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 [...]
Focus and fearlessness pay off for RedDoorz as it badgers its way to becoming a unicorn
When you look at the investors who are involved in the latest Series C funding of $70m for “affordable accommodation provider” RedDoorz, you see a clear pattern – every single one brings a different skill set – and for the first time, CEO and founder Amit Saberwal said he “had to say no t [...]
Expedia joins forces with Tourism Malaysia in destination promotion and digital innovation
Malaysia has set the ambitious target of attracting 30 million foreign visitors and RM100 billion (US$24.3 billion) in tourist spending for Visit Malaysia 2020, although some quarters are sceptical that could be achieved due to the short time frame (campaign launched last month) and the departure l [...]
The Wrap: AirAsia shuffles leadership roles to support its tech transformation
News Roundup: Executive musical chair in AirAsia Group in move to drive tech transformation; faster border clearance for visitors to Singapore with launch of beta version of SG Arrival Card e-service; Wirecard and OYO partner to enable faster payments for hotel and home bookings
People: AirAsia [...]
Armed with $2.5m, OpenSparkz goes from startup to scale to help consumers in Asia earn and burn in one step
The Australian fintech startup’s mission is to “make
every loyalty programme in the world a good experience for customers and
merchants, and to be the go-to global platform for loyalty and offers”. Here’s
how.
Terry McMullen has spent his entire career in loyalty and marketing, first wit [...]
