Three accidental indie travel makers, one common purpose
If there is one thing travel entrepreneurs Uttara Sarkar Crees, Andrew Dixon and Simon Wong have in common, it is that they all got into what they are doing by accident but are now following their passion and paths with purpose.
Speaking at the inaugural WIT Indie in Penang last week, the trio sh [...]
The Wrap: CarTrawler now offers ride sharing services to its customers
This week we look at partnerships - CarTrawler with London-based startup Splyt, and New Zealand’s Sounds Air with Sabre, Cambodia Bayon Airlines with Travelport
TRANSPORTATION: CarTrawler now offers ride sharing services to its customers
Travel technology provider, CarTrawler, has pu [...]
WEGOGO launches WeGold ICO to build decentralised travel platform for “fair-share travel ecosystem”
WEGOGO – a business platform on WeChat that enables global tours and activities operators and travel hosts to connect with Chinese consumers –announced its aspirations to be the world’s “first travel blockchain for aspirational travel in Asia”.
To do this, WEGOGO has expressed its inte [...]
Sabre is rolling out its next-generation travel agency desktop globally in local languages
Sabre is upgrading travel agency customers worldwide to the new Sabre Red Workspace, its point-of-sale tool for travel agencies.
The solution is now available in English, German, Spanish and Japanese. To follow are French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese.
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Why The Murray, Hong Kong, had me singing like a lark
I must have passed the Hong Kong Government building countless times when I was living in the city. You couldn’t help but do so, located as it is midway between Pacific Place and Central. But the Murray Building was a structure you hardly noticed in a city of super structures – it was nondescrip [...]
AccorHotels’ buying spree continues with acquisition of restaurant reservation platform ResDiary
Less than a week after announcing the purchase of a 50% stake in South Africa-based Mantis Group, AccorHotels has bought table reservation system ResDiary for an undisclosed sum.
Glasgow-based ResDiary, co-founded by Mike Conyers (also its CEO) in 2004, provides venues with a high-end table managem [...]
These three technology trends will define the future of travel
Sabre Corporation has identified automation, authenticity and blockchain as the three major evolving technologies and trends, which will impact travel over the next decade in its newly released Sabre Labs Emerging Technology in Travel Report 2018.
The exhaustive report, covering 62 pages (PDF for [...]
AccorHotels expands presence in Africa with purchase of stake in Mantis
AccorHotels is increasing its portfolio of hotels in the African continent with the acquisition of a 50% stake in Mantis Group, the South Africa-based hospitality and travel conglomerate.
This deal follows the French hotel group’s sale in February of a 55%t stake in its AccorInvest real estat [...]
Letter from Seoul: South Korea’s travel braces for change as perfect storm approaches
There was a time when I visited Tokyo and I thought I had landed in a science fiction novel. Today I get that same feeling when I visit Seoul.
Its citizens are more attached to their smartphones than anywhere else – by age 12, 72% of South Koreans own a smartphone and they spend 4.5 hours a day [...]
The Wrap: Skyscanner app now has new trains feature
In the news: Skyscanner launches trains feature while travel technology companies forge ties with more airlines
TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: Skyscanner app now has new trains feature
Edinburgh-based Skyscanner has diversified its offerings to travellers in the United Kingdom with the launch of a [...]
