Biggest influencers in Asia’s online travel honoured in WIT’s inaugural Hall of Fame
The biggest influencers in Asia’s online travel industry were recognised in WIT’s inaugural Hall of Fame ceremony last night.
“As the APAC travel industry stands at the threshold of another inflexion point – one that will see the true blending of online and offline travel to become one [...]
WIT Bootcamp 2017: How 3 entrepreneurs are making rooms for their dreams
The hospitality sector is not an easy one to create startup in as it’s not only fragmented and diverse but also getting more competitive, Yet, there are many brave entrepreneurs out there who are willing to take a shot at it.
Three of these startups took to the stage at WIT Bootcamp in Singap [...]
ZUZU Hospitality Solutions secures additional US$2 million funding
ZUZU Hospitality Solutions, a outsourced sales and marketing solution for independent hotels, has secured an additional US$2 million of funding and will use the funds to "deliver a software and a service" model to its partners.
Specifically, it will invest further into its revenue management tech [...]
Asia-led innovations take centre stage at WIT as brands vie for position in world’s fastest growing travel market
SINGAPORE – In its 13th year, the award-winning WIT – Web In Travel conference opening in Singapore today, will place the spotlight on the digital travel market in Asia Pacific which, in 2017, accounted for 38% of the travel market (Phocuswright’s Asia Pacific Online Travel Overview Tenth Edit [...]
Google’s Heckmann on how machine learning will Translate to better travel and how Asia is setting pace in mobile
Ahead of his speaking on the WIT Main Stage on Tuesday, October 24, Oliver Heckmann, Vice President, Engineering for Travel and Shopping, Google, shares what's top of his mind on how new technology such machine learning/AI and voice can make better travel.
Q: As you get set for to speak at WI [...]
Letter from Hong Kong: From real estate to community, from brick to clicks, can hospitality make the leap?
The sky is piercingly blue, as blue as it could only get after a huge storm has just whipped through. I am in Hong Kong two days after the last Typhoon 8 visited this city built on a rock.
At the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP), I heard a panel of investors saying perhaps [...]
The Wrap: Second edition of AirAsia Japan takes off end October
In The News: AirAsia takes second shot at Japan; BeMyGuest adds two industry veterans to its team; Virgin Australia implements Sabre Branded Fares; CWT in new deal to remove distribution fees for customers
AIRLINES: Second edition of AirAsia Japan takes off end October
In June 2013 when th [...]
APAC destinations gaining favour with Chinese travellers, drop in trips to Europe
In 2016, while international travel grew by about 4%, China registered a growth rate of 13%, further consolidating its position as one of the world’s most important source markets for international travel. The country exceeded the Asian Pacific average outbound growth rate of 9% in the same year.
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AccorHotels expands footprint in Australia, acquires Mantra Group for A$1.3bil
AccorHotels is on the acquisition trail again, this time buying Mantra Group, one of Australia’s largest hotel and resort marketers and operators with 127 properties and over 20,000 rooms.
The French hotel group has just inked the agreement to buy the group and to acquire all of the issued ca [...]
Blacklane adds airport concierge services worldwide with acquisition of Solve
Global professional driver service Blacklane has acquired Solve, the first platform for booking global airport concierge services.
Solve, founded last year and selected to Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 batch, serves more than 500 airports. Its services include curbside and air-side passenger meet [...]
