Travelgate Blog

HospitalityUnited.Club, a consortium of travel technology companies, will be hosting a webinar to look at how businesses can respond to and recover from the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and prepare for recovery. The webinar will bring together industry leaders to come together and discuss the evolving business landscape and explore new ways of doing business.

The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the world economy. The increase in the number of cases around the world and the uncertainty generated after the international alert declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) has caused the trend of travel reservations to fall.

This is likely to be one of many messages we have all received about the current Coronavirus situation, specially those of us working in the travel industry. We are all going through a period of massive uncertainty without a clear end in sight.

More than a hundred employees of the technology company TravelgateX decided to continue carrying out their daily tasks from their homes, thus complying with health recommendations and in the face of the COVID_19 pandemic.

In case someone has missed this, 2020 is not only the beginning of a new decade, we have also entered a new era: the era of smart hotels, the era of so-called Smart Tourism. In the face of this new era, everyone working in the sector must be aware of the changes and efforts it takes to enter it.
We have to adapt, research, learn and surround ourselves with partners that allow us to reinforce our business in a scenario that differs from that we have seen so far in so many ways. We have to look for formulas and tools to understand and lead the changes, as they entail different means of operating hotels, enhancing user experience and marketing.  

This company has been among the great names in the world of tourism since 1840. It is also a company firmly focused on technology, always keeping one step ahead, finding out what the travellers of the future will demand. Thanks to this commitment, Abreu Viagens has been – and always will be – a benchmark in the travel sector.
It is known as the largest tour operator in Portugal (both for individuals and groups). In essence it is a family business, traditional and personal, but without forgetting the importance of innovation and commitment to the most revolutionary technological advances. This is where Abreu meets TravelgateX, and the starting point of a relationship that grows stronger each year.
At the latest edition of FITUR we met up with their sales manager Ana Pérez, who told us what it means to her company to be able to use the connectivity provided by TravelgateX, and how they face the constant changes taking place in the tourism industry.