Exploring the LGBTQ+ travel dilemma in APAC
LGBTQ+ travellers would like know the status of a location, including local laws, religious sensibilities, and safety tips.
Booking.com has conducted its most extensive LGBTQ+ travel research to date, shedding light on the challenges LGBTQ+ travellers face and the progress made by the travel indust [...]
Listen: The golden age of travel disruption is here, says Wego chief
Last year at WiT Singapore, Ross Veitch, Chief Executive & Co-founder, Wego made a number of bold predictions about the future of travel, technology, and the Artificial Intelligence revolution. Trust us, you'll be surprised at how many he got right. He dishes out a few hot takes on the ways jobs [...]
Reviewing hotel reviews. Australia banks on Hopper. Digital nomads in Europe, more
Commbank opens a travel account with Hopper
Australia’s CommBank is the latest organisation to hop onboard Hopper to help make it easier for the bank’s customers to book flights, accommodation and car rental – both domestic and international.
Hopper ‘s range of travel features will be pa [...]
Atly Secures $18 Million in Funding for Location-Based Discovery and Mapping
The platform combines social media-like knowledge sharing with mapping and location discovery tools to create a more precise search experience.
Atly, a user-generated social mapping platform, has announced its official launch along with $18 million in funding from Target Global, Tal Ventures, and F [...]
GetYourGuide nabs $194M for global expansion, more AI development
TOURS and activities online booking platform GetYourGuide has closed $194 million in equity and credit financing and plans to use the funding to expand in key markets and to accelerate product innovation – including extensive work with generative artificial intelligence.
The financing comes in [...]
Calling Travel Changemakers who built back better with tech
WiT collaborates with ATTIA to launch new awards
WiT (Web in Travel), Asia Pacific’s leading travel tech news and events platform, will launch an awards series, the Travel Changemakers Awards, at its signature conference in Singapore this year. The Awards aim to recognise travel innovators that h [...]
Letter from Phuket: A destination for all seasons, all tastes, Zombies included
As I boarded my Singapore Airlines flight from Singapore to Phuket this week, I couldn’t help but reflect on that first flight I took to New York back in November 2021 when travel was still largely restricted in Asia, and I was literally crying over my satay from the emotion of being at 30,000 fee [...]
Penang bans homestays after a year of deliberation. Was it the right move?
“Housing areas are for residents. If you are holidaying, go to a hotel.”
Last year, Penang’s state government said that it would ban short-term rental homes or homestays in response to complaints by residents of such properties. After a year of will-they-won’t-they, Penang finally announced [...]
THAIFEX – HORECA Asia opens in March 2024 and reveals next-gen trends in the region
Organisers hope to replicate the scale of its flagship F&B event for hotels, restaurants, and catering
Technology and sustainability were the key themes that surfaced at the soft launch of THAIFEX-HOREC Asia, an event focused on the food & beverage industry, held in Bangkok last week.
Fr [...]
Dancing in the rain: ZUZU raises $9m, ready to use AI to empower independent hotels
Coming out of the pandemic, Vikram Malhi, CEO and founder of ZUZU Hospitality Solutions, told his team that “we didn’t just weather the storm but we danced in the rain”.
Well, he and his team now have US$9m more reasons to dance following the successful completion of an oversubscribed Ser [...]
