The Wrap: Airlines adapting IFE offerings to meet changing consumer demands
The weekly news roundup: Airlines’ enhancement of inflight entertainment, AirAsia’s gift of free flights to Asean Olympians, first driveless taxi in Singapore
TECHNOLOGY: Airlines adapting IFE offerings to meet changing consumer demands
Airlines worldwide are making adjustments in thei [...]
The Millennial Traveller: The Four Cores of Building a Millennial Career in Travel
In an industry as widespread as travel, things are changing constantly. The ‘sharing economy’ didn’t even exist before our lifetime but now we’re carpooling through an app and staying in strangers’ homes (whom we met online) instead of hotels.
Equally so, jobs in travel have evolved far [...]
Duetto, ICON to host second Revenue Strategy Forum in Hong Kong on September 22
Leading minds in hotel revenue strategy will convene September 22 for the second annual Revenue Strategy Forum Hong Kong to discuss ways hotels can optimise their pricing and distribution in all market environments, especially in preparation for an inevitable dip in the industry cycle.
Hotel [...]
The Wrap: Social media overtakes traditional marketing metrics in Singapore and APAC, says TNS study
The weekly news roundup: TNS Marketing Monitor study on social media influence in marketing, Singapore DBS Bank’s chatbots, Tourism New Zealand’s new halal food guide
TECHNOLOGY: Social media overtakes traditional marketing metrics in Singapore and APAC, says TNS study
Brands in Singap [...]
Travel Startups Incubator acquires stake in B2B communications app Tineri
Travel Startups Incubator (TSI) has added B2B mobile communications app Tineri as it’s newest portfolio company with the acquisiton of an equity stake for an undisclosed amount.
Founded in July this year, Tineri is headquartered in Bangkok and incorporated in Singapore. It describes itself as [...]
GuestReady takes the guesswork out of property management
As the ‘sharing economy’ continues to gain momentum, systems are being put into place to regulate and standardise how the sharing economy is run. One company that is paving the way is GuestReady.
GuestReady aims to professionalise hosting on home-sharing platforms like Airbnb and HomeAway by [...]
US$30,000 seed funding from Travelport Labs awaits WIT Startup Pitch 2016 winner this October
The winner of the WIT Startup Pitch competition, held in conjunction with the WIT 2016 Conference in Singapore this October, will win a place in the Travelport Labs Accelerator programme, which comes with seed funding of US$30,000.
Travelport Labs Accelerator, which is sponsoring this year’ [...]
The Wrap: Travel platform Touristly scores investment from Tune Labs
The weekly news roundup: Tune Labs’ investment in Touristly, Amadeus and Zingle partners in messaging technology, Mantra’s Pokémon Go-friendly hotels in Australia
STARTUP: Travel platform Touristly scores investment from Tune Labs
Kuala Lumpur-based startup incubator and accelerator T [...]
Personalisation will give your customers the best shopping experience, says Sabre.
Sabre Corporation has released data showing that over one in three of all global travellers pay above the average airfare for plane tickets.
On the popular routes compared within Asia Pacific, Singapore-Hong Kong saw 37% of travellers paying above the odds, while Australia’s key Sydney-Melbourn [...]
Report: APAC business travel demonstrates resilience as MICE helps boost room rates
Corporate travel in Asia Pacific proves resilient with the region attaining the largest share of business travel spend ahead of North America and Western Europe, while the MICE (Meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) industry helps to hike up room rates.
This is despite global economi [...]
