Alternative accommodation soars at Booking.com as it continues its push into Asia
You wouldn’t blame Olivier Grémillon, vice president of Booking.com’s home division, for celebrating just a little bit this week – after all, the group has just disclosed the revenue of Booking.com’s alternative accommodation business for the first time, and the results are stellar.
In [...]
Magpie launches CMS to address operators’ content crunch
A new content management system has been launched for the experiences sector, a sector that has been hoarding the headlines of late.
San Francisco-based tour operator Magpie Travel launched Magpie and simultaneously announced that Viator founder Rod Cuthbert, and the founders of Tokyo-base [...]
Travelport urges more support for airline passengers with intellectual disabilities in global campaign
An estimated 200 million people worldwide have intellectual disability (2.6% of the global population) and many are avid travellers, and yet many travel providers are not aware that there is a special code to assist them on their journey.
It is with the aim to create more awareness and encourage [...]
Hotels need to take more leadership to address climate change issues
The hotel industry should take a larger leadership role in addressing climate change issues, said director of AlphaBeta (SG) Dr Fraser Thompson, one of the key speakers at the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) Update in Singapore next week.
“I don’t think the hotel indust [...]
PhocusWire Digest: Focus on China; in the Big Chair with Klook’s Ethan Lin
This week, we draw your attention to key stories from our sister publication PhocusWire.
Travel brands making gains on WeChatBig global brands have hopped onto the WeChat bandwagon and are seeing more returns for their efforts. Dragon Tail Interactive, that has made it their business to track tr [...]
Tech disruption, commoditisation keeping airline CEOs awake, among other things
Anyone who ever thought aviation was a glamorous business would have had their illusions shattered at this week’s CAPA LCC Global Summit in Singapore as airline executives, one after another, spoke of the myriad challenges facing their industry.
Those of us
who’ve followed the industry know [...]
The Wrap: Peakwork expands China’s presence with investment in Chinese partner Zhouyou Technology
In
the news: Peakwork’s investment in Chinese tech firm Zhouyou, AirAsiaBIG’s
partnership with Kiwi.com, Sabre’s new executive appointments
Distribution: Peakwork expands China's presence with investment in Chinese partner Zhouyou Technology
Luckytrip jointly launched by Peakwork and Z [...]
Accor introduces new loyalty programme, rebrands with fresh name
Accor has unveiled a new loyalty programme called ALL – Accor Live Limitless – that evolves from its Le Club AccorHotels into a “fully integrated platform” delivered through a new app and website.
ALL will offer its members, estimated at around 50 million, access to rewards, services, a [...]
Lonely Planet buys Swedish travel content distributor ArrivalGuides
Leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet has acquired ArrivalGuides, a B2B distributor of content based in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The purchase price and terms of the
acquisition have not been disclosed.
The acquisition comes just a week after the Tennessee-based company announced the appoint [...]
Wilfred Fan leaves Agoda to join Klook as chief commercial officer
Leading travel activities and services booking platform Klook has appointed Wilfred Fan as chief commercial officer – a new role introduced by the Hong Kong-based company to further develop destination services and provide greater support for its merchants.
Fan was most immediately th [...]
