Asia... Click the link to read the article:

https://www.travelweekly-asia.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Malaysia-wants-more-VTLs-but-are-they-ready

19/09/2021

This week, Check-in Asia's Gary Bowerman took part in a panel discussing the future outlook for Chinese tourism to Indonesia, with Prof. Wolfgang Georg Arlt, CEO of the China Outbound Tourism Research Institute (COTRI), and Pauline Suharno, President of ASTINDO.

The session formed part of the Global Tourism Forum: Leaders Summit Asia - Indonesia event on 15-16 September - and was streamed to 25,000 viewers worldwide.

More details here: https://www.globaltourismforum.org/global-tourism-forum-indonesia/

13/09/2021

Join Check-in Asia's Gary Bowerman to discuss all things aviation, travel & tourism in Asia Pacific on this month's OAG Aviation Webinar.

We'll take stock of the summer performance for the aviation industry, and look ahead to evaluate how airlines are positioned for the Autumn and Winter period. Plus...

- Analysis of the factors that will impact travel flows in Asia Pacific in Q4

- Discussion around what airline capacity for the next 6 months tells us about a recovery (or otherwise)

- Debate on the continued schedule volatility and implications for travel industry players and suppliers.

Join us on Weds 15 Sept, 8am UK / 3pm SGT

More details here: https://www.oag.com/webinar-air-travel-demand-remains-soft-what-can-we-expect-for-the-winter?hsLang=en-gb

20/07/2021

On 14 July, Check-in Asia's Gary Bowerman was a guest on this month's OAG Aviation webinar, entitled: How to manage supply as air travel demand picks up.

Gary joined the team to review the twists and turns of the aviation, hotel and car rental sectors as we move into the second half of 2021.

Key discussion points:

- Latest on airline capacity from around the world
- The impact of crew shortages on schedules
- Evolution of operations by time of day
- How airlines, car rental companies and hotels are using pricing as a tool.
- Q&A

Check it out by clicking below (Morning Session)...

https://www.oag.com/webinars/how-to-manage-supply-as-air-travel-demand-picks-up

OAG Webinar, latest on airline capacity around the world and how to manage supply as air travel demand picks up

02/03/2021

Check-in Asia's Gary Bowerman made his last pre-pandemic overseas trip to Singapore on 26 February 2020. Just before regional lockdowns, he presented on the outlook for COVID-19 in Asia at a special The Speakers Series event at the American Club Singapore. Here's a short 'highlights' reel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeLx9Nff5Ts&feature=youtu.be

The American Club Singapore - February 26, 2020As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve in Singapore, The Club organized a special Speakers Series to ke...