Industry Outlook

TRIP CHAIN TOKEN : TRIP

July 28, 2022

TRIP CHAIN TOKEN
Since before COVID-19, the tourism industry has been based offline for too long and has not been able to take advantage of the rapid trend of online entry, making it difficult to respond to the rapidly diversifying travel needs of consumers. In addition, it was an industry that did not actually have a large operating profit even though sales were large due to chronic low margins and returns. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic hit directly, the travel industry began to collapse helplessly regardless of size. However, companies that need to make a comeback somehow are looking to respond to the new era while complementing their existing business models. And how can blockchain and virtual currency.

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Welcome Travel Group SpA is the network of travel agencies of the Alpitour Group and Costa Crociere: with over 1000 agencies located throughout the national territory, it is today the main network under a single brand.

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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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Virtual collaboration: Enhancing your travel program

whitePaper | March 2, 2020

Integrating virtual collaboration in your managed travel program can make you much more important to your business. It extends your reach to include a strategic responsibility for virtual collaboration, which no one else has picked up in most companies. It also presents a new savings opportunity. This white paper offers a starting point to embark on the total collaboration journey.

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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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Deploying next-generation airline loyalty programs

whitePaper | November 15, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic not only dramatically limited travel but also caused permanent shifts in traveler behavior, forever changing “business as usual” for airlines. No touchpoints with travelers have changed more profoundly than loyalty programs. In 2020, airline industry revenues totaled $328 billion, about 40% of revenue from the previous year, McKinsey reports. Benefits designed for frequent flyers continue to lose their efficacy as uncertainty around the return of business travel remains.

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The hotel of the future 2022

whitePaper | June 21, 2022

Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, global tourism had experienced a 10-year period of continuous growth fueled by the expansion of the global economy and the emergence of new tourism outflow markets in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Despite the headwinds from geopolitical and trade tensions, the slowing of economic growth as well as the collapse of Thomas Cook and certain European low-cost carriers, international tourist arrivals and receipts showed growth in 2019

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How Travel and Hospitality Companies are Transforming their Customer Experience in the Age of Kayak, Airbnb and Uber

whitePaper | February 16, 2020

In the competitive hospitality industry customers are demanding a better, more personalized experience. Despite increased consumer spending, operational expenses are putting brands under pressure leading them to search for new efficiency. Mergers, new partnerships, personalization, and digitization are causing the volumes of data to grow. Older technologies aren’t keeping up with the change despite rising maintenance costs. Travel companies must contend with a complex set of ever-changing products and services. Hospitality companies require the ability to provide premium services at a lower cost. Meanwhile, airlines are forced to compete with low-cost alternatives.

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Welcome Travel Group S.p.A.

Welcome Travel Group SpA is the network of travel agencies of the Alpitour Group and Costa Crociere: with over 1000 agencies located throughout the national territory, it is today the main network under a single brand.

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