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

• Google

• 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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