New management platform sets sight on boutique hotels in South-east Asia
A new cloud-based platform launched last week by HMP is targeting boutique hotels in South-east Asia with offer of a “360-degree solution".
The platform HMP Master claims it will help hoteliers "boost operational performance, enhance management efficiency, integrate reservations, sales and ma [...]
Resilience and sustainability to frame conversations at WiT Indie
Independents in travel will gather in Penang this week to focus on recovery and sustaining strategies as the industry copes with the global travel and tourism fall-out.
“Whether we
are in the midst of a crisis or not, creating and running sustainable
businesses should always be our agenda. As [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity in Crisis – Episode Two
It is said crisis unites and there’s no better time than now for unity as the travel industry undergoes its biggest test with the outbreak of Covid-19. With Asia being the first to be impacted, and the rest of the world now feeling the repercussions, there are lessons to be learnt and experiences [...]
The Wrap: ZUZU Hospitality expands to Vietnam, boosts team with new hires
News Roundup: ZUZU Hospitality spreading operations to Vietnam with new sales offices, Malaysia Airlines and Travelport broaden ties, Vistara’s leveraging Sabre technology for growth
ZUZU Hospitality expands to Vietnam, boosts team with new hires
ZUZU Hospitality expanding operations undet [...]
Preparing for life in a cookie-less world: ADARA’s Garner on building identity graph and an alternative data co-op
The first question I asked Scott Garner, executive vice president and chief commercial officer of ADARA, how he felt being in Singapore when it’s in Dorscon (Disease Outbreak Response System Condition) Orange Alert, he said, “I’d be okay if it wasn’t for the people around me worrying.”
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Introducing The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis
It is said crisis unites and there’s no better time than now for unity as the travel industry undergoes its biggest test with the outbreak of Covid-19. With Asia being the first to be impacted, and the rest of the world now feeling the repercussions, there are lessons to be learnt and experiences [...]
AirAsia X offers a year’s unlimited flights for US$119 to restore confidence in travel
Airlines in the Asia Pacific region are expected to suffer US$27.8 billion revenue loss in 2020, the bulk of which would be borne by carriers registered in China with $12.8 billion lost due to the coronavirus (Covid-19), said the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
(Update: On 5 Mar [...]
Still far from attaining the holy grail of frictionless travel, but Amadeus definitely a candidate to get industry there: Ropers
Asked to put the travel industry on a scale, 10 being the attainment of the holy grail of friction-free travel, Amadeus’ new president of strategic growth businesses Stefan Ropers put it at two or three.
“We haven’t gotten very far. The future is here, but it is not equally distributed. I [...]
Dubai-based TPConnects lands investment from Flight Centre
Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) is boosting its tech platform with the acquistion of a 22.47% stake in TPConnects Technologies LLC.
The terms of the investment were not disclosed.
Dubai-based TPConnects was founded in 2012 by Rajendran Vellapalath, who will continue to run the bu [...]
Events platform Bizly wins top innovator award at The Business Travel Show
Bizly, the “all-in-one platform for building events” topped eight final entries that pitched at the Business Travel Innovation Faceoff during the recent Business Travel Show at the Olympia London.
The judges cross-examined, evaluated and critiqued all
eight supplier presentations to determi [...]
