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 [...]
Sustainable tourism gets royal stamp
Sustainable travel received a huge boost with the announcement that His Royal Highness, The Duke of Sussex has put his royal stamp on a new industry partnership that is “aimed at improving conservation, environmental protection and expanding local community economic development by encouraging sus [...]
From betel to kale, Oway founder Nay Aung on quest to build Next Gen “pagoda” in Myanmar
There we were in Parami Pizza, a popular pizza joint in Yangon. Nay Aung, CEO and founder of Oway, Myanmar’s first OTA, had ordered kale juice and I, a coffee. The impression wasn’t lost on me – kale in a country still known for its betel-chewing among the older generation – shows you how m [...]
The Wrap: AirAsia Foundation’s Destination: GOOD finds permanent home in REXKL to support social enterprises
News Roundup: AirAsia’s social enterprise Destination: GOOD opens new hub in Kuala Lumpur; Kudos Travel Technology partners Amadeus to deliver innovations to the business travel space; Japan’s Narita set to welcome influx of visitors for the 2020 Summer Olympics;
Entrepreneurship : AirAsia [...]
Thailand has highest number of highly-rated hotels: Agoda
Thailand has the highest number of "recognised accommodation partners" in Agoda's rostrum of hotels for its latest Customer Review Awards.
The accolade is awarded to hotels that have at least 40 reviews with an average review score of 8.0 or above. Reviews are based on five key criteria includi [...]
After growing roots in Sri Lanka, Findmyfare wants to fan out to “similar” markets
Returning to Sri Lanka in
2012 after having studied and worked in London for most of their adult life,
university mates Thushan Shanmugarajah and Abishek Sithampalam looked around
for something to do.
Their time
working in London had planted in the 20-somethings the idea of doing a tech
startup. [...]
Are we there yet? Find out at The Phocuswright Conference
With all the talk and buzz around new technologies and bold ideas, now is a good time as any to take stock of where we are in the journey to this new future.
Speakers and delegates to the upcoming The Phocuswright Conference, aptly themed “Are we there yet?” will try and answer the question [...]
