From Volaris to OYO, why Ramirez chose to have skin in the game at Katanox
JULIANA Ramirez was working at OYO Hotels when she got a visit from the founders of Katanox, the startup offering direct API connectivity between sellers and hotels.
Ramirez, who has just joined OYO in 2020 after a 10-year stint with ultra low cost Mexican airline Volaris, knew first hand the c [...]
New generation of startups will change France’s travel scene, and why DMCs remain critical to the trip
Cambon Partners' Morgann Lesne on what makes French travel tech tick or not tick these days
HAVING lunch with investment banker Morgann Lesne in Paris late December, our conversation turned to the acquisition of Etraveli Group by Booking Holdings and we wondered if France has the capability to p [...]
The boy who liked to fix things and now he wants to fix corporate travel tech
After a three-decade journey, Johnny Thorsen believes he’s in right spot at right time to achieve life’s ambition
EVEN as a child, Johnny Thorsen remembers his interest in pulling things apart and then trying to put them together again in a new and better way.
“That’s
what my mother t [...]
The Wrap: Malaysia Airports implements biometric tech, Emirates expands collaboration with Alhosn, PAL deploys self-service rebooking tool
THE Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology sector – new partnerships, product launches, aviation industry updates, innovative solutions, and more …
Malaysia Airports provides touchless journey for passengers with biometric technology
The biometric-enabled self-service Sm [...]
To API or not? Travel agents face dilemma as cruising distribution undergoes shift
New players like Klook, Lazada swooping into vacuum created by pandemic – sales went from zero to “couple of million dollars”
HARRY Sommer, president and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line, told a good story during last week’s CruiseWorld Asia. He spoke of how he started a travel agency right [...]
The Year In Review And Looking Forward to 2022: In a Playlist
THIS contribution to our year in review and 2022 outlook series comes from Stephan Ekbergh, CEO, Travelstart whose answers came to him in songs and so, here's his playlist for your listening pleasure. Enjoy (definitely a word to embrace in 2022).
Stephan Ekbergh, CEO, Travelstart
Q: Looki [...]
The Year In Review And Looking Forward to 2022, Part 4
ACCELERATE, unity, hope – among words being used to describe 2022 in this list of contributions from our community – Part 4 of looking back at 2021 (oh, what a year) and forward to 2022 (please, let it be good). And, again from the answers in this batch, there's cautious optimism for the year a [...]
The Year in Review and Looking Forward to 2022, Part 3
CONTINUING our series of contributions from our community – Part 3 of looking back at 2021 (oh, what a year) and forward to 2022 (please, let it be good). And, again from the answers in this batch, there's cautious optimism for the year ahead, even as the Omricon variant continues to spread alarm [...]
WiT Japan & North Asia 2022 – time to rebuild bridge and “open eyes to the world again”
Hybrid event returns to Tokyo on Jan 14-15
WiT will kick off its first event of 2022 with a “Homecoming” to Tokyo for its ninth edition of WiT Japan & North Asia. The hybrid event, on January 14-15, is expected to be attended by up to 150 on-site delegates, complemented with a virtual au [...]
The Year In Review and Looking Forward to 2022, Part 2
OKAY we hit another bump on the road to a fragile recovery but that’s no reason to despair. If there’s one thing this pandemic has taught us, it’s not to take anything for granted but to take each punch as it lands and get up again. So here’s Part 2 of looking back at 2021 (oh, what a year) [...]
