Travel Technology, Industry Outlook

Reimagining Tourism in the Era of the Metaverse

December 6, 2022

Reimagining Tourism in the Era
The tourism industry, with travel and hospitality as two of its major components, is no longer the same as it was. Consumer behaviors toward tourism have significantly changed, influenced by the desire for safety and social contact and the accelerated shift to digital. Travel planning now happens with just a few clicks — from selecting a travel location and checking safety protocols to receiving information on flights and lodgings. For businesses, this means tougher asks from customers
and greater competition for wallet share, especially as digital evens out the playing field between small and large companies.

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Whet Travel

Whet means ‘to excite’ and it’s the core of everything we do and who we are. Whet Travel’s mission is to excite lives by creating extraordinary experiences that connect communities to their passions. Since our humble beginning in 2004 with a group of 125 friends going on a cruise to now over 15,000 people each year who sail with us. Inc Magazine ranked Whet Travel as the #4 fastest growing travel company in the country.

OTHER WHITEPAPERS
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Seamless travel

whitePaper | January 21, 2020

Explore the award-winning biometric and AI technology of NEC, unlocking uninterrupted kerb-to-gate travel with just a simple smile.

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Your guide to business traveler well-being

whitePaper | November 12, 2019

We’ve never had more ways to instantly connect with people halfway around the world, and yet we’ve never been so keen to meet our overseas colleagues, business partners and customers face to face. Traveling is at the heart of what we do and we believe business travel and creating these opportunities for our employees, customers and companies worldwide to interact in person brings great value. According to the Global Business Travel Association, global business travel spend is set to reach $1.7 trillion in 20221.

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The Evolving Digital State of the North American Travel Industry

whitePaper | January 5, 2020

The US travel space is rapidly changing. Driving this disruption are three major trends that go hand-in-hand: personalization, early stage consumer acquisitions, and mobile. Personalization is the biggest trend in travel. As of 2017, 57% of US travelers felt that brands should tailor their information based on the personal preferences or past behaviors of consumers. Google and other industry tech giants, like Facebook and Amazon, have been leading this charge through earlier, customized consumer acquisitions. The use of mobile has been paramount in the personalization of travel sales. Mobile also serves as a key platform in early customized consumer acquisitions, experiencing a 50% uptick in travel-related questions stemming from smartphones.

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Ten Principles for Sustainable Destinations: Charting a new path forward for travel and tourism

whitePaper | September 27, 2022

The World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Sustainable Tourism has developed the following principles to guide businesses, governments, destinations, travellers and resident communities to better design and manage tourism destinations and practices for many years to come. Over the past 50 years, international arrivals have grown from 200 million to close to 1.6 billion. This tremendous growth in international connectivity and travel has had countless economic and societal benefits worldwide, not least the contribution of 10% of global GDP in recent years and as the generator of 1 in every 10 jobs

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Aviation White Paper - ACCC submission in response to terms of reference

whitePaper | March 15, 2023

The ACCC welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the development of a new aviation White Paper. A competitive airline sector is vital to meet the needs of consumers and the economy more broadly, especially for a large country as geographically dispersed as Australia. Rivalry between airlines can deliver more routes, a greater choice of products, cheaper airfares, more reliable services and better customer service.

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Rebuilding tourism in Asia-Pacific: A more conscious traveller?

whitePaper | February 24, 2022

Covid-19 has changed travel in many ways. Since the onset of the pandemic—which has had a devastating impact on human life and society— travellers are thinking more about the impacts of their holidays on communities, local economies and the environment. Although these discussions picked up in the past few years, the pandemic has resulted in a travel awakening of sorts and accelerated the push towards more conscious, responsible travel in Asia-Pacific.

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Spotlight

Whet Travel

Whet means ‘to excite’ and it’s the core of everything we do and who we are. Whet Travel’s mission is to excite lives by creating extraordinary experiences that connect communities to their passions. Since our humble beginning in 2004 with a group of 125 friends going on a cruise to now over 15,000 people each year who sail with us. Inc Magazine ranked Whet Travel as the #4 fastest growing travel company in the country.

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