Istanbul technology summit for Middle East’s travel industry
Technology
150 Middle Eastern travel industry experts and leaders gathered in Istanbul to discuss how the $72 billion travel industry can be boosted by technology
Travelport, the world leading Travel Commerce Platform providing solutions for the global travel and tourism industry hosted the two-days technology summit in Istanbul, as the Middle Eastern travel industry is expected to significantly grow in the next five years. The forecast for 2017 is $63 billion.
The summit was at its second consecutive edition and it addressed the ways technology could support travel payments, hospitality, airline merchandising and travel mobile technology across the Middle East regions.
Travelport’s President and Managing Director for Africa, Middle East and South Asia, Rabih Saab commented on the tech event, current global travel trends and innovations:
“Given the ever changing and rapid paced environment of the travel industry, it’s paramount for those part of it to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to how technology is redefining the industry.
Current trends such as airlines increasingly driving business growth through differentiation of their product offerings and the strong emergence of hybrid’ travel agents in the Middle East- those whose transactions take place online and offline- are shaping the industry, and technology is redefining the platform to support and fuel these trends.”
“Sophisticated technologies in mobile technology products for airlines and travel agencies to translate their mobile vision into reality and instill confidence in Middle East consumers to make online travel transactions, will be a key success factor for industry leaders”, he concluded.
Travelport, the world leading Travel Commerce Platform providing solutions for the global travel and tourism industry hosted the two-days technology summit in Istanbul, as the Middle Eastern travel industry is expected to significantly grow in the next five years. The forecast for 2017 is $63 billion.
The summit was at its second consecutive edition and it addressed the ways technology could support travel payments, hospitality, airline merchandising and travel mobile technology across the Middle East regions.
Travelport’s President and Managing Director for Africa, Middle East and South Asia, Rabih Saab commented on the tech event, current global travel trends and innovations:
“Given the ever changing and rapid paced environment of the travel industry, it’s paramount for those part of it to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to how technology is redefining the industry.
Current trends such as airlines increasingly driving business growth through differentiation of their product offerings and the strong emergence of hybrid’ travel agents in the Middle East- those whose transactions take place online and offline- are shaping the industry, and technology is redefining the platform to support and fuel these trends.”
“Sophisticated technologies in mobile technology products for airlines and travel agencies to translate their mobile vision into reality and instill confidence in Middle East consumers to make online travel transactions, will be a key success factor for industry leaders”, he concluded.
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