Dreamers, Gamblers, Promoters and Makers: Imagining the Future of Travel Tech
In Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams, Stevie Nicks sings, “Now here I go again, I see the crystal visions, I keep my visions to myself, It's only me who wants to wrap around your dreams, And have you any dreams you'd like to sell? Dreams of loneliness …”
You get the drift.
Well, in travel, it’s [...]
How Goldjoy Travel found its sweet spot in the online cruise market
Panel at Cruise World Asia tackles “how to bulletproof your travel agency business with technology”
Cognizant of the trend of consumers going online to book their flights and hotels, second generation travel agency owner, Dr Frederick Yip, of Goldjoy Travel, Hong Kong, decided to do a little [...]
The only way to compete, get efficient and productive, says Atlas’ Mary Li
Low cost flight startup develops five digital employees; meet Florence, its newest customer care agent
As a startup operating in the highly competitive and volatile world of third party low cost flight distribution, Atlas’ founder Mary Li believes the optimum way to compete is by using tech to be [...]
A brief history of online travel, 1999-2024, visualised
Inspired by Hans Rosling’s “200 years in 4 minutes”, where the late Swedish stats guru and public educator visualised the story of the world, using 120,000 numbers, Wego’s vice president, strategy and planning, Nedyalko Terziev, has put together this visualisation telling the story of online [...]
Travel is a great place for scientists, says Agoda’s Idan Zalzberg
Going full power on using AI to give better, quicker answers to customers
Growing up, Idan Zalzberg never had any doubt that he would end up in the intersection of science, engineering and tech. Travel just happened to fall into the mix.
Now the Chief Technology Officer of Agoda, one of Asia [...]
How Accor’s Kerry Healy addressed rate integrity in Middle East
Removal of offline and static rates core to global strategy to limit distribution partners and offering best price on ALL.com
Fresh from an intense few days at her division’s huddle in Bangkok last week, Kerry Healy, chief commercial officer, Middle East, Africa, Turkey & Asia Pacific for Pr [...]
Accor on hunt for global media agency, limits distribution partners to four
Karelle Lamouche: “The consumer has changed, distribution has changed”
There’s no denying the massive job ahead for Karelle Lamouche as she aligns commercial strategies for Accor’s Premium, Midscale & Economy division, which encompasses 21 different brands and 90 percent of Accor’s po [...]
Traveloka’s top-level hires, TikTok’s rise, live commerce – shaking up travel in South-east Asia
Traveloka’s recent hiring spree of top executives has not gone un-noticed by industry watchers in the region – in quick succession, corporate travel veteran Carl Jones has joined as VP of Global Corporate Travel, former TikTok’s Tejveer Singh Bedi as Vice President, Commercial, Accommodation a [...]
Apple Intelligence: Much to be excited about but mind the realities and complexities of integration with travel
The impending rollout of Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system that combines the power of generative models with personal context to deliver useful and relevant intelligence, across Apple devices is being watched closely by travel industry product veterans.
Apple has announced that [...]
InterparkTriple teams up with Sabre to boost inbound tourism to Korea
Travel and entertainment platform to lure “set-jetters” inspired by K-drama
In a move that both companies hope to boost inbound tourism to Korea, Sabre Corporation and InterparkTriple, Korea’s leading travel and entertainment platform, have signed a new long-term, strategic partner agreem [...]
