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The guest-facing tech solutions facilitate efficient operations by taking over mundane tasks and if deployed correctly help achieve greater guest satisfaction. Most of these tech solutions pre-date the pandemic. However, the adoption of guest-facing tech gained momentum during this period due to its contactless capabilities. 

Skift Research’s latest reading on the Skift Travel Health Index reveals a softening trend in global travel. This is due to the seasonality of demand: Our index dropped 4 percentage points to 105 in March 2024, which mirrors a slowdown we saw this time last year.

The travel industry continued to strengthen in February: The Skift Travel Health Index stood at 107, 7% growth over February 2023.

In a country known for tradition, India’s travel industry is undergoing a rapid transition. The younger population and a rising use of smartphones is reshaping India’s traditional travel booking landscape.

The Skift Travel Health Index is transitioning to a new benchmark. For the past few years, we’ve been judging the travel industry’s performance against 2019, the last good year for travel before Covid hit.

Our latest Skift Travel Health Index, shows that the global Travel Health Index stood at 102 in December 2023, capping a big year for the global travel industry.

Taylor Swift’s multi-continent Eras Tour is on its way to becoming the highest-grossing musical tour of all time. The “Swiftie” impact is not confined to music charts, but has also extended to the travel industry. While the travel sector is still adjusting to the aftermath of the pandemic, the Eras Tour has proved a boon for all the destinations it has graced this year.

The Skift Travel Health Index: October 2023 Highlights report shows a slowing trend in global travel momentum as the index dipped 2 percentage points and stands at 103.

The global travel industry is on an upswing, with all regions registering growth over the previous month, according to the Skift Travel Health Index: September 2023 Highlights. The Skift Travel Health Index stands at 106, three points higher than August 2023 – a new record high.

The pandemic sped up the transition towards digital and alternative payment methods. Non-cash transaction volumes are projected to surge to $2.3 trillion by 2027, and it has become essential for hoteliers to embrace a variety of payment options to enhance guest satisfaction. To do so, they should consider adopting modern fintech systems and establishing partnerships with leading payment processors.

The Skift Travel Health Index: August 2023 Highlights shows a 1 percentage point uptick for August 2023. The index now stands at 103, compared to a baseline of 100 in August 2019.

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Cricket is the most popular sport in India and has a huge fan base. Beyond just being a sport, it is deeply embedded in the nation’s culture, evoking intense emotions from the masses over the victories and losses of their favorite teams: 90% of the global cricket fandom consists of Indians, highlighting the cricket craze in the country. 

Online guest reviews on public platforms such as TripAdvisor, Booking.com, Expedia, Google, and so on disrupted the traditional comment card surveys that were once a popular mode of capturing guest feedback in hotels. Reputation and review management software facilitates quantifying of guest satisfaction and identification of areas of improvement which has made adoption of this tech solution imperative for hotels.

The Skift Travel Health Index is up to 89 points in January 2023, falling only short 11 percentage points from January 2019 travel performance levels. The January score is the highest achieved since the onset of the pandemic. With growing travel demand, we expect 2023 to be a powerful year for the travel sector.

Service efficiency is key to delivering exceptional guest service. Our new Skift Research report, Hotel tech Benchmark: Task Management, Housekeeping, and Staff Collaboration Tools 2023, provides an overview of the estimated market size and revenue potential of this tech category in the hospitality industry. It highlights that only about 18 percent hotels worldwide use task management, staff collaboration, or housekeeping tools and that the hospitality industry still largely relies on manuals and checklists to deliver service.

Global travel recovery doesn’t seem too far. The Skift Travel Health Index witnessed a month-on-month uptick of 4 percentage points (pp) in February 2023 and now stands at 93. We anticipate this year to bring recovery and growth to the travel industry.

Over the past decades, the booking pendulum has swung back and forth between online travel agents’ (OTAs) growing booking share, and hotels clawing back some direct bookings. Hoteliers have been complaining about high commissions paid to third-party travel websites, and increasingly invest in driving more direct bookings. The evolving hotel tech stack has website builders, booking engines, and direct-booking tools offering to aid this cause.

The global score of the Skift Travel Health Index remained stable at 97, as per our latest March 2023 update. This is unchanged from the previous month.

Guests have an abundance of channels to choose from when making a hotel reservation. Companies finding the optimal mix in this vast channel landscape is the goal of any good hotel distribution strategy. As the number of booking options multiply, it only makes fighting off the competition more complex. Most large hotel chains use Central Reservation Systems (CRSs) to have a central source for all hotel reservations, and to tackle reservation-related challenges.

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