Metaverse Builders in Asia: M Social on finding new customers and engaging with them
“The revenue did surprise us, so did the engagement”
IT’S important to understand this single fact about the metaverse that has been echoed by many experts, analysts, and industry leaders – technically, it does not exist. Yet. At least, not in its complete form.
What does exist, though, [...]
“It’s the biggest thing”. Putting ChatGPT to good use while being in awe of its capabilities
Tours and activities, experiences will be most impacted, says Magpie's Watts
Christian Watts, CEO and Founder of Magpie Travel, is already designing products around ChatGPT. He says we haven’t scratched the surface of what the tech can do.
A decade ago, Spike Jonze directed a movie called ‘H [...]
As Vietnamese tourism shows growth, Klook strikes partnerships with key domestic attractions players
IN the new age of travel, the need for a collaborative tourism scene has been called a prerequisite to support robust growth and recovery. In that sense, Klook, a major travel and experiences platform, has been on quite the roll recently.
Klook has just announced partnerships with two key players [...]
Travel-tech group Bookaway invests millions in building centralised transportation hub – here’s why
Bookaway Group says the industry is fragmented and aims to aggregate data for over 100 markets globally
“The centralized hub will be a standardized database for the entirety of Bookaway Group’s network and subsidiaries”, said Omer Chehmer (COO and co-founder, Bookaway Group) when asked by WiT [...]
NE Asia’s rebound: Beefing countries, China’s outbound, and $11.2B in mobile gross bookings by 2025
Smartphone penetration and foundational shifts from outbound to domestic tourism are sending NE Asia in interesting directions during this travel recovery phase
We recently covered digital transformation in Southeast Asia and how a surge of offline - online in travel and hospitality is helping the [...]
Rise of a region: Digital transformation to supercharge Southeast Asia’s travel recovery in 2023 and beyond
Digital transformation will continue to accelerate rapidly across Southeast Asia, with online bookings more than doubling between 2022 and 2025
It’s no secret that the pandemic hit different regions and their travel sectors in different ways, and there’s no common rulebook on how to recover fro [...]
The “shopping cart” no longer evades travel as Agoda becomes one of the first to launch feature
IT’S interesting to note that, despite leading e-commerce transactions globally, travel and hospitality booking platforms have largely existed without this standard mechanism of online sales - the shopping cart.
This week, Agoda became one of the first online travel agencies to offer this fun [...]
Bus, ferry, or train? Bookaway prepares for a surge as travellers return and China reopens
“We’re focusing on getting the business back post-Covid and scaling really, really fast with our existing operators.”
When we last spoke about Bookaway, it was Noam Toister, CEO and co-founder of Bookaway Group, who said that business in Asia was more affected than elsewhere because it was re [...]
Singapore will host the GSTC Global Conference for the first time in 2024, among other sustainability-focused events
STB will execute its sustainability strategy to differentiate Singapore from other urban destinations and enhance its appeal to environmentally conscious visitors.
The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) Global Conference 2024 will be held in Singapore from 13 to 15 November 2024, marking the [...]
A 260% spike in travel bookings makes a case for content, online marketing and collaborations heading into 2023
EARLIER this month, travel service provider Trip.com Group held its 2022 Global Partner Summit in Macao with tourism boards, international airlines, hotel groups and industry representatives from across the travel industry in attendance. During the event, themed ‘Journey into the Future Together� [...]
