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What’s a Chief eXploration Officer? Tencent’s David Wallerstein on why the world needs CXOs
Wednesday 21st of September 2022
Every big company has a Chief Executive Officer – a CEO. Many others have CFOs and COOs. But how many have a CXO, or a chief exploration officer?
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Japan has eased travel restrictions – but will the tourism sector bounce back?
Tuesday 13th of September 2022
On 7 September, the Japanese government eased entry restrictions for travellers with its new coronavirus countermeasures. Under the previous restrictions, travellers could only visit the country as part of a guided tour.
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What is the ‘random trip’ craze and why is it so big in Japan?
Monday 12th of September 2022
Let’s go anywhere.
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Spain is providing free monthly rail passes to try and tackle inflation
Friday 2nd of September 2022
After struggling a bit with the ticket machine at Madrid’s grand 19th century Atocha railway station, 26-year-old Jennifer Bernard Quintana and her sister became the happy owners of free travel passes valid from Thursday.
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Fuelling sustainable aviation for the long haul
Wednesday 24th of August 2022
A return flight from London to New York emits more carbon emissions than the average person in 56 countries would produce in an entire year. As airlines search for ways to reduce their impact on climate, 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made from renewable sources can help them cut emissions by up to 80%. Airlines are already using SAF for passenger flights in the US and some are testing SAF in large aircraft in Europe.
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These are the world’s best passports to own in 2022
Thursday 11th of August 2022
“The passport you hold determines your fate and dramatically impacts the options you have,” said Dr Christian Kaelin, chairman of Henley and Partners and inventor of the passport index concept, earlier this year.
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Could hydrogen-fuelled flights be a reality by 2035?
Monday 25th of July 2022
Sustainability has become a key topic on the agenda for the aviation sector. At the Farnborough International Airshow, the first major European air show since COVID-19, the organizers launched a new Aerospace Global Forum to accelerate change and drive the transition to net zero. During the event, the World Economic Forum’s Target True Zero initiative released its first report, Unlocking Sustainable Battery and Hydrogen-Powered Flight. This report sets out the role new propulsion technologies utilising battery or hydrogen power can play in contributing to the industry’s decarbonisation efforts.
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Boosting Africa’s commercial aviation sector, a sure route to recovery
Wednesday 20th of July 2022
To spot Africa’s path to post-pandemic economic recovery, look to the skies: no region has more to gain by making air travel and cargo movement easier, cheaper, safer and more competitive.
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Nearly three-quarters of Europeans plan to travel this summer
Tuesday 19th of July 2022
The Northern Hemisphere summer holiday season is in full swing and as pandemic-related travel restrictions are lifted a new survey shows just how many Europeans are planning to take advantage.
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Sustainable aviation fuel could bring India’s industry to net-zero
Wednesday 6th of July 2022
The dangers associated with extreme climate events have been assessed time and again at global forums leaving no doubt that it’s time for governments and businesses to act. The burden for action on the largest greenhouse gas (GHG) producers is not lost on India, which is why at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), it promised to get 50% of its energy from renewable resources by 2030.
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Here are 5 things to look forward to in the future – according to 1,000 experts
Thursday 30th of June 2022
What might the world look like in 2025? In autumn 2020 the World Economic Forum convened expert-led Global Future Councils, time-bound think tanks, to explore that very question.
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What next for travel and tourism? Here’s what the experts say
Thursday 30th of June 2022
The Travel & Tourism sector was one of the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving not only companies but also tourism-driven economies severely affected by shutdowns, travel restrictions and the disappearance of international travel.
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International travel levels tipped to soar again in 2022
Thursday 30th of June 2022
While few industries have been spared by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic over the past two years, even fewer have been hit as hard as the tourism sector. After “the worst year in tourism history”, international tourist arrivals increased by just 5 percent in 2021, as travel restrictions remained in place for protracted periods in many parts of the world. International tourist arrivals once again fell more than one billion short of pre-pandemic levels, keeping the industry at levels last seen in the late 1980s.
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How can we really achieve sustainability in the travel sector
Thursday 9th of June 2022
For the first time in over two years, people are making travel plans without expecting them to fall through. But as the pandemic finally seems to be waning and life begins to, in large part, normalize, we’re reminded that other significant challenges humanity faces haven’t gone away. Top of the list is the threat of climate change.
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Why businesses are choosing to fly on Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Tuesday 24th of May 2022
After two years of radically reduced air travel across the globe, many travellers, both business and leisure, are asking themselves if resuming their previous travelling patterns is responsible. With recent IPCCC reports categorically declaring that we have already warmed the earth enough to have devastating consequences for people, nature and livelihoods, business leaders, in particular, are reviewing the travel footprint of their companies.
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Towards resilience and sustainability: Travel and tourism development recovery
Tuesday 24th of May 2022
In 2018, international tourism grew for the ninth consecutive year. Tourist arrivals reached 1.4 billion and generated $1.7 trillion in export earnings, according to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
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Tourism is not just about travel, it’s also about peace
Tuesday 24th of May 2022
Tourism has never been more relevant. Nor has its importance to both our societies and our economies been more visible as it is right now. The pandemic, in prompting the introduction of travel restrictions, and a massive fall in demand for travel, brought the sector to a near-complete standstill. In doing so, it put many millions of jobs at risk, placed millions of businesses in jeopardy and led to a sudden fall in vital funding for work to conserve cultural and natural heritage.
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"People want to travel": 4 sector leaders say that tourism will change and grow
Tuesday 24th of May 2022
The global travel and tourism sector’s post-pandemic recovery is gaining pace as the world’s pent-up desire for travel rekindles. The difference in international tourist arrivals in January 2021 and a similar period in January 2022 was as much as the growth in all of 2021. However, with $4.5 trillion in GDP and 62 million jobs lost in 2020 alone, the road to recovery remains long.
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Cars still dominate the American commute
Thursday 19th of May 2022
In many European cities, investments in bike infrastructure and public transportation systems have been successful in enticing commuters to ditch their cars in favor of buses, trains or bicycles. In Germany for example, 23 percent of commuters take the bike to get to work, school or university and another 26 percent use public transportation. Meanwhile, 65 percent take their own car, which still sounds like a lot but is considerably lower than it is in the United States. In the Netherlands, arguably the country most famous for its love of bicycles, 36 percent of commuters take their bike to work while 56 percent opt for their car instead.
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A tourist’s paradise? Here’s how Costa Rica has balanced biodiversity with accessibility
Tuesday 3rd of May 2022
After two years of pandemic lockdowns and border closures, global travel appears to be rebounding in much of the world in 2022. Wilderness is a big tourist attraction – but do countries that protect their natural environments earn a payoff in tourism revenues?
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The world’s first airport for flying cars and drones has just landed
Thursday 28th of April 2022
The world’s first airport for electric drones and flying cars just opened in the centre of a city in the UK. If it’s a success, it will be the blueprint for hundreds more around the world.
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An Airbus powered by cooking oil: Is sustainable aviation fuel the future of aviation?
Monday 11th of April 2022
Used cooking oil is probably not the first thing that springs to mind when you think about your next holiday flight. But that could soon change. Airbus has just completed its first test flight of an A380 jumbo jet with one engine powered entirely by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The fuel used was a mix of used cooking oil and other waste fats, purified to extract sulphur and other contaminants.
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How quickly is tourism recovering from COVID-19?
Thursday 31st of March 2022
Tourism was hit particularly hard by the pandemic, as lockdowns restricted people to travelling around their homes and neighbourhoods rather than around the world. But there are now signs that tourist numbers are starting to recover as limitations on movement are eased.
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These innovations in Africa are reducing transport inequalities
Monday 21st of February 2022
After a minibus taxi driver threatened to throw her out on the street for asking him to slow down as he raced down the highway, South African nurse Lebogang Matjila scoured the internet for a safer, cheaper way to get to her patients.
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This is the impact of COVID-19 on the travel sector
Tuesday 25th of January 2022
While few industries have been spared by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, even fewer have been hit as hard as the tourism sector. As 2021 drew to a close with severe limitations to travel still in place, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) reported that international tourist arrivals increased by just 4 percent last year, remaining 72 percent below 2019 levels. That equates to more than 1 billion fewer international arrivals compared to pre-pandemic levels, keeping the industry at levels last seen in the late 1980s.