DayAway launches Genesis, NFT-enabled membership with immediate utility
“The Bucket List” in the works to be auctioned as 1:1 NFTs
DayAway, the platform established in 2021 to discover and book luxury daytime experiences, is on a renewed mission to transition its Web2 business to the open and decentralised Web3.
Taking the experience economy into the metave [...]
PTT OR takes stake in Traveloka to expand into travel
AS part of its bid to expand into the travel sector and to become a one-stop lifestyle solution, PTT Oil and Retail Business Public Company Limited ("OR") will invest in Traveloka, through its subsidiary, PTTOR International Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
Its website describes PTTOR as engaging � [...]
Wego boss talks Middle East opportunity, market characteristics
Wego is continuing to build its presence in the Middle East and North Africa, taking advantage of the opportunity the region provides.
Most recently, the metasearch specialist acquired Cleartrip's Middle East business from Flipkart, which includes the acquisition of Saudi Arabia-based online tr [...]
Trip.com sees rise in bookings in Europe, SE Asia; app-first strategy pays off
TRIP.com, riding on the back of travel recovery in the rest of the world outside China, is reporting healthy growth in bookings in Europe and South-east Asia as well as strong app downloads, helped by its app-first strategy.
Apptopia, the app analysis firm, listed it as the 10th most downloaded [...]
Bookaway Group launches seatOS to bring ground transport online, acquires Sisorg
Determined to accelerate the digitisation of the ground transportation sector, Bookaway Group has launched ‘seatOS’, a Transport Management System developed inhouse for operators of buses, ferries and rail in its core APAC and LATAM markets, with the ultimate aim of making booking ground transpo [...]
Tripbtoz, after Series B raise, looks to expand to Singapore, San Francisco
AFTER its Series B fund raise of six billion won (about US$4.6 million) last November, Seoul-based OTA, Tripbtoz, is planning to take its video-based travel app outside South Korea. To date, the startup, founded in 2017 by former Expedian Jiha Jung, has raised 10.5 billion won (about US$8 million).
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No Series B clinched yet, but founders of HalalBooking undeterred in goal to reach $1b target
“Being largely self-funded forces you to make tough choices”
TO raise venture capital or not to – that’s the question the two co-founders of HalalBooking, the UK-based search and booking website for halal-friendly travel, have wrestled with at various points of their eight-year startup jour [...]
VIDEO: Atlas wants to help travelers discover the world – affordably
Travel serves as a mechanism to bring the world together. At its most basic, it gets someone from point A to point B, without any bells and whistles.
A simple air ticket – minus upsells or add-ons – is also often the cheapest, but for consumers, an affordable fare can be difficult to find.
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The Wrap: More NDC content, more car and train, more connectivity, let’s go Mongolia
Sabre offers NDC content from Qatar
Sabre Corporation has successfully integrated IATA New Distribution Capability (NDC) content from Qatar Airways (QR) to its global distribution system (GDS). After a pilot phase with agency customers in Australia and Sweden, the offers of Qatar’s flag carrier [...]
How going off the beaten path helped Ariane Gorin rise to the top at Expedia
President of Expedia For Business on her belief in B2B, secret sauce to resilience and staying robust in APAC
Yeoh Siew Hoon catches up with Ariane Gorin on the sidelines of Phocuswright Europe in Amsterdam where they have a wide-ranging conversation covering her rise up the corporate ladder, her [...]
