Hopper across to APAC with STO model and remote playbook
APAC head Reno Wang talks workplace lessons from East and West
ONE of online travel’s fastest growing companies, Hopper, is expanding into Asia Pacific. We catch up with Reno Wang, vice president, APAC, to find out what led him to leave Alipay to join Hopper, how Hopper does things differently fo [...]
From pandemic to war, IHG’s Macpherson stays focused on recovery
From growth to tech investments, hospitality needs to balance “guest experience with owner expectations”
It’s a sign of the better times we are in that when Kenneth Macpherson, the CEO for Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa (EMEAA) for IHG Hotels & Resorts, was visiting his team in Sing [...]
“Blurred travel”, payments and sustainability to drive agenda at Lufthansa Innovation Hub
CHRISTINE Wang, managing director, Lufthansa Innovation Hub, made a return visit to Singapore recently, her first in two years since she relocated to Berlin. She shares her views on the trends she’s seen in travel tech and whether Asia, despite being slower in recovery, will continue to outpace in [...]
The Wrap: Joint STB-Agoda marketing campaign, Mayflower Holidays’ partnership with TA Network, Duetto’s revenue management survey
THE Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology sector – new partnerships, product launches, aviation industry updates, innovative solutions, and more …
STB partners Agoda to ramp up tourism drive in South-east Asia
To drive visitors from South-east Asia to Singapore, the Singa [...]
Thailand’s tourism wants to bounce back — but first it has to ‘let it go’
Open up Thailand without restrictions or risk the country being left behind by competitors, say leading travel and hospitality figures.
IT was an unanimous call among Thailand's leading tourism industry figures: Let it go with Test & Go.
"Thailand is at a crossroads now. There's no choice [...]
The Wrap: Depressed passenger traffic for APAC airlines, Emirates-TAT joint promotion of Thailand, MAS and Qatar Airways expanded partnership
THE Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology sector – new partnerships, product launches, aviation industry updates, innovative solutions, and more …
APAC airlines’ passenger traffic remains depressed
There is still no uplift in international passenger demand for Asia Paci [...]
Klook wants to bring world of joy back to travellers
New brand timed with beginnings of recovery in South-east Asia as Klook steps up focus in region
KLOOK’s new branding, unveiled in Singapore today, is meant to bring joy back into the world through travel and experiences and co-founder and COO, Eric Gnock Fah, was certainly looking joyful when I [...]
Growing appetite for travel driven by borders reopening and VTLs: Report
THE fourth quarter of 2021 saw a “tremendous appetite” for travel compared to 2020, with travellers looking and booking long haul destinations – fuelled by international borders reopening and the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTLs) in Asia Pacific (APAC)
This is one of the insights highlighted in [...]
The Wrap: Surge in flight bookings to Australia, Hopper-Sabre tech partnership expanded, airasia Super App’s launch in Bangkok
THE Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology sector – new partnerships, product launches, aviation industry updates, innovative solutions, and more …
The rush Down Under is on as Australia reopens borders to international travellers
When Australia announced it would reopen i [...]
Wego acquires Cleartrip’s Middle East business from Flipkart
ONLINE travel marketplace Wego has signed a “definitive agreement” with India's homegrown e-commerce company Flipkart Group to acquire the Middle East business of Cleartrip.
The transaction also includes the sale of Riyadh-based online travel agency Flyin.com, as well as a technology coope [...]
