Corporate Travel Analysis Reports For South Pacific

Australia has been among the first regulators to intervene in the burgeoning use of drones, for pleasure and for commercial purposes. At the Airports Association of Australia annual national conference in Adelaide today, CASA's CEO Shane Carmody addressed some of the issues the regulator is being forced to address:

Global passenger numbers are increasing every year, with more services, more aircraft, and more infrastructure all having a detrimental impact to the environment. For years airlines have been working to limit this impact and reverse the negative effect of the industry.

Recently released research from International SOS has identified jetlag, poor sleep and diet, a lack of work/life balance and social isolation from friends and family are the top stress factors for corporate travellers in Australia. These factors may then be having a negative impact on people's mental health, owing to the need for Australian companies to improve emotional support for travelling staff.

To understand the impact the Chinese market is having, and could have, on travel and tourism around the world, one needs only to look at the weekend's "Singles' Day" discount sales to grasp the potential buying power. Alibaba's 24-hour sale generated a record CNY168.2 billion (USD25.3 billion) in sales, with 82 brands topping the CNY100 million mark.

Airbnb is aggressively working to broaden its reach with corporate customers after declaring ambitions to double its business customer base by 2020.

A recent decision by Paraguay to remove visa requirements for passport holders of Singapore means the Asian country now has the most powerful passport in the world, according to updated information from international residence and citizenship advisory firm Arton Capital. Its online interactive Passport Index tool says holders of a Singaporean passport can now visit 159 countries, either visa-free or by gaining a visa on arrival.

Speaking at the CAPA Asia Aviation Summit this week, Scoot head of sales and distribution Trevor Spinks said congestion at major airports in Asia will lead to the opening up of secondary and tertiary airports. For this reason, we thought we would take a look at all the airports around the world set to be opened in the next two decades. The largest concentration of new airports comes from Asia Pacific with over 50% scheduled to open by 2035, with India and China leading the charge. Interestingly, 42% of scheduled airports are secondary ones in cities where airports already exist.

Organisations make strides in planning for the unknown as risk perception remains high, but major business resilience aspects are being missed

Whether the hotel industry likes it or not, it seems - at the moment anyway - Airbnb is here to stay. According to the organisation, growth is happening quickly and expansion even faster, with accommodation existing in more than 65,000 cities and 191 countries. It is evident that as they grow, there is continual pressure to find new markets and more opportunity.

The latest rejuvenation of World Airways has obviously generated ample amount of hype and curiousity, but there's little substance behind its bold declarations of operating long haul, low cost flights to Latin America and Asia from Miami and Los Angeles.