Velocity Ventures and Korea Tourism Organization sign MoU for Korean Startup Accelerator
Tripbtoz is picked as first investment recipient by Velocity Ventures from KTO regional startup accelerator programme
Velocity Ventures, a Singapore-based venture capital firm with a special focus on the hospitality and travel sector in Southeast Asia, has entered into a strategic partnership with [...]
Hotelbeds: PKFARE’s tech seamlessly connects hotel supply and demand (Sponsored)
PKFARE's cutting-edge technology, extensive channel network, and refined operations have significant contributions to the mutual growth of Hotelbeds and PKFARE in both sales volume and gross margin. Moreover, rate violation risks have effectively decreased. In 2023 H1(the first half of 2023), the co [...]
BeMyGuest is Sentosa’s Channel Manager in new partnership
BeMyGuest has announced its strategic partnership with Sentosa Development Corporation - under this collaboration, BeMyGuest will take on the role of a Channel Manager service provider for Sentosa, aimed at streamlining the distribution of attraction and activity products on the Sentosa website.
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Riding on robust recovery, Trip.com in quest to drive inbound to China
“Real universe must defeat the metaverse,” says James Liang
The first impression I had when I walked into the Resorts World Convention Centre on Sentosa to attend the Trip.com Global Partner Summit was that I had travelled through a time tunnel back to October 2019 in Shanghai.
That was the [...]
General Atlantic to acquire minority stake in Travel Boutique Online
Private equity firm General Atlantic is set to acquire a minority stake in the online B2B travel distribution platform, Travel Boutique Online (TBO). The deal, involving entities held by Affirma Capital, signifies General Atlantic's investment in TBO's potential for growth and global expansion. TBO, [...]
Tribal power: The new model warriors driving OTAs forward
“The revolution of travel itself lies in how we connect people”
Anyone who thinks that the great days of innovation for Online Travel Agents (OTAs) are behind us, clearly has not been to a Web In Travel event recently. At WiT Singapore 2023, we met three perfect examples of how in the right han [...]
Best remote work spots. Successful misfits. Hotelbeds becomes a groupie.
What the most successful start-up founders have in common
Reasons why Sir Richard Branson and other serial entrepreneurs have been so successful has been identified in research led by the University of New South Wales in Sydney.
Researchers found that start-up founders have distinct personality [...]
Cross-industry giants launch first Global Coalition for Trusted Reviews
"We aim to make it increasingly difficult for fraudulent actors who try to deceive our customers to operate online”, says Tripadvisor
In a significant step for the online review industry, Amazon, Booking.com, Expedia Group, Glassdoor, Tripadvisor, and Trustpilot have announced the establishment o [...]
Does AI speak in a loud voice, or is it monotone like the sci-fi movies?
It seems like you can’t go 30-minutes these days without hearing talk of Artificial Intelligence or seeing AI-related posts on social media - and for good reason. AI, now dubbed “the new internet”, “the biggest paradigm shift since the iPhone”, and “our future overlord”, has advanced a [...]
PKFARE, claiming first mover advantage in global race, sets clear path to differentiation
Culture is the critical piece, says Jason Sui
Once operating fairly alone in the global air aggregation and distribution space, Shenzen-based PKFARE now finds itself in increasingly competitive waters as more China-based flight platforms expand their wings beyond their home market.
Said Jason Su [...]
