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 $ [...]
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 [...]
How the rise of mobile in APAC is changing buying behaviour
Mobile technology has changed retail marketing, as well as consumer buying behaviour. In Asia Pacific (APAC), where smartphones are (almost) ubiquitous, their use are evolving faster than ever before especially for travel.
The smart device is changing the travel booking experience from start to f [...]
Pitch me something I don’t understand, says investor supremo Joel Cutler
It is said the best ideas either terrify you or make you laugh. In Joel Cutler’s case, it’s ideas he doesn’t understand. Known as the man with the Midas touch with his investments in companies such as ITA Software, KAYAK and Airbnb, the co-founder and managing director of General Catalyst Part [...]
Next stop for Rome2rio as it graduates from cockroach startup – global travel brand for A to B, with everything in between
You could call it a coming of age for Rome2rio – the seven-year-old Melbourne startup has finally left the co-working space it called home for several years to move into its own offices.
Having grown from 10 to 40 staff in the last 18 months, it was deemed necessary to get its own space. “The [...]
APAC has the most digitally dependent travellers, Travelport study reveals
India, China and Indonesia have the most digitally dependent travellers, according to a recently-released “Digital Traveller” report by Travelport.
The research, which identified trends and insights into how travellers use digital tools differently around the world, and what providers can do [...]
Letter from Fort Lauderdale: From storms to tech, global forces that bind us
Piles of seaweed lie strewn along the water’s edge along Hollywood Beach in Fort Lauderdale. I am told it’s the remnants of Hurricane Irma which crashed through the state of Florida last month.
From the other side of the world, I’ve been receiving updates of the floods that have devastated [...]
Letter from Cempedak: Seven secrets to landing among the stars
It was exactly a year ago that I visited the private island of Cempedak in the Riau Archipelago of Indonesia and saw it in the making of stage. Piles of bamboo were strewn all over the white sand but there was a definite shape of a resort that resembled a sail unfurling out of the waters.
The isl [...]
The Wrap: WorldKoins lets AirAsia guests convert leftover currency into credits for shopping or good cause
In The News: WorldKoins partners with AirAsia in conversion of leftover currency; movable kiosks for fast check-in at Hong Kong airport; Maxim’s Travel's new branded mobile app
STARTUPS: WorldKoins lets AirAsia guests convert leftover currency into credits for shopping or good cause
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