The Wrap: Let’s ‘Yurutabi’ – explore Japan off-the-beaten path
In The News: Klook and JNTO formed partnership to promote new travel concept; RedDoorz expands in Indonesia; more affordable jet flights for business travellers; Air New Zealand joins global EV movement;
DESTINATIONS: Let’s ‘Yurutabi’ – explore Japan off-the-beaten path
Hong Kong-b [...]
APAC has the most digitally dependent travellers, Travelport study reveals
India, China and Indonesia have the most digitally dependent travellers, according to a recently-released “Digital Traveller” report by Travelport.
The research, which identified trends and insights into how travellers use digital tools differently around the world, and what providers can do [...]
Are travellers in Asia Pacific “travel addicts”? Find out in this study
Do you troll the Internet for travel offers? Has checking flight deals before bedtime become a nightly habit? If so, you might already be a full-blown "travel addict", and you are not alone as a recent survey by travel search engine KAYAK disclosed that many people are right there with you.
The K [...]
The Phocuswright Conference announces the next generation of groundbreaking travel innovators
The winners of Summit and Launch, held November 7 and 8 during The Phocuswright Conference, have been announced. During Summit, 24 innovative startup and emerging companies and the winners of Battleground: The Americas, APAC and EMEA demonstrated groundbreaking applications and solutions set to chan [...]
The Wrap: Narita is world’s first AI airport with launch of chatbot guide Bebot
In The News: Narita Airport to have an AI chat guide; Best Western launches SureStay Down Under; Hong Kong Airlines uses big data for expansion
AIRPORTS: Narita is world's first AI airport with launch of chatbot guide Bebot
Travellers arriving in Japan’s Narita International Airport fr [...]
ANA XPRIZE competitors envision a future of travel through avatars
If two men from All Nippon Airways (ANA) have their way, villages across the world could in future host avatars that experts could “log in” to and help the village with healthcare, engineering, education.
The avatars will be a shared service — like an Uber, or an Airbnb — so no one owns t [...]
Amadeus Ventures invests in global mapping tech provider AVUXI
Visiting a new destination and don’t have a local to show you the interesting sites or the places to hang out for a drink or a meal? Enter AVUXI, the startup that "ranks the popularity of every place on earth” so you can choose which to visit while making your travel arrangements.
The London [...]
Introducing SITA’s Kate, Leo the Baggage Robot’s Self-Check In Sister
Inching ever closer to creating frictionless travel, communications and IT solutions provider SITA was present at the Future Travel Experience Asia 2017 (FTE) to exhibit their latest engineering developments in airport technology.
Last year, SITA introduced ‘Leo’, an autonomous, self-propelle [...]
Cebu Pacific’s Szucs on how social and mobile rule in the Philippines’ fast growing travel market
Airline veteran Michael Szucs confesses a love for working in emerging markets.
“Emerging markets open more opportunities,” he said at the WIT 2017 Conference in October, and clearly they feed his “pioneering spirit” which, after an early career at British Airways, has led him to stints a [...]
Phocuswright launches news platform, PhocusWire
Phocuswright, the travel industry research firm, has launched PhocusWire, an integrated news platform.
PhocusWire delivers daily news, interviews, analysis and opinion covering digital travel commerce, technology, distribution and startups globally.
The free PhocusWire newsletter offers subs [...]
