The aspiring traveller has spoken, now who will build for them?
MOVE’s Nadia Omer on unlocking ASEAN's next wave of travellers
The desire to travel has never been stronger in South-east Asia. The problem, says Nadia Omer, is that the industry hasn't caught up with the person doing the desiring.
Speaking at Travel Tech Thursdays Kuala Lumpur, themed “ [...]
Global Hotel Alliance reports total hotel revenues up 24%
Global Hotel Alliance (GHA), the world’s largest alliance of independent hotel brands, has reported a robust start to 2026, delivering strong double-digit growth across all key performance indicators in the first quarter, driven by the continued momentum of its award-winning loyalty programme, GH [...]
ZUZU’s AI revenue co-pilot launches first partnership in Japan
SQUEEZE Inc. selects ZUZU's RevMate AI to power revenue management
The Japan-based smart hotel operator, running over 40 hotels and serviced apartments, adopts RevMate to enhance revenue intelligence alongside suitebook, its cloud-based hospitality operation platform
ZUZU Hospitality, [...]
Tale of 3 startups: Education through experience, digitising African tour operators and solving payments for small businesses
Africa receives 90 million tourist arrivals a year. Spain alone receives more. A continent of breathtaking biodiversity, ancient culture, and unmatched wilderness experiences is, by most global travel metrics, still flying under the radar.
Three entrepreneurs who have staked their careers on chan [...]
After Phare, Dara Huot follows his own star with story, instinct and AI
What happens when the former face of a cultural institution steps away, gets stripped back by life, and starts again with only himself, his story, and AI?
There is something not quite straightforward about former CEO of Phare, The Cambodian Circus, Dara Huot’s next chapter.
It is a reinvention [...]
Minor Hotels partners with Google, Salesforce and Deloitte to build AI-driven guest data platform
Global partnership with Google Cloud, Salesforce, OneTrust and Deloitte will unify guest data and enable AI-driven personalisation, leapfrogging legacy systems
Minor Hotels has unveiled plans to build a new global data and AI platform from the ground up in partnership with Google Cloud, Salesforce, [...]
Agoda’s new Bangkok tech hub is the start of something much bigger
The online travel giant just moved 4,000 employees into a state-of-the-art new home. But the real story is what's happening inside the company, including a sweeping B2B transformation, an AI rethink, and a forecast on where Asia travel is heading next.
Spanning more than 26,000 square m [...]
India’s outbound travellers spent $75 million on global hotel stays in 2025
Global Hotel Alliance and The Leela Places, Hotels and Resorts spotlight India's rising global travel potential as Indian guests spend more at home and abroad
Indian travellers are staying and spending more both at home and abroad, reinforcing India’s position as one of the world’s fastest-grow [...]
Eid staycations gain momentum in Saudi Arabia with rising hotel demand
Wego, the largest online travel marketplace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has seen a surge in hotel searches across Saudi Arabia as residents increasingly explore Eid Al-Fitr getaways within the Kingdom.
As the holiday approaches, many travellers are exploring destinations tha [...]
Investing in community: How Airbnb brings soul to a stay in Jeju
“What if the smarter tourism investment is not in adding more stays, but in strengthening the soul of a place first?”
That was the thought that stayed with me after Airbnb’s Jeju forum, even if nobody on stage said it in exactly those words.
What they did say, across two linked panels, p [...]
