8 Thoughts for 2018, Part 2
As 2017 draws to a close, it's time to look ahead to what awaits us and we ask our panel of industry leaders to share their thoughts and personal wishes for the year to come.
Dr Jennifer Cronin, President, Wharf Hotels, Hong Kong
One word to describe 2017: Collaboration
One word to describe 2 [...]
Hoteliers should be panicking about Airbnb, says Ian Schrager
Hoteliers should stop being in denial about the impact of home sharing on their business, believes Ian Schrager, the hotelier extraordinaire hailed for his ground-breaking concepts.
“They should be panicking,” he said, during an interview at the Expedia Partner Conference in Las Vegas ear [...]
8 thoughts for 2018, Part 1
As 2017 draws to a close, it's time to look ahead to what awaits us and we ask our panel of industry leaders to share their thoughts and personal wishes for the year to come. Part 1.
Fritz Demopoulos, CEO, Queen’s Road Capital, Hong Kong
One word to describe 2017: Marketplaces
One word t [...]
The Wrap: AirAsia BIG Loyalty launches online store
In the news: An online store for AirAsia’s loyalty programme members, Singapore Airlines has a new chatbot, Travel Startups Incubator adds Streetography to its portfolio and Jetstar Group inks new agreement with Travelport
E-COMMERCE: AirAsia BIG Loyalty launches online store
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How to play the infinite game, curing loneliness with travel and living forever
Long game or infinite game, whatever the term you choose to use, I am sure there was purpose behind the choice of Simon Sinek as keynote speaker at the Expedia Partner Conference held in Las Vegas last week.
Sinek, who’s working on a new book called “The Infinite Game”, drew an analog [...]
Expedia continues global push, invests in new tech to power hoteliers and travellers
The Expedia Partner Conference held in Las Vegas last week opened on a defiant and upbeat note. Mark Okerstrom, walking on stage after the opening rhythm and drum beats of Le Reve, The Dream, said that despite the crazy year of terrorism and natural disasters, the world travelled more in 2017 with $ [...]
It may be raining money for tours & activities but for GetYourGuide’s Tao Tao, the sector’s only just beginning to get on fire
Armed with its latest fund raise of US$75 million, GetYourGuide is expanding its global presence with the launch of four new domains and has added Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Mexican Spanish as supported languages for its global inventory of tours, attractions and in-destination activ [...]
The Wrap: Hungary is the new destination hotspot for Chinese travellers
In the news: Partnerships between travel companies to provide better travel rule the news front this week – Ctrip joining forces with the Hungarian Travel Agency, Fiji Air going mobile with Travelport’s assistance and Klook tying up with Korea’s LOTTE Duty Free Shop, and some fun from Air Ne [...]
As cruises grow in Asia, will tech and customer behaviour converge to rock the boat?
There are many things cruise companies say that they hold to be true. One of these is, if you’ve been on a cruise, you will become a fan for life.
I don’t necessarily believe that to be true – I went on my first sea cruise when cruising was just taking off in Singapore in the 80s with the l [...]
Travelstart ‘supercharges’ its accommodation offering with purchase of SafariNow
South Africa-based online travel booking website, Travelstart, has bought a majority stake in Cape Town-based SafariNow.
Described as "South Africa's largest accommodation booking website", SafariNow represents accommodation over both the informal (self-catering and vacation rentals) and formal [...]
