The Wrap: Accor adds new midscale brand and a luxury hotel collection to portfolio
In the news: Accor’s new brands - Tribe and The House
of Originals, TUI and Ctrip partnership, ADARA cloud suite launch
Hotels: Accor adds new midscale brand and a luxury hotel collection to portfolio
The Hyde Paradiso’s dining patio, first sbe-Accor joint brand property, opening in Austr [...]
WiT Japan & North Asia Startup Pitch 2019 issues call for entries amidst growing entrepreneurial mindset in region
As Japan and its surrounding North Asian neighbours grow its entrepreneurial mindset, WiT Japan & North Asia Startup Pitch 2019 has issued its call for entries for this year’s competition.
Startups are urged to send in their pitches for the annual WiT Japan & North Asia Startup Pitch 2 [...]
Skyscanner partners with Trello to create seamless trip planning
Skyscanner has just announced a new partnership with Trello – a visual collaboration tool – by introducing a “Skyscanner Power-Up” feature that will introduce travel search features onto the platform.
Using Skyscanner’s travel API, the Skyscanner and Trello Power-Up lets users see t [...]
Magpie launches CMS to address operators’ content crunch
A new content management system has been launched for the experiences sector, a sector that has been hoarding the headlines of late.
San Francisco-based tour operator Magpie Travel launched Magpie and simultaneously announced that Viator founder Rod Cuthbert, and the founders of Tokyo-base [...]
Travelport urges more support for airline passengers with intellectual disabilities in global campaign
An estimated 200 million people worldwide have intellectual disability (2.6% of the global population) and many are avid travellers, and yet many travel providers are not aware that there is a special code to assist them on their journey.
It is with the aim to create more awareness and encourage [...]
Airasia withdraws sale of all flights from Indonesian OTA Traveloka
Travellers searching for AirAsia Indonesia’s flights from February 14-17 on online travel agency (OTA) Traveloka site could not find any entries.
The Indonesian OTA had then, in response to customers’ queries, cited the 13-hour system downtime as the reason for AirAsia flights disappearing f [...]
PhocusWire Digest: Focus on China; in the Big Chair with Klook’s Ethan Lin
This week, we draw your attention to key stories from our sister publication PhocusWire.
Travel brands making gains on WeChatBig global brands have hopped onto the WeChat bandwagon and are seeing more returns for their efforts. Dragon Tail Interactive, that has made it their business to track tr [...]
Passengers more satisfied when technology smooths their journey through airports, study finds
Skipping the queue at airports by using the finger or face to go through passport checks is perhaps one of the feature most welcomed by travellers departing for a foreign land or coming home after a trip.
The recently released SITA 2019 Passenger IT Insights found this to be so as it revealed ai [...]
APRDO pushes for membership ahead of the Alternative Ownership conference in Singapore
The newly formed Asia Pacific Resort Development Organisation (APRDO), a new regional trade organisation formed in May 2018 with the mission to support and promote the timeshare industry in Asia Pacific, is reaching out to the industry through a membership drive.
The organisation “strive [...]
Meituan-Dianping lays groundwork for Southeast Asia entrance via Chope
The dining platform that has presence in Southeast Asia, has formed a strategic partnership with China’s lifestyle service behemoth Meituan-Dianping to enter China's tourist scene.
Singaporean restaurant platform Chope announced today a regionally partnership with the Chinese lifestyle servi [...]
