Thailand has highest number of highly-rated hotels: Agoda
Thailand has the highest number of "recognised accommodation partners" in Agoda's rostrum of hotels for its latest Customer Review Awards.
The accolade is awarded to hotels that have at least 40 reviews with an average review score of 8.0 or above. Reviews are based on five key criteria includi [...]
Female and interested in entering the FinTech space? Head Down Under
Australia was named the best place for females to embark on a FinTech career, according to a recent study on the FinTech industry in Asia by ValueChampion.
Of all 12 countries analysed in the study, Australia performed well in all categories, from the strength of its fintech industry to women's [...]
As technology changes jobs in travel, critical thinking, empathy and stamina will prevail
At the fourth edition of Tern Travel Careers, Greg Schulze (Senior Vice President of Commercial Strategy and Services, Expedia Group) and Jennifer Cronin (President, Wharf Hotels, Hong Kong) marked three skills as being fundamental to success.
It was agreed that no matter how much technology cha [...]
VariFlight leverages strengths in data intelligence to launch new brand, Airsavvi
Aviation technology company Variflight has launched Airsavvi, a new global brand focused on providing data intelligence to its corporate customers.
At the launch in Singapore last Friday, founder
and CEO, Zheng Hongfeng said that the new brand was built to address the growing
importance of data [...]
Are we there yet? Find out at The Phocuswright Conference
With all the talk and buzz around new technologies and bold ideas, now is a good time as any to take stock of where we are in the journey to this new future.
Speakers and delegates to the upcoming The Phocuswright Conference, aptly themed “Are we there yet?” will try and answer the question [...]
Expedia joins forces with Tourism Malaysia in destination promotion and digital innovation
Malaysia has set the ambitious target of attracting 30 million foreign visitors and RM100 billion (US$24.3 billion) in tourist spending for Visit Malaysia 2020, although some quarters are sceptical that could be achieved due to the short time frame (campaign launched last month) and the departure l [...]
The Wrap: AirAsia shuffles leadership roles to support its tech transformation
News Roundup: Executive musical chair in AirAsia Group in move to drive tech transformation; faster border clearance for visitors to Singapore with launch of beta version of SG Arrival Card e-service; Wirecard and OYO partner to enable faster payments for hotel and home bookings
People: AirAsia [...]
“Dark horse” European destinations see influx of Chinese tourists
Although the total number of trips that Chinese tourists made to Europe increased nominally year-on-year, “dark horse” destinations like Croatia, Latvia in the east, and Denmark in the north saw increases of up to 540%.
A recent Europe Travel Report for the first six months of 2019 by China [...]
On the road to 2020 and beyond, let’s take a look back at WiT Japan & North Asia
We're on the road to 2020 but before we get there, we'd like to take a look back at our last event. It has been a little over six weeks since the eighth WiT Japan & North Asia conference in Tokyo. Taking place over two days and two stages – the Innovation and Main Stage covered virtually ever [...]
Travelport live tests GDS bookings of Qantas NDC content
Travelport has begun handling its first bookings with Qantas using IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) standard as its “continuing support” for the airline’s NDC, including the Qantas Distribution Platform (QDP).
The bookings are being made through Travelport Smartpoint in a live pr [...]
