Skyscanner, Yahoo! JAPAN join forces to offer travellers millions of flight options
Search giants, Skyscanner and Yahoo! JAPAN, have teamed up to establish a joint venture – Skyscanner Japan – that will widen travellers’ access to and ability to compare millions of flight options, for travel both in Japan and internationally.Skyscanner Japan brings together Skyscanner’s lea [...]
WIT Start-Up: Backstreet Academy – commissioning locals to craft unique travel experiences
Q: Describe the business, core products and services in one paragraph.Backstreet Academy is a peer-to-peer impact travel platform offering on-demand unique travel experiences crafted by local experts in developing countries. Launched in March 2014, Backstreet Academy now has over 600 travel experien [...]
The Wrap: Sandy shores and swanky stays for APAC affluent on family vacations
In the news: Visa survey on APAC affluent holiday makers, Alitrip partners Travelport, Live like a local with STB and TripAdvisorSandy shores and swanky stays for APAC affluent on family vacationsBeach getaways and upscale hotels are the top vacation destinations for well-heeled Asia Pacific (APAC) [...]
Best of TW Asia Global Wrap: Government plans to snoop on Uber drivers
Featured stories from TravelWeekly: Crack down on Uber in Western Australia, petition to close Bali dolphin show, high-speed rail tours popular in ChinaGovernment plans to snoop on Uber drivers, The Western Australian Government plans to use private investigators to help it crack down on ride shari [...]
Study reveals how travellers choose to book hotels
The cleaniliness of a hotel or the availability of free and fast WiFi could be key to a traveller choosing the property over another, which does not provide such services. This is revealed in a study by TrustYou, the global online reputation management tool, and Donna Quadri-Felitti, director of th [...]
The Millennial Traveller: Going native but never really quite local
Even as we travel into lost worlds, we find ourselves lost without our creature comforts.A few years ago, my parents and I strapped on our backpacks and strode out to the Banten province of Indonesia to hike with a tribe of people known as the Badui. Almost the Indonesian equivalent of the Amish, th [...]
Kazakhstan’s Aviata.kz plans launch in Indonesia
Aviata.kz, a two-year-old Kazakhstan flight OTA, is getting set to enter Indonesia through a partnership and will be launching aviata.Indonesia soon. Said CBDO Alexey Li, “We believe we have the technology and we understand travel, and we have found a good local partner.”He also believes that t [...]
A three-party collaboration to enhance the Singapore experience
In the news: Partnership to boost Singapore’s inbound tourism, Twitter on AirAsia planes, SWISS’ new deal with Travelport
A three-party collaboration to enhance the Singapore experience
Three leading players in the Singapore tourism industry - Singapore Airlines (SIA), Changi Airport Group [...]
Best of TW Asia Global Wrap: Disney takes out the big stick to selfies
Featured stories from TravelWeekly Asia: No selfie sticks at Disney theme parks, Singapore Changi Airport’s new premium lounge, cash for travel in GreeceDisney takes out the big stick to selfiesThe Disneyland and Walt Disney World theme parks will no longer permit selfie sticks effective June 30, [...]
The Wrap: Voluntourism on the rise among Singaporean travellers, inclined towards Asia: ZUJI
In the news: ZUJI’s “Giving Back is the New Black” study, British Airways’ survey on Hong Kong travellers’ habits, Wego’s Apple Watch appVoluntourism on the rise among Singaporean travellers, inclined towards Asia: ZUJI Volunteer travel or Voluntourism is on the rise among Singapore-base [...]
