As travel resumes in 2022, technology promises to meet new expectations
Persistent trip, payments flexibility, AI-driven pricing – the promise of a new world
With the world opening up for travel this year and Asia rebounding, the travel and hospitality industries are quickly gearing up with new technologies that promise to deliver ease of use, convenience and persona [...]
Preparing for the booming Indian market: An Interview with MakeMyTrip’s Rajesh Magow
In early September, Phocuswright published its India Total Market Report, which provides a comprehensive view of India’s travel market, including detailed market sizing and projections, distribution trends, analysis of major travel segments and key developments. Below, PhocusWire speaks with [...]
Tech in Travel: NFTs, a nifty friends and family travel app, and airlines told to fess up on fees
Pandemic pushes travellers to the edge – of nature
Is sustainable travel just a fad? A trendy travel choice that will fade faster than a politician’s promise?
It depends on who you ask.
A Trip.com survey found 21.3% of Europe-based respondents indicated that people opt for sustainable tra [...]
Web3 will disrupt payments but 2C2P is prepared to face the future
“What we see now is not what it will be; it will be good for consumers,” says founder Aung
AUNG Kyaw Moe, founder and CEO, 2C2P is well aware that Web3 could disrupt his 19-year-old B2B payments business but like the entrepreneur and survivor that he is, he’s facing it head-on because he beli [...]
Tech in Travel: Hotel security, preparing for Japanese travel, bye-bye Misterfly, and More
Be ready for the return of the Japanese traveller
Wolfgang Emperger, senior vice president for Europe, Africa and the UK & Ireland at the Shiji Group, has been talking about the steps companies need to take as Japan cautiously opens its borders to travel. Shiji Group provides technological sol [...]
Tech in Travel: In the air (just) and on the ground, partnerships are flourishing
From museums to hotel marketing, technology is taking care of business
Klook, Tiqets expand global reach
If you want to get ahead, get a partner. That message is driving new relationships across the tech space.
Latest two to tango are Tiqets, an online platform for cultural and leisure exper [...]
Should travel businesses invest in crypto?
Is crypto too risky? Here's what travel tech experts have to say.
The travel sector exists to get people from A to B and provides everything they need in between. But there’s one very popular journey many around the world are taking right now that the travel industry doesn’t seem to be paying a [...]
Solving a boring problem in travel? One Travel Ventures wants you
Pandemic has surfaced “unsexy” issues, says Weinstein
IF your startup is solving a boring problem, like fixing the back end of travel, then One Travel Ventures, the Israeli-based travel and hospitality-focused fund, wants to hear from you.
In fact, said co-founder Henry Chen Weinstein, “th [...]
The Wrap: Agoda partners with GSTC, Sustainability Lead at FCM, Vietnam Air and Sabre extend partnership, RedBus Offers “Cancel For Any Reason” Protection
Agoda partners with GSTC to support hotels
Agoda is partnering with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) to support hotels develop sustainable tourism practices.
Singapore is the first country where the programme will be launched, with Agoda and GSTC sponsoring 50 Singapore hotel pro [...]
Three men and a restaurant payments app called Spades
How a summer holiday in France led to “Scan, Split, Tip, Pay” and expansion beyond Dubai
IT was during a summer holiday in France when Sameer Poonja and his two mates used the Sunday app, the French payments app for restaurants, and a light bulb came on.
The Dubai-based Poonja, who formerly [...]
