Trip.com: New real-time travel guide, using GPT tech, isn’t frazzled by vague questions
TripGen offers travel tips and itinerary suggestions through real-time communication
Trip.com has launched TripGen, a chatbot designed to provide travellers with live assistance through Artificial Intelligence technology. Trip.com implemented this technology to enable users to receive tailored trav [...]
Event: China Arising forum set for Singapore, March 30
WiT – Web in Travel, in collaboration with Travel Daily China, will stage a China Arising forum on March 30 in Singapore to share first-hand insights into how the Chinese online travel landscape has changed in the years since the pandemic first took hold.
The half-day event, themed “Hello, Ne [...]
Top of the WiT 17: Unpacking Asia’s travel recovery reports, Global Startup Pitch 2023, saying goodbye to Boeing 747
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast.
We're joined by Pete Comeau (Managing Director, PhocusWright) to unpack two reports - one about travel recovery and digital transformation in [...]
What’s Next for Travel in Asia?
Northstar Travel Group thought leaders discuss the reopening of China, travel tech developments and more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23bQZWGfMT8
From China’s full reopening to growing interest in long-distance destinations by U.S. travelers, Asia is at the center of som [...]
At 363.3%, Asia boasts strongest year-over-year passenger demand among all regions, says IATA
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) reports that over the past year, re-openings in many economies of the Asia Pacific region allowed for passengers and airlines to return to the skies, greatly accelerating traffic growth in both domestic and international markets. While RPKs in 2022 [...]
Top of the WiT 16: Dance of the Golden Lion, believing in sustainability, and million-dollar data hubs
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast.
On this week's episode, we talk about a recent interview with Greenview's Eric Ricaurte and how holding on to a belief in the future of susta [...]
TrustYou splits from Recruit, buys back ownership
TrustYou has bought back full ownership of its shares from Recruit Holdings, five years after the Japanese travel/media company acquired the German guest feedback platform.
The management buyout was backed and led by technology investor Ventech. TrustYou founder and CEO Ben Jost is also a sig [...]
Top of the WiT 15: Singapore doubling on tourism, Bookaway Group prepares for surge, coliving Spaces – slow burn or fast fad?
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast.
On this week's episode, we talk about Singapore's tourism projections for the next twelve months and how it forecasts a doubling of tourism [...]
Travellers go local when booking with OTAs
The big three OTAs – Booking.com, Agoda and Traveloka – topped the STAAH Booking Engine’s list as the top online booking channels worldwide that brought the highest booking revenue to hotels in 2022.
The top 10 online booking channels across the world are ranked as above, by STAAH.
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Top of the WiT 14: China reopens, Singapore’s soft power, and a poem from the “human ChatGPT”
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast.
On this week's episode, we hear from two industry experts on China's reopening and what's in store for the country's tourism scene, as well [...]
