Dubai-based TPConnects lands investment from Flight Centre
Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) is boosting its tech platform with the acquistion of a 22.47% stake in TPConnects Technologies LLC.
The terms of the investment were not disclosed.
Dubai-based TPConnects was founded in 2012 by Rajendran Vellapalath, who will continue to run the bu [...]
Events platform Bizly wins top innovator award at The Business Travel Show
Bizly, the “all-in-one platform for building events” topped eight final entries that pitched at the Business Travel Innovation Faceoff during the recent Business Travel Show at the Olympia London.
The judges cross-examined, evaluated and critiqued all
eight supplier presentations to determi [...]
A US$4.8 billion economic stimulus package for Malaysia to mitigate Covid-19 impact (Updated)
Malaysia has unveiled the 2020 Economic Stimulus Package worth US$4.75 billion (RM20 billion) to combat the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak on the tourism industry and to ensure the country’s economy remains on strong foundation .
The stimulus
package has three strategies – to [...]
New solutions expected to help hotels tackle data
In an indication that hotels are being flummoxed by big data, a recent survey by dailypoint™ of some 4.5 million reservations across 120 hotels found that hotels had on average 2.3 profiles for their loyal guests. In other words, these hotels thought they had twice as many loyal guests as they ac [...]
Trip.com extends cancellation waivers for Covid-19 disruptions
Trip.com today will expand its Safeguard Cancellation Guarantee initiative which offers cancellation waivers to customers affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Cancellation
provisions are for bookings on Trip.com made before 11.59 PM on 23
February 2020, for use before 11.59 PM& [...]
The Wrap: Accor, Visa team up to introduce new payment card
News Roundup: Partnerships forged with big names in travel joining forces: Accor and Visa launching payment card, HelloGbye’s tie-up with Travelport to service TMCs, Lufthansa Group expanding cooperation with Amadeus to enhance traveller experience
Accor, Visa team up to introduce payment ca [...]
Mark the new date for a stronger WiT Seoul 2020: October 29
WiT and local partner, Tidesquare, have made the decision to reschedule its Seoul event from April to October 29.
The
uncertainty over the developing Covid-19 situation in South Korea in which the
government has put the country on its
highest alert and the Singapore government has issued travel [...]
Covid-19: OYO sets up fund to assist South-east Asian partners
OYO Hotels and Homes has committed US$200,000 to support its partners and their families in South-east Asia affected by the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.
Its chief executive officer for South-east Asia, Japan and the Middle East Dr Mandar Vaidya said this followed a similar move in China wher [...]
Dream Cruises suspends Genting Dream’s Singapore operations
Dream Cruises is "voluntarily" suspending the operations of Genting Dream from Singapore from 23 February until 27 March, citing ongoing concern surrounding the current Covid-19 outbreak ,
“Dream Cruises has made the difficult decision to suspend its operations from Singapore as a measure to [...]
European airlines top earners of ‘a la carte revenue’, Asian carriers second
European airlines led in the sale of ancillary adds-on for 2019 with US$31.5 billion in revenue while their Asian counterparts are second with US$$21.1 billion, according to a report by CarTrawler and IdeaWorksCompany.
The study reveals the total la carte revenue collected by airlines worldwide [...]
