Episode 38: Mieke de Schepper, Executive Vice President and Managing Director Asia Pacific Amadeus IT Group

In this episode, we speak with Mieke de Schepper, Executive Vice President and Managing Director Asia Pacific Amadeus IT Group, about coping with fatigue in a region that’s lagging behind in travel recovery, how technology can facilitate the return of safe travel and boost confidence of travellers and how governments and travel companies need to collaborate to get us out of this and through this together.

Among the key takeaways from the conversation:

• The current mode of travel is not sustainable.
• It's not the fear of Covid, it’s the fear of changing rules and restrictions.
• Asia Pacific is lagging, whatever spots that have reopened, the numbers are really small.
• How to get to quarantine-free two-way travel.
• The challenges of running a global business out of Singapore right now – fix business travel first.
• The fatigue of being locked down for so long is building up in teams across Asia.
• Technology can help rebuild confidence and facilitate safe travel.
• The travel agents who will come out of this will be hybrid.