Travel Outlook: Free Wi-Fi at airports – risks and protection tips
By Lorena Peña Travel intelligence can help you to anticipate and prevent a number of physical threats that can affect your business and leisure trips, but some risks come from cyberspace too. Digital security has become a vital issue for travellers, especially when at least half of the travelers connect to free Wi-Fi at airports. […]
Travel Outlook: Heatwaves and travel in Summer 2023
By Claudia Gualdi; Contributors: Farhan Rafi, Baya Faure, and Lorena Peña Weather forecasts have correctly predicted 2023 as another exceptionally hot summer, with record-high global temperatures recorded every day for the first week of July alone. Heatwaves have become a widespread phenomenon worldwide increasing in frequency and duration, and their serious effects are visible on […]
Travel Outlook: Travelling post-Brexit with a UK passport
by Baya Faure Contributor: Claudia Gualdi Following the United Kingdom’s official exit from the European Union and the COVID-19 pandemic, travel in and out of the country continues to be challenged by new travel rules, particularly pertaining to passport validity. Ideally, once tickets are booked and visas approved, travellers are ready to depart. However, failure […]
El Niño is here – what will the impact be?
The Pacific Ocean is moving out of the cold of La Niña and into the hot El Niño phase. This transition is bound to have a massive impact on global weather patterns, causing potential disruptions in travel and services.
Travel Outlook: AI and Travel Planning – is ChatGPT the next frontier?
While travel planning can be laborious and stressful for some travellers, for others it is already part of the journey. Travel Intelligence Team Lead Claudia Gualdi belongs to the latter camp, so she took AI tool ChatGPT for a spin to see if it could help plan her next trip to one of her bucket list destinations – Japan. AI chatbots are the talk of the travel industry, but they still have a way to go before they replace human travel planning.
Travel Outlook: Unlocking SEA with the return of easy travel
Entry requirements can be a major concern for travellers. During the COVID-19 peak, Southeast Asian countries had entry bans, causing stress for travellers. However, most countries in the region have now lifted entry bans, providing an optimistic outlook for travellers in 2023. Southeast Asian destinations are once again welcoming tourists to their beaches and tropical settings.
