Unlocking Growth: A Guide To Data-Driven Strategies In Travel & Tourism

Welcome back! This week we take a look at digital identities and biometrics; European competitiveness and are also pleased to announce a joint IATA/ICAO/ACI symposium on accessibility. Let's get to it.

Unlocking Growth: A Guide To Data-Driven Strategies In Travel & Tourism

Staying competitive in today’s fast-evolving travel and tourism industry, requires more than just experience—it demands data-driven insights.

Whether you’re a hotel, car rental company, or destination marketing organization (DMO), understanding and applying travel intelligence can help unlock new opportunities, drive business growth, and improve customer satisfaction.

Learn how leveraging travel data can help you adapt to trends, optimize pricing, and enhance your business strategies.

Access the comprehensive guide, "Decoding Success: Harnessing the Power of Data in the Travel and Tourism Industry."

Essential Training of the Week: Digital Identity For Improved Customer Experience and Secure Facilitation

Global passenger numbers are expected to double by 2041 from approximately 4 billion in 2019 to 8 billion in 2040, growing at an average annual rate of 3.3%.

Building ever larger airports to match this increase will be increasingly difficult, and in many cases, impossible.

The aviation industry needs to implement automation, digitalization and efficient seamless processes to handle this growth.

Digital Identity and biometrics technologies can make passenger processing more efficient, secure and provide improved customer experience.

IATA’s Digital Identity and Biometrics Fundamentals course will explain the main models, forms and features of digital identity and biometrics that are essential for implementing Digital Identity and biometric solutions in passenger facilitation.

Register now.

Joint IATA/ICAO/ACI Symposium on Accessibility in International Civil Aviation

IATA, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and Airports Council International (ACI) will be jointly hosting a Symposium on Accessibility in International Civil Aviation from 2 to 3 December 2024 at the ICAO Headquarters in Montréal, Canada, brining together governments, industry representatives and advocacy groups to tackle barriers to air travel faced by persons with disabilities.

Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General:

“Airlines want to ensure safe, reliable, and dignified travel for every passenger, including those with disabilities. To deliver this, airlines, airports and the disability community must work together.

Under the theme “Inclusive and Universally Accessible Air Transport for Persons with Disabilities and Reduced Mobility,” the event will explore strategies to create a more accessible air transport system.

Learn more about the event or register now.

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Welcome To Our Latest Members!

Congratulations Air Incheon and China United Airlines on becoming IATA's latest airline members!

Air Incheon is a South Korean cargo airline with its base at Incheon International Airport. Established in 2012, Air Incheon is the first cargo-only global airline in South Korea, operating with a fleet of four Boeing 737-800SF freighter aircraft and offering scheduled services to China, Japan, Mongolia, Singapore, and Vietnam.

Established in 1984, China United Airlines became the first state-owned innovative economical aviation enterprise in China.

With its headquarters in Beijing Daxing International Airport, it is now a wholly owned subsidiary of IATA member China Eastern Airlines. It operates 122 routes and has a fleet of 62 aircraft - 58 Boeing B737 and 4 Airbus A330 aircraft.

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