On the circle of life, scale and experience chase each other’s tails
In many ways I feel the industry is coming full circle – on one hand, you have the giants of scale talking about local experiences and community and on the other, independents and creatives talking about scale, each knowing you need the other to thrive in a digitally-driven world.
At the recent [...]
Three accidental indie travel makers, one common purpose
If there is one thing travel entrepreneurs Uttara Sarkar Crees, Andrew Dixon and Simon Wong have in common, it is that they all got into what they are doing by accident but are now following their passion and paths with purpose.
Speaking at the inaugural WIT Indie in Penang last week, the trio sh [...]
The Wrap: CarTrawler now offers ride sharing services to its customers
This week we look at partnerships - CarTrawler with London-based startup Splyt, and New Zealand’s Sounds Air with Sabre, Cambodia Bayon Airlines with Travelport
TRANSPORTATION: CarTrawler now offers ride sharing services to its customers
Travel technology provider, CarTrawler, has pu [...]
Sabre is rolling out its next-generation travel agency desktop globally in local languages
Sabre is upgrading travel agency customers worldwide to the new Sabre Red Workspace, its point-of-sale tool for travel agencies.
The solution is now available in English, German, Spanish and Japanese. To follow are French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese.
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These three technology trends will define the future of travel
Sabre Corporation has identified automation, authenticity and blockchain as the three major evolving technologies and trends, which will impact travel over the next decade in its newly released Sabre Labs Emerging Technology in Travel Report 2018.
The exhaustive report, covering 62 pages (PDF for [...]
Letter from Seoul: South Korea’s travel braces for change as perfect storm approaches
There was a time when I visited Tokyo and I thought I had landed in a science fiction novel. Today I get that same feeling when I visit Seoul.
Its citizens are more attached to their smartphones than anywhere else – by age 12, 72% of South Koreans own a smartphone and they spend 4.5 hours a day [...]
The Wrap: Skyscanner app now has new trains feature
In the news: Skyscanner launches trains feature while travel technology companies forge ties with more airlines
TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: Skyscanner app now has new trains feature
Edinburgh-based Skyscanner has diversified its offerings to travellers in the United Kingdom with the launch of a [...]
Chatbot, travel guardian, instant feedback: Malaysia Airlines’ new digital offerings
Facebook may be facing a backlash due to the recent data scandal and the current movement to #deletefacebook. However, it has not deterred Malaysia Airlines from introducing a Facebook Messenger bot, MHchat, for flight booking.
The bot is one of the three latest digital initiatives (apps) the air [...]
“Data is the new gold” has become “data is the new dirt”
What a week it’s been – first the Facebook data scandal and then the Grab-Uber deal in South-east Asia, and at the heart of it, our identities.
The former led to outrage that we could have been so manipulated by marketers targeting our social profiles (we always have been, it’s just the sca [...]
Hotelbeds Group sells its destination management business unit to TUI for €110m
Hotelbeds Group has announced the sale of its Destination Management division back to TUI, Europe’s largest tour operator, for €110 million (US$136 million), allowing it to focus fully on its bedbank business.
TUI, which sold Hotelbeds for €1.2 billion to UK investor Cinven Capital Manageme [...]
