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23 – 26 September | Dublin, Ireland
The essential global youth travel industry event
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The Future of Travel: 2024
Wednesday, 24 September | 09:00 – 10:30
Filip Filipov, Head of B2B at Skyscanner
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the future
of travel
2024 #futureoftravel
Truly
global
travel
coverage
80%
visitors
from
outside the
UK market
45
countries
with over
50,000
visitors per
month
Edinburgh & Glasgow
Miami
Singapore
Beijing Barcelona
Website & Mobile Unique Monthly Visitors (Millions)
• $7bn downstream flights booked in 2013
• > 30m app downloads
• 54% strong user loyalty – > half of sessions =
sessions repeat users
Prediction is very difficult, especially if it is about the future.’ – Niels Bohr Prediction is very
difficult, especially
when it is about the
future. ~ Niels Bohr
#futureoftravel
PACE OF INNOVATION = SPEED OF LIGHT
• Expedia
• Travelocity
• Lonely Planet
• Expedia
• Travelocity
• Lonely Planet
• Priceline
• Lastminute
• Travel Zoo
• Expedia
• Travelocity
• Lonely Planet
• Priceline
• Lastminute
• Travel Zoo
• TripAdvisor
• Hotwire
• Expedia
• Travelocity
• Lonely Planet
• Priceline
• Lastminute
• Travel Zoo
• TripAdvisor
• Hotwire
• Orbitz
• SKYSCANNER
• Expedia
• Travelocity
• Lonely Planet
• Priceline
• Lastminute
• Travel Zoo
• TripAdvisor
• Hotwire
• Orbitz
• SKYSCANNER
• Kayak
• Expedia
• Travelocity
• Lonely Planet
• Priceline
• Lastminute
• Travel Zoo
• TripAdvisor
• Hotwire
• Orbitz
• SKYSCANNER
• Kayak
• Wego
• Expedia
• Travelocity
• Lonely Planet
• Priceline
• Lastminute
• Travel Zoo
• TripAdvisor
• Hotwire
• Orbitz
• SKYSCANNER
• Kayak
• Wego
• Fly.com
• Jetsetter
• Expedia
• Travelocity
• Lonely Planet
• Priceline
• Lastminute
• Travel Zoo
• TripAdvisor
• Hotwire
• Orbitz
• SKYSCANNER
• Kayak
• Wego
• Fly.com
• Jetsetter
• AirBnB
@ • TripIt
• WorldMate
• HotelTonight
• Foursquare
• Trover
• Hipmunk
• MileWise
• UsingMiles
• Adioso
• Rome2Rio
• Roomer
• InnHand
• Flocations
• Evacua
• Triip
• Routehappy
• Farely
• 30K
• PointHound
• Zaranga
#futureoftravel
• Planning & Booking
• Travel Journeys
#futureoftravel
• Planning & Booking
#futureoftravel
• Digital Travel Buddies
• Virtual Reality
• Semantic Search
In the 2020s, each of us
will have an individual ‘e-
agent’ that goes
everywhere with us,
inside a watch or a small
piece of jewellery.
#futureoftravel
Digital Travel Buddies
#futureoftravel
#futureoftravel
Virtual Reality will become a
new form of show rooming, an
incredible 3D taste of a
destination.
Virtual Becomes A Reality
In 2024, voice and gesture controlled online tools will
help travellers book a bespoke trip based on their
responses or even through facial coding algorithms.
#futureoftravel
Semantic
Search
#futureoftravel
#futureoftravel
Big Data
#futureoftravel
• Travel Journeys
#futureoftravel
• Travel to Airport
• Check – In
• Aerovilles
#futureoftravel
Seamless Travel To Airport
#futureoftravel
“Biometric data cards will replace passports,
identifying travelers as bona fide low security
risks and allowing them to pass quickly through
security and saving so much time in transit and
boarding.”
At the Airport
#futureoftravel
In the near future, airports will be
an intrinsic part of the vacation
experience, a place that we enjoy
spending time in.
Inside
Changi Airport
Schipol Airport
#futureoftravel
• Holograms
• Seating
• Concept Cabin
#futureoftravel
In the near future, airports will be
an intrinsic part of the vacation
experience, a place that we enjoy
spending time in.
On the plane
New interiors will enhance the
experience of flying.
Seating
#futureoftravel
Built in to the seat is an individual climate control, and
a holographic communications and entertainment hub
Cabin Concept
#futureoftravel
#futureoftravel
• Planning & Booking
• Travel Journeys
• Destinations & Hotels
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