At the cusp of the new year, many are hopeful that the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccines would bring much-needed relief to the battered and bruised economy. For those in the travel industry, among the hardest-hit, relief certainly cannot come soon enough.
It has probably been repeated to death by now: Travel as we know it will never return to normalcy. This is something which Mieke de Schepper, managing director (Asia Pacific) of global travel technology company Amadeus, knows full well. However, she isn’t quite ready to throw the towel in just yet. Technology, she believes, will be the way that the travel industry moves forward. And normal? Well, forget normal — this is where the tide turns for travel.
For Singaporeans who have gotten used to enjoying year-end holidays trips, last December is perhaps a month to remember, albeit with little fondness. Trapped on this little island, unable to travel abroad, we browsed through our photo albums, looking back longingly at vacations of yesteryear, when traipsing across the globe was the norm.
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