Fliggy is the travel platform of Alibaba Group, one of the world’s biggest online retailing platforms. Fliggy is very popular amongst Chinese consumers, providing them with a 360-travel service from booking travel and accommodation to unique experiences all through one mobile app. In this interview with Forward_, Ada Xu, Fliggy’s EMEA Regional Director – who will be speaking at the…

Carlos Cendra, Sales & Marketing Director at Mabrian    Tell us about Mabrian?  Mabrian is a travel intelligence company specialized in cross-analysing big data from multiple sources in order to identify and predict tourism trends. To do so, we combine big data analysis and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques with our deep knowledge of the tourism sector. Our offering is a data…

Guy Antognelli has been the Director of the Monaco Government Tourist and Convention Authority for more than three years, but his experience in the travel and tourism industry dates back to 2011. Representing one of Europe’s most popular luxury destinations, he will be joining one of the panels at Forward_MAD on October 6th in Madrid.  This interview is a little…

ClimaTrade was founded in 2017. Headquartered in Valencia (Spain), it helps companies fulfil its carbon offsetting commitments through blockchain-based solutions.  It currently has 500 companies registered and over 2,700 final users. Altogether, it has helped to compensate 3 million CO2 tonnes and offers 60 different offsetting projects in 20 countries.  Francisco Benedito, co-founder and CEO at ClimateTrade, tells us about…

Mastercard provides consumer and businesses with payment products and infrastructure to complete their financial transactions. In 2020, it launched the Mastercard Economics Institute to analyse macroeconomic information through the lens of the consumer. Natalia Lechmanova is  Senior Economist at this research organization, and recently at Forward_Travel we interviewed her to learn about the latest trends in travel.   1. Tourism…