The Wrap: Malaysia launches visit year campaign, eyes 30 million tourist arrivals
News Roundup: This week’s focus is on Malaysia – the unveiling of the Visit Malaysia 2020 logo to mark the start of the country’s tourism campaign, and Malaysia Airlines’ partnership with TUI to launch a new travel marketplace amid news of its possible sale surfacing again.
Destination: [...]
The startup world may be flat but South-east Asia is the headline act for WiT Singapore Startup Pitch 2019
The fact that a Myanmar-based domestic flight OTA, Flymya, won the WiT Startup Pitch in Japan is proof that the startup world is indeed flat, and that while ideas and execution may be local, global is the new playground for all aspiring entrepreneurs.
“At WiT Japan & North Asia, [...]
3 insights from Google study to help travel brands in APAC shape marketing strategy
The Asia Pacific region will account for more than 40% of global online travel sales by 2020, surpassing North America (27.6%) and Western Europe (20.2%) according to the report, Distribution of digital travel sales worldwide from 2014 to 2020, by region, by German online portal Statista.
Travel [...]
Asian travellers most keen on going cashless, China largest market for B2C ecommerce
Asian travellers are most keen to go cashless and adopt alternative forms of payment, according to Amadeus’ Travel Payments Guide 2019, a new report charting the rise of alternative payment methods.
According to the report, alternative ways to pay for travel, such as e-Wallets and bank trans [...]
Travelstop partners with Traveloka and raises $3m in funding to disrupt corporate travel
If corporate travel sector has been waiting for its moment of metamorphosis, Travelstop is one of the catalysts. Re-affirming corporate travel’s position as the next sector in line for disruption, the Singapore-based startup has raised $3 million in pre-Series A funding.
Silicon Valley-based [...]
The Wrap: APAC tourism boards are most online ready for Muslim travellers, study reveals
News Roundup: A report looking at how online ready national tourism organisations are to meet the requirements of the growing Muslim travel market, Travelport winning the bid for new contract with Webjet, Naumi Hotels acquiring another property in New Zealand, Radisson Hotel Group’s launch of new [...]
EasyParcel lands US$10.6m in funding to grow its operations across ASEAN
AirAsia’s cargo and logistic arm Teleport (formerly known RedCargo Logistics) has co-invested with venture capital firm Gobi Partners, under a 50:50 arrangement, a total of US$10.6 million in Penang-based online courier platform startup, EasyParcel.
The startup raised an undisclosed amount in [...]
SIA seeks out ground-breaking ideas in travel tech for fifth AppChallenge
Singapore Airlines, in collaboration with NUS Enterprise, is on the hunt for the biggest breakthroughs in travel technology with this year’s SIA AppChallenge. The deadline for entries is August 23.
In its fifth year, the hackathon will
invite startups and university students to address six pai [...]
FlyMya takes flight as WiT Japan & North Asia Startup Pitch champion
Myanmar-based OTA, FlyMya has emerged as this year’s winner of the WiT Japan & North Asia Startup Pitch powered by Amadeus, held last week in Tokyo. Flymya was also the winner of the People’s Choice Award by popular vote.
As this year’s victor, FlyMya have won
tickets to attend WiT Si [...]
The Wrap: Tourism Western Australia enlists help of SIA, AirAsia to fly in more Asian travellers
News Roundup: Airlines and airport in the focus this week with the region’s two leading carriers tying up with Tourism Western Australia to fly more tourists from their individual markets to the Australian state. Meanwhile Air New Zealand joins in the global ‘war’ against single-use plastic, [...]
