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Wednesday May 26, 2021
Future of travel - 'vacc-ications', higher airfares and cheaper hotel rooms
Wednesday May 26, 2021
Wednesday May 26, 2021
The future of travel in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic will be characterised by higher air fares, cheaper hotel rooms and fewer but longer trips, according to industry expert Sadiq Gillani.
Speaking to the Business Extra podcast’s Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner, Mr Gillani, a lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business, outlined what we are likely to experience when travelling as the recovery picks up pace.
Speaking to the Business Extra podcast’s Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner, Mr Gillani, a lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business, outlined what we are likely to experience when travelling as the recovery picks up pace.
There will be an imbalance of capacity, for example, when comparing airline seats with hotel rooms and cruise cabins. This is because most carriers have partially grounded their fleet but few hotels have shut down permanently, he said. Even as demand comes back at the end of this year and into next year, it will take a long time for airlines to build back up to where they were before the pandemic, in terms of capacity.
In this episode:
The future of travel (0m 36s)
The trends showing the future of travel (1m 58s)
Emerging new archetypes (9m 31s)
Revenge travel (16m 10s)
The winners out of the crisis (22m 30s)
In this episode:
The future of travel (0m 36s)
The trends showing the future of travel (1m 58s)
Emerging new archetypes (9m 31s)
Revenge travel (16m 10s)
The winners out of the crisis (22m 30s)
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Tuesday May 18, 2021
Bloomberg's Justin Smith on the post-Covid agenda
Tuesday May 18, 2021
Tuesday May 18, 2021
The chief executives of the world’s largest companies are showing a “strong appetite” for in-person conferences taking place in the final three months of the year. Justin B Smith, chief executive of Bloomberg Media, which organises hundreds of events a year, speaking exclusively to The National and the Business Extra podcast, said that the company has "identified a very, very strong appetite for engaging in person again” following a period of mostly online-only conferences amid the Covid-19 pandemic. He also discusses key topics on the agenda for Bloomberg's New Economy Forum in Singapore in November, including China-US relations and climate change.
Business Extra co-hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner unpack what in-person events could look like post-pandemic, drawing from Mr Smith's insights.
In this episode:
Justin B Smith on demand for live events (1m 15s)
The New Economy Forum's task at hand (5m 53s)
New Economy Forum's view on the China-US relations (11m 27s)
Tech companies and global regulations (13m 13s)
Will in-person events come back? (15m 27s)
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Business Extra co-hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner unpack what in-person events could look like post-pandemic, drawing from Mr Smith's insights.
In this episode:
Justin B Smith on demand for live events (1m 15s)
The New Economy Forum's task at hand (5m 53s)
New Economy Forum's view on the China-US relations (11m 27s)
Tech companies and global regulations (13m 13s)
Will in-person events come back? (15m 27s)
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• Expo 2020 Dubai is a 'beacon of hope' as thousands of deals to bring the world to the UAE are signed
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Monday May 10, 2021
Can a busy summer travel season revive the aviation industry?
Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
Heading into summer, airline bookings in April and May were "pretty positive" for domestic travel while bookings for international journeys remained "exceptionally weak" as travel restrictions continued in many countries due to new cases of the Covid-19 virus, according to the International Air Transport Association (Iata).
To determine if summer will provide a lift, a patchwork of issues are in play: a global vaccination effort rallying sentiment in some parts of the world to a devastating spike in Covid-19 cases throughout India and parts of southeast Asia. Meanwhile, can pandemic-era pushes for immunity passports, digitalisation and carbon offsets prove to have staying power?
This week, The National's aviation correspondent Deena Kamel joins co-hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner to discuss the outlook for travel's peak season.
In this episode:
Can aviation be revived? (2m 26s)
Shifting trends and behaviour changes (5m 46s)
Emirates capacity increase (13m 14s)
Four factors in the future of travel (15m 50s)
The enduring changes (18m 30s)
In this episode:
Can aviation be revived? (2m 26s)
Shifting trends and behaviour changes (5m 46s)
Emirates capacity increase (13m 14s)
Four factors in the future of travel (15m 50s)
The enduring changes (18m 30s)
Read more
- Tourism activity in oil-importing Mena countries expected to bounce back by 2023
- Domestic travel rises globally in March as international passenger traffic remains low
- UAE ambassador: UK travel announcement is 'disappointing for families'
- Air Arabia posts first-quarter net profit despite Covid-19 pandemic
- Will India's soaring Covid infections derail its economic rebound?
Wednesday May 05, 2021
Apple in court amid a new era for data
Wednesday May 05, 2021
Wednesday May 05, 2021
The long-promised new era of technology is taking shape, from the quantum computing race between nations, to the battle over fair competition being fought in a US court between Apple and Epic Games.
While the future remains uncertain, developments in recent days and months reveal a path that will change the way consumers and companies interact online and who will be the guardians of our digital lives.
This week, host Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor-in-chief, and co-host Kelsey Warner, Future editor, explain the state of play and the themes to watch: the incoming deep tech wave, the UAE’s investment in cryptographic “sovereignty” and Apple’s new data privacy rules.
In this episode:
The technological shift and awareness of data (0m 40s)
The deep tech wave (2m 06s)
The rise of the hacker (6m 13s)
Apple's stand on privacy (9m 57s)
Apple v Epic Games (13m 44s)
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