MMT’s Kalra aims to keep busy with product, M&A and expansion: “I’m not going anywhere”
If you think that the move of Deep Kalra from group CEO to executive chairman of MakeMyTrip marks the end of an era, he’d be the first to pooh-pooh the notion. For him, it marks the beginning of a new chapter in which he can “spend more time doing the things I wanted to do”.
“It’s a f [...]
Expedia job cuts, Booking braces for “significant impact”, “winter is best time” – learn from cockroaches
I’ve been mulling over what I heard William Bao Bean of SOSV Capital say in a Techsauce Global podcast, “It is the cockroaches, the survivors, who can really take advantage of this tough environment that will build the next generation of leaders.”
Curious about cockroaches and inspire [...]
WiT Seoul 2020: “Parasite” win puts spotlight on South Korea’s rising power in art, tech and travel
“The dynamism of Korea is now in travel”
When Bong Joon-Ho walked up the dais to pick up the Oscar for Best Film at the Oscars, you could almost hear the whole of South Korea cheering. The director of “Parasite” made history as the first Foreig [...]
“Unbloating” Expedia: Diller and Kern to breathe new life into group even though it will mean less life, more work for staff
For someone who excused himself in advance for being “raggy” (informal) because “I haven’t done this in a while”, Expedia Group chairman Barry Diller certainly knew how to capture attention with his comments in the company’s earning calls yesterday.
Most of what he and his handp [...]
Alibaba and Nielsen identify top Chinese travel and mobile payment trends in 2020
A new report released by Nielsen and Alipay, 2019 New Trends for Mobile Payment in Chinese Outbound Tourism, outlined the latest trends in Chinese outbound tourism and spending habits.
According to the China Tourism Academy,
China’s outbound tourism market totalled over 81 million trips in th [...]
From Scoot to Swoop, from hot to cold: Greenway on surviving in Canada and the future of the airline seat
To say that it’s been a major adjustment for Steven Greenway, as he went from Scoot to Swoop, is probably the understatement of the year. Not only was it a change in model, from low cost to ultra low cost (yes, that’s the new term these days, ULCC), it was also a switch from the tropics to the [...]
2019: Tipping point for the reinvention of travel
Chetan Kapoor, co-founder and COO, of Videc, does a recap on the key events of 2019.
Distribution Re-wired
From IATA’s 202020 – 20 of IATA’s Leaderboard airlines to achieve 20% of their sales via the NDC framework in 202020; to Marriott and Expedia’s wholesale distribution agree [...]
In 2020, mind the facts, ask key questions and channel Rihanna
We couldn’t have asked for a more spectacular way to mark the end of a decade in Asia – the annular solar eclipse on December 26. According to experts, the next time this will occur in our part of the world will be in 2063 and given I won’t be able to wait that long, I didn’t want to miss i [...]
These are the trends that will shape travel experiences in the next decade
This is the time of the year when predictions and trends in almost every sector are being made or revealed by businesses worldwide. Joining in is Travelport unveiling the 2020 Trends that “will shape travel experiences” at the start of the next decade.
The independent research carried out [...]
From online gaming to car rentals, Barry makes focus his big bet at CarTrawler
For the last 18 years, prior to taking up the reins at CarTrawler in April 2018, Cormac Barry worked in online gaming, being part of the team that set up paddypower.com, the Irish bookmaker which offers sports betting, online poker, online bingo, online casino and online games.
His first impres [...]
