AirAsia, Trip.com Group team up to spur revival in regional travel through sharing of assets
Two Asian travel giants, Malaysia-based AirAsia and China’s leading online travel services provider Trip.com Group, have formed a “strategic partnership” giving users access to products and services on their respective digital platforms.
Under the agreement Trip.com and AirAsia.com, the ca [...]
Southeast Asia’s ‘discovery-driven’ digital consumers set to reach 310m by end of 2020
There will be 310m digital consumers in Southeast Asia by the end of 2020, from 250m in 2018. Faster than the region's population growth is the pace of its online spend, which is projected to grow 320% between 2018 and 2025.
According to Facebook and Bain & Company's Riding the Digital Wave: [...]
The Wrap: Agoda introduces day use feature to South Korea hotels, Malaysia Airlines lends a hand to boost domestic tourism, and more …
The
Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and to keep
track of developments in these sectors as the green shoots of recovery slowly
take root.
Agoda introduces flexible day use feature to hotels in South Korea
Agoda users can book a day use room on the Agoda mobi [...]
Singapore government, Google and partners combine forces to launch programme for local jobseekers
Google, Economic Development Board (EDB), Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) have launched a new jobs and skills training initiative for 3,000 local entry-level and mid-career jobseekers in Singapore. The Skills Ignition SG - A Grow With Google Program is a [...]
The Millennial Traveller: A tribute to Karla and the beauty of slow travel
I imagine that travel for a dog is far less ambitious but far more fulfilling than for us humans. Dogs’ lives are far briefer than ours, more (technically) limited in what they can achieve, yet they are arguably superior in their ability to feel joy and contentment through the simplest of things. [...]
Agoda joins hands with governments in Asia to assist in growing travel demand
Agoda has been partnering with government efforts in Asia to boost travel recovery. Its latest initiative taps on the Japanese Tourism Agency’s (JTA) ‘Go To’ campaign, ensuring its travellers booking domestic travel on Agoda can benefit from the “Go To” travel subsidy and enjoy savings of [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity in Crisis – Episode 19: Greg Schulze, Expedia Group – a farewell letter, as he returns to the US
On July 25, Greg Schulze, senior vice president, Expedia Group, flew back to the US after completing his four-and-a-half year stint in Singapore as the first global head to be based in Asia Pacific.
He brings
home lots of happy memories of a place he and his family have thrived in, as he
says in [...]
The Wrap: Headout launches ‘Safe Experiences’, Travelport’s new tracker checks airlines’ safety measures, and more …
The Wrap is a round-up of news in the
travel and technology industries, and to keep track of developments in these sectors
as the green shoots of recovery slowly take root.
Headout introduces ‘Safe Experiences’ to build trust and boost travel among consumers
Safe Experiences has verified [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity in Crisis – Episode 18: The Year of Two Halves That Turned Into “Year Zero.O”
More than halfway into 2020, and still
there seems to be no easy or clear resolution to the Covid-19 crisis that has
grounded travel and pushed economies into free fall.
We had hoped it would be a year of two halves, but at this midway point
into the first year of the new decade, it feels like [...]
Survey: 60% of Asian travellers still plan to travel in 2020, but travel companies should not wait for return to pre-Covid norms
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