Luxury Escapes to roll out flights and experiences as it scales up in Asia
Australian boutique travel brand, Luxury Escapes, has suddenly become very visible across Asia. In fact, it’s hard to escape its emails or its social ads if you’re living in Asia and that's because the company is ramping up its business in the region.
It appointed a head for Asia, Graham Hi [...]
OTAs need to reinvent merchandising and retail flow to stay relevant: Amadeus
In today’s evolving digital environment online travel agents (OTAs) in Asia Pacific (APAC) are facing pressure from numerous fronts – from travellers to suppliers to new players – and they must reinvent for future growth.
This is the advice of Amadeus to OTAs in its latest report on the fu [...]
Bullish outlook for the meetings industry in year ahead but comes with challenges for planners
Another year of steady growth awaits the meetings & events industry in 2020 despite speculative reports of economic and political instability across global markets but planners have to overcome challenges, such as personalising the experience for delegates.
This scenario is presented by the [...]
Our time has come, says Splitty Travel, eyeing Asia and a new B2B split reservations offering
In many ways, Israeli-based startup Splitty Travel feels its time has finally come, both for its “split reservations” model to be accepted into the mainstream and for its entry into Asia. “It’s interesting that the big OTAs are now playing with some of the things we have been doing fo [...]
The Wrap: Middle East, Asia and the Pacific led growth in international tourism for H1 2019
News Roundup: State of international tourism for first half of 2019 unveiled
by the World Tourism Council, Flight Centre Travel Group’s recently opened new
division caters to B2B market, Amadeus’ agreement with Hertz for worldwide
distribution of rental cars and rates
Destinations: Middle E [...]
Expedia to use AI to improve online search in Asian languages
Expedia will use Artificial Intelligence to enhance travel search query understanding and improve the accuracy of search query resolution in Asian languages. The group announced it is collaborating with AI Singapore (AISG) under its flagship 100 Experiments (100E) programme to develop an artificial [...]
From “Yarikuri” to “Omoroi”: The Peach way of doing things, all in a book
Peach CEO Shinichi Inoue has the reputation of being different, doing things in a creative and smart way, yet always coming across as someone who just uses plain old common sense a lot. At least that's what I have gathered from the few interviews and interactions I've had with him over the years.
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The Wrap: Tech-savvy travellers will drive digital plans of airlines and airports, says SITA
News Roundup: SITA’s new report on the increasing number of digital travellers and their impact on aviation strategies, Amadeus and CyberSource jointly addressing travel fraud, India Airlines and subsidiaries to remove single-use plastics on all flights
Aviation: Tech-savvy travellers will dri [...]
How Foo broke the glass ceiling by switching lanes, and how Luxe Nomad wants to be APAC’s largest villa management company
After 10 years working in private equity, Foo Lee Lian decided she needed a break. “PE’s an aspirational career when you’re starting out but it can be very stressful and intense. It’s also very male-dominated and as a woman, it’s hard to see your way to the top.”
Aware of the glass c [...]
Asia’s top five get one-fifth of all region’s visitors
Asia Pacific’s five most popular destinations for international travellers – Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo and Seoul – welcomed over one-fifth, or 22 percent, of all overnight visitors to the region’s top 161 cities and regional centres in 2018, according to Mastercard’s Asia Pa [...]
