Agoda on Samsung Wallet. Protect Group’s offline refunds. SmartRyde x Amadeus. Sabre’s GenAI concierge. More.
Agoda and Samsung partner to bring travel booking to Samsung Wallet users
Agoda has partnered with Samsung to integrate hotel and travel deals directly into Samsung Wallet, offering users in South Korea and the U.S. a simpler and more connected booking experience. From October 18, Samsung Wallet us [...]
Asia’s most adaptable hotels outperform peers by 59%
As regional travel increases, data shows that culturally fluent strategies now define the region’s top-performing properties.
Digital travel platform Agoda released its latest research report, Tailored to Win: Capturing Asia’s Tourism Boom, showing that nearly all hotels adopting advanced lo [...]
The Next 20: What will shape travel’s new era?
Global Travel Tech Thinktank identifies trust among 3 key battlegrounds - here's a summary
If the past 20 years were about putting travel online, the next 20 will be about rebuilding travel entirely — powered by AI, reshaped by demographics, and tested by global risks we can no longer ignore.
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How experiences are reshaping the next gen of travel commerce
At the GetYourGuide Unlocked Summit in Bangkok last week, a panel gathered to unpack one of the travel industry’s most promising yet complex frontiers – the “Things To Do” sector, the vast constellation of activities, tours, and experiences valued at a $400B+ market.
The conversation brou [...]
The new Wellness Traveller isn’t booking a Spa Day. They’re trying to fix their life.
If your wellness travel marketing is still centred on fluffy robes and infinity pools, you’re missing the mark.
The "wellness" conversation has fundamentally changed. At our recent WiT Wellness & Well-Being in Travel session in Kuala Lumpur, we presented insights powered by social search data [...]
Fliggy’s omni-intelligent agents. Grab eyes remote mobility. VistaJet’s sleep science. Klook x Queensland. More.
Grab invests $60 million in remote driving company Vay
Grab is deepening its involvement in autonomous and remote mobility with a planned investment of up to $410 million in Berlin-based remote driving technology provider Vay. The Singapore-based superapp will initially invest $60 million in cash f [...]
Founders betting on a moonshot moment: The age of tech you don’t see, but feel
Half the room attending WiT Singapore raised their hands when moderator Pete Comeau of Phocuswright posed the opening challenge: Will the next 20 years give us tech we don’t see but feel? during the panel on “Founders & Futures: Milestone To Moonshot”.
It was a fitting provocation fo [...]
Booking.com’s David Adamczyk on vibes, AI, and next steps for the connected trip | WiT Studio
What happens when you move from building Booking.com’s rides product to leading its core accommodations business? For David Adamczyk, Vice President of Product at Booking.com, it’s about bringing a “trip-first mindset” - starting with the traveller’s entire journey rather than one booking [...]
More travellers are choosing “cool”cations – climatically or socially cool escapes – to wrap up 2025
According to Klook, as the year draws to a close, travellers are wrapping up their year amid crisp air, snowfall, and festive lights. The year-end period signals peak time for winter sports like skiing and snowboarding in snow-blanketed destinations.
Where it’s cold to be: Klook users� [...]
Klook files registration statement for proposed IPO
Klook Technology Limited, the largest pan-regional experiences platform in Asia-Pacific, has announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed initial public offering (“IPO”) of American Depositary Shares (� [...]
