Digitrips

“When it comes to climate-conscious travel, passengers are still on a learning curve. Technology plays a key role in shifting their attitudes,” noted Digitrips CEO & Co-founder Nicolas Brumelot at A World for Travel in Seville last week, held alongside the Tourism Innovation Summit

With France introducing domestic flight bans where there’s a rail alternative, and major European airlines like Air France, KLM and Lufthansa supporting the shift, what does this mean for the wider travel industry? 

Since the pandemic, hotel room rates have been increasing drastically and this summer saw travellers paying prices that well exceeded 2019’s prices or any ever seen before.

Recently two US senators introduced the Junk Fee Prevention Act, specifically targeting airline and hotel resort fees. This will require airlines and hotels to display their full prices upfront and stop ‘surprise’ fees. 

Digitrips, owner of leading French multi-product travel platform MisterFly announced the launch of its ChatGPT-powered virtual assistant service, offering travel tips and destination advice to travellers in 11 languages.

A recent report by Bankrate in the US showed that affordability is cutting into traveller choice and more recently southern European sun-and-sea destinations have reported a slowing in bookings that wasn’t quite anticipated this early in the season.

Leading multi-product travel platform Digitrips says Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services have become a game changer for travel e-commerce, with such purchases accounting for up to 75% of sales for the company’s B2B2C customers.

Travel technology industry experts explain how both travel suppliers and travel intermediaries are using technology as an edge to make sure they don’t miss out on the one-off boost to tourism from the Coronation of Charles III this coming weekend in London.

Digitrips has revealed Asia is the only region in the world where top destinations still offered prices (per room-night) below 2019 levels at the end of 2022, as hotels strive to boost demand following the region’s delayed reopening.