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Unlocking ancillary revenue stream success

Travel companies should choose their ancillary services wisely

In an era where customer experience (CX) reigns supreme, travel companies are diversifying revenue streams to enhance the customer journey. Ancillary services have emerged as a powerful tool, helping travel companies go beyond the traditional and deliver personalised, value-added experiences. Here, Sam Dunscombe, head of growth at eSIM SDK provider Mobilise, offers his advice for successfully harnessing value from ancillary revenue streams. Unlocking ancillary revenue stream success

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2024 international travel boom predicted: Surpassing 2 billion trips

New findings from Kaleido Intelligence predict that international travel trips will exceed pre-pandemic levels in 2024, marking a 3% increase from 2019 and surpassing 2 billion for the second time ever. Outbound travel recovery from China has been slow in 2023 and is expected to take another 12-18 months to return to pre-pandemic levels. Kaleido expects China to drive growth in 2024, with Asia-Pacific markets leading outbound (39%) and inbound (69%) year-over-year (y-o-y) increase. “2024 international travel boom predicted: Surpassing 2 billion trips”

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Travel eSIMs offer a cost-effective opportunity

In the last year, Brits have collectively accumulated over [£539 million (€629.05 million)] in unexpected roaming charges according to data from Uswitch. The convenience of staying connected often comes at a steep price – but it doesn’t need to be that way. Here, Hamish White, founder and CEO of eSIM (embedded-SIM) SDK (software development kit) provider Mobilise, explores a solution to this common travel pitfall, and how travel companies can take advantage of the opportunity roaming charges present to them. 

“Travel eSIMs offer a cost-effective opportunity”
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Telkomsel partners with ZTE to test utilisation of 5G network in Indonesian maritime area

Telkomsel collaborates with ZTE to test the coverage of 5G transmitters in the maritime area based on the 2.3GHz frequency band in Gorontalo. In this collaboration, ZTE provides network equipment solutions to support Telkomsel in increasing the capacity and quality of broadband networks in Indonesia’s maritime region. Telkomsel and ZTE presented this collaboration in conjunction with the Mobile World Conference event in Barcelona on February 27, 2023.

“Telkomsel partners with ZTE to test utilisation of 5G network in Indonesian maritime area”
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