A 260% spike in travel bookings makes a case for content, online marketing and collaborations heading into 2023
EARLIER this month, travel service provider Trip.com Group held its 2022 Global Partner Summit in Macao with tourism boards, international airlines, hotel groups and industry representatives from across the travel industry in attendance. During the event, themed ‘Journey into the Future Together� [...]
Mobile acceleration changing everything in Asia – stay alert, “the wolves are coming”
Hospitality tech still “messed up”, opportunities abound for chat, social commerce and innovative bundling
The step change in mobile adoption, social, chat as well as the surge in low cost airline activity in the region will drive changes in the Asia Pacific travel market for years to come, a p [...]
Letter from Phoenix: Gummies, guacamole and lessons from taxi drivers
After three years away, I was curious to see what Narita airport would look like, compared to Incheon where I had just been two weeks prior. This is one of the slower airports in Asia Pacific to recover – Incheon is number two in recovery after Singapore – and although Japan fully reopened on Oc [...]
Want to be a K-artist? South Korea ramps up for recovery with fresh ideas, new products and eye on tech
K-wave, longtail experiences, NDC, Urban Air Mobility – Seoul all out to bring back travel
FROM Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO) considering visas for fans wanting to enrol in K-pop training classes to global attraction pass company, Go City launching its first city pass in Seoul since the pandem [...]
Sponsored: Trip.com Group’s Sustainable Travel Consumer Report identifies opportunities for travel industry
ACROSS the globe, sustainable travel as a concept and practice has moved from the back of travellers' minds to claim a dominant position in the decision-making process, with close to eight in 10 travellers (78.7%) acknowledging its importance.
Sustainable Travel an Increasingly [...]
As Japan reopens fully, Trip.com reports surges in bookings
THE big news of the week is the full reopening of Japan effective October 11, after two-and-a-half years of restrictions. The pent-up demand for both inbound and outbound is being experienced by travel brands across the world.
Trip.com, which started looking at booking data for trips to Japan fro [...]
Top of the WiT Ep 05: Airbnb and digital nomads, travellers love videos, elevating conscious tourism
On “Top Of The WiT”, we bring you a grab of the news that happened this week in travel, technology and Asia – interesting nuggets that caught our eye and made it into the weekly WiT newsletter.
It has been a busy week for the WiT crew as the dust settles from WiT Singapore 2022 that took [...]
Travel is back, Asia’s rising, here’s what to watch out for in the new world
TRAVEL is back and so is Asia – was the resounding sentiment at WiT Singapore 2022, which gathered more than 400 delegates from close to 30 countries in the first physical reunion of the online travel industry in Asia Pacific in three years.
With the theme of “Hello, New World”, the more th [...]
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 [...]
Bridging experiences: What does the Booking.com x Klook partnership say about consumer behaviour?
As international travel makes a comeback, Klook experiences are now available on Booking.com
We often talk about the importance of collaboration in the travel space - especially now that most of Asia has opened up and travel platforms of all sizes are redefining their place in this new landscape. I [...]
