Travel agents in Singapore to get help to thrive in digital age
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN) - The Singapore Tourism Board will help agencies identify tech solutions to common issues.
Travel agents in Singapore will receive government funding to speed up their adoption of technology, such as developing mobile apps to give customers a better experience.
Instead of traditional travel agents coming up with the solutions and asking the authorities to help with the funding, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) will identify a range of technological fixes to common problems, and offer them to the agencies.
This initiative will be launched by the second half of next year, said Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, and Culture, Community and Youth Sim Ann yesterday (Nov 15) at the Travel Agent Industry Forum.
Travel agencies also need help to upgrade their hiring practices, said Steven Ler, acting president of the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (Natas), which organ
nice post
Congratulations @kona12! You have completed some achievement on Steemit and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :
Click on any badge to view your own Board of Honor on SteemitBoard.
For more information about SteemitBoard, click here
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPits really good news. thnx for shere