Global travel tech titans converge on Queenstown for WiT’s “Next 20: Innovation At The World’s Edge”
The launch edition of WiT Queenstown will kick off with an A-list cast of speakers ranging from Nikhil Ravishankar, CEO of Air New Zealand, to Omri Morgenshtern, CEO of Agoda, Sankar Narayan, CEO & Managing Director, SiteMinder and Katrina Barry, CEO, Webjet.
They join a line-up of close to 5 [...]
2026 begins with 3.8% air passenger demand growth
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for January 2026 global passenger demand with the following highlights:
Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), was up 3.8% compared to January 2025. Total capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (AS [...]
How travellers around the world are using AI differently
On the cusp of TripGenie's third anniversary, new data from Trip.com’s AI travel assistant reveals that three years of real-world usage have surfaced new patterns in how travellers plan, decide and navigate their journeys.
What began as a functional tool has evolved into a trusted end-to-end trav [...]
Indonesia’s online travel market eyes $17 billion future
Indonesia’s digital landscape is moving fast, and travel is at the very heart of this evolution. As a sneak peek into our new Indonesia Explored report, part of our Online Travel Tracker series, we’re diving into how local Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) are not just defending their home turf but [...]
Zodiac tourism. Airbnb’s Reserve Now, Pay Later. Amadeus buys SkyLink. Klook and Osaka partner.
Year of the Horse ignites global travel surge
During the 2026 Lunar New Year holiday (Feb. 15-23), Weixin Mini Programs saw a total transaction value increase of over 65% year-on-year (YoY). Outbound Chinese tourists drove significant growth across several sectors, including a 35%+ YoY rise in dini [...]
9 in 10 travellers in Asia-Pacific choosing rural destinations
Travellers across Asia Pacific are increasingly choosing quieter, off-the-beaten-path destinations instead of big cities, as they seek more meaningful ways to travel.
According to Airbnb’s latest report, Beyond the Beaten Track: Unlocking Tourism Growth Across Asia Pacific, 89% of travellers in A [...]
Travel experiences surging toward $342bn by 2029
New data reveals experiences are outpacing the rest of travel, reshaping traveler behavior and attracting heightened investor interest
Arival and Phocuswright have released The Outlook for Travel Experiences 2019–2029, the most comprehensive global market-sizing report for tours, activities and a [...]
Strategic flight connections key to attracting global business and investment
A new study by the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology’s (SMART) Mens, Manus & Machina (M3S) interdisciplinary research group, alongside collaborators from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and National University of Singapore (NUS), has identified a strong statisti [...]
Travel platforms that survive won’t choose between AI and people. They’ll need both.
New “Hosted Trips” product deepens monetization for creators and travel agents, unlocking incremental demand across TourRadar’s global operator network. Listings with user-generated video convert 29% higher.
TourRadar is launching Hosted Trips, a product that gives creators and travel agents [...]
AI adoption is widespread, but developer confidence is still catching up
Developers across Southeast Asia and India are using AI at scale, but confidence in its reliability has yet to fully mature, according to findings from Agoda’s AI Developer Report 2025. While AI has become a regular part of software development workflows, many engineers remain cautious, treating i [...]
