The start-up on track to revolutionise rail distribution
Investor and a partner hop onboard Rail Online as it grows its global ambitions
James Dunne has been around trains long enough to know the pain points for travel agents when booking rail travel.
Dunne, along with founding partners Lachlan McCallum, and Kew Muthalif – all three are former Rail [...]
Are you okay? The mobile app that monitors young travellers when they’re away
Global platform helps families of missing travellers to locate their loved ones
THERE were times when Veronica Hey was solo backpacking around the world that she would have benefitted from having the technology available that is now embedded into her safe-travel app, Ok Away.
The Ok Away Saa [...]
BNPL faces headwinds as competition intensifies and trust issues yet to be addressed
Younger females in APAC form largest market segment, new study shows
They’re female. They’re young. And many live in the Asia Pacific region.
When they can, they’re not afraid to borrow money. For air travel. For accommodation. For a new wardrobe.
Welcome to the world of buy-now-pay-lat [...]
For digital nomads, Madrigal de las Altas Torre beckons
Want to become one of the village people? Ask the boss
Digital nomads are on the move. From Bali to Monserrat and Malta, destinations are laying out the red carpet to attract overseas talent.
Estonia was the first country to offer a digital nomad visa in 2019; since then, more than 25 countries [...]
Here’s the lowdown on Ovolo: From underground bars to peanut butter bourbon in Bali
Hotel group says the time is right to expand its brand across Asia
THERE is no question that Hong Kong hotel group Ovolo likes to do things, well, a bit differently. It likes to stand out from the crowd.
Take its latest venture in Melbourne: a near-secret, 45-seat underground meeting place – i [...]
Not-so-fast: Travellers show caution as travel resumes
Booking.com survey finds that disruptions, cost and safety still holding back travellers, but not in India, China and Vietnam
IT’S called separation from travel anxiety. The desperate urge to get away after two years of Covid-enforced lockdown. Anywhere. Anytime.
A staycation. A short-haul t [...]
Flight Centre calls for a cultural reboot
Lost in isolation, the need to restore culture is key to corporate recovery
RESTORING company culture is one of the biggest challenges facing travel organisations as employees return to the office. Speaking during WIT’s “Asia Arising” forum, “Lessons from the Front” panel, Bertrand Saille [...]
JTB talks change, collaboration and connection with the world
A focus on customer experience helps JTB weather the Covid storm
IF Covid has any redeeming benefit, it can only be the time the pandemic has given the travel industry to reassess its business practices and strategies, to reset and reload, ready for the recovery down the track.
What did we do ri [...]
Klook still winning friends and influencing travel in Japan
Home is where the action is for booking platform
IT was during an all-night brainstorming session while preparing a presentation for WIT Japan in 2015 that Eric Gnock Fah, COO and co-founder of Klook, went local.
In fine tuning the presentation that won the judges’ praise – and the Start-u [...]
“Womenomics” and ESG champion, MPower’s Matsui is preparing “teenager” startups for stardom
Venture capitalist advises travel to go on “attack mode management”
THOSE who still doubt the Covid pandemic will significantly change the way we will live and work in the future should listen to Kathy Matsui, formerly with Goldman Sachs and now general partner of Japan’s first ESG-focuse [...]
