Trip.com Group ready to hit the accelerate button on growth and investments
“Covid slowed us down but we will continue growth trajectory in Asia,” says James Liang
THE pandemic has not derailed Trip.com Group’s mission to be the leading international travel brand in Asia by 2022 and the leading international travel brand in the world by 2025 – a goal it shared [...]
Know the endemic traveller: Longer stays, hyper focused, higher spending
WITH the
rapid rollout of vaccination in Asia Pacific (APAC), many countries are
preparing to live in an endemic phase, and opening their borders to their
people to travel abroad.
This
development has given rise to the endemic traveller who is prioritising leisure
travel because they have been [...]
Thrust Carbon wins Grand Prize and People’s Choice award at WiT Startup Pitch signalling industry intent on sustainability
THRUST Carbon has emerged victorious in this year’s WiT Startup Pitch after beating two other finalists to come out tops in the Grand Finals, held yesterday at WiT Experience Singapore 2021, the first travel conference in Asia Pacific to return to a full in-person and hybrid format.
Thrust Car [...]
Startup Pitch finalists shine as WiT returns to full in-person and hybrid conference – the first in Asia Pacific
IN a tightly-fought competition, three startups, Indie, RunGo and Thrust Carbon have won a spot in the Grand Finals of the WiT Startup Pitch 2021, held today as part of WiT Experience Singapore.
A total of
12 travel startups competed in the semi-finals today.
The three
finalists seem to meet [...]
MakeMyTrip partners with Hopper to offer travellers flexibility in booking trips
INDIA’S online travel company MakeMyTrip has tied up with flight and hotel app Hopper to help its customers make better travel decisions by leveraging the latter’s AI-enabled pricing tools.
Through this partnership, MakeMyTrip uses Hopper’s Price Freeze technology to power its Price Lock f [...]
Yanolja acquires 70% of Interpark’s business division
YANOLJA, South Korea’s leading travel and leisure platform, has signed an agreement to acquire the business division of Interpark, one of the country’s earliest e-commerce marketplaces.
Both
companies signed an MOU on the acquisition of 70% of stake in Interpark’s
business division which [...]
WiT is first industry event to use Marina Bay Sands’ Virtual Meeting Place
WiT Experience Singapore 2021 will be the first industry event to use Marina Bay Sands’ newly-launched Virtual Meeting Place for the virtual component of its two-day conference next week on October 19-20.
In the works: WiT's new virtual home, built on the Virtual Meeting Place, will be reveale [...]
The Wrap: Cathay Pacific’s content now available for Amadeus-connected agents, Sabre and Emirates seal new distribution deal, and more …
THE Wrap is a round-up of
news in the travel and technology industries, and updates on how businesses in these sectors
are resetting as they prepare for post-pandemic travel.
Cathay Pacific offers NDC content to Amadeus-connected travel agents
Amadeus-connected travel agents worldwide n [...]
Travel sector hopeful, Malaysians euphoric, as country resumes interstate and international travel
The move is to revive Malaysia’s ailing domestic tourism sector and prepare the nation to live in an endemic phase.
“Hopeful” and “euphoric” best describe the feelings of the players in Malaysia’s travel sector and Malaysians on the lifting of domestic travel restriction starting Oct [...]
Six more airlines implement Air Travel Pass, survey shows travellers’ increasing frustration with restrictions
EVEN as the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released a study showing that air travellers are increasingly frustrated with the Covid-19 travel restrictions, it also announced that Etihad Airways, Jazeera Airways, Jetstar, Qantas, Qatar Airways and Royal Jordanian, will implement IATA [...]
