The Millennial Traveller: Not about age but all about being mobile
The Millennial 20/20 Summit Singapore saw the venue packed with fresh, young talent and industry veterans alike, asking the age (not very) old question – what do millennials want?
With Accenture predicting millennials in Asia will have US$6 trillion in disposable income by 2020, it comes as no [...]
The Wrap: TripAdvisor redesigns homepage, easier for travellers to book trips
The weekly news roundup: TripAdvisor’s newly designed website, London’s top city in PwC Cities of Opportunity index, Expedia Flip Flop Report on beach vacationers
TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: TripAdvisor redesigns homepage, easier for travellers to book trips
Travel planning and booking site Tri [...]
Sabre to hold its first global travel hackathon in Singapore alongside WIT
Leading technology provider Sabre Corporation is bringing its global travel technology hackathon, Destination Hack, to Asia Pacific for the first time. The event will take place from October 14 to 16 at The Hub, Singapore’s largest co-working community of techies, entrepreneurs and creatives, righ [...]
How Nida is “uberising” hotel rooms: Funding the next stage of growth
Kaneswaran Avili’s name card says he’s the “disruptor” and co-founder of Nida Rooms, which he claims to be the first and largest "Virtual Hotel Operator" (VHO) in South-east Asia.
Asked what he’s disrupting, he said “my divisions” and “my staff” and not the hotel industry as [...]
A Baby Tern’s First Steps: How I Learned To Market An Event
By Caitlin Trew
As an intern with no previous experience, the idea of marketing an event on social media was incredibly daunting; especially seeing as Tern was the first travel careers event of its kind.
Named after the Arctic Tern, whose migratory journey is long and zig-zag in nature, the on [...]
Travel Startups Incubator buys stake in Korean adventure OTA Yana Trip
Travel Startups Incubator (TSI) has acquired an equity stake in Korean adventure startup Yana Trip for an undisclosed amount and round.
Founded in April 2015 and based in Seoul, South Korea, Yana Trip offers personalised online tours and activities to the growing number of independent Korean t [...]
The Wrap: And the most instagrammed airports in the world are …
The weekly news roundup: All about airports and airlines with Wego’s revelation of the world’s most instagrammed airports, AirAsia’s new Red Lounge at klia2 and Garuda partnering Sabre for growth
SOCIAL MEDIA: And the most instagrammed airports in the world are …
Most of us cannot [...]
BeMyGuest expands into China with new Hangzhou office
BeMyGuest, Asia’s leading provider of activities, tours and attractions, has opened its new office in Hangzhou, China to accommodate its rapid growth and future expansion plans.
The company said in a statement BeMyGuest China would continue its focus on its B2B business in the country.
“ [...]
The Millennial Traveller: A Young Tern’s First Flight, A Near-Startup Experience
Being a writer for Web In Travel has put me in the advantageous position of being able to interview countless travel startups as they head towards (hopefully) eventual success.
It’s frankly a nice place to be, buffered from the realities and hardships that budding businesses face day in and day [...]
Amadeus picks out Power of 5 that will drive individual travel
Amadeus APAC president, Albert Pozo, has called out five global travel trends influencing the travel ecosystem. The “Power of 5”, which he shared at the first of the Amadeus Breakfast Club series for media in Singapore, includes the Internet of Things, virtual and augmented reality, the sharing [...]
