Flightroutes24 adds hotels as it continues global expansion
Back in the hands of its original founders, Flightroutes24, the global B2B marketplace for flight content, is ready to expand not only geographically but also across verticals – it is adding hotel content, launched in 2023, according to Nancy Zhou, co-founder and vice president, business developme [...]
Wego acquires Travelstop in bid to build first corporate travel unicorn in Asia, Middle East
The first thing Prashant Kirtane, CEO and co-founder of Travelstop, did when he and his team of 26 moved into the Wego office in Singapore was to buy his own coffee machine, even though there were already two coffee machines, laughed Ross Veitch, CEO and co-founder of Wego. “I am used to my own br [...]
WOW Porto, it’s a corker of an experience
Lady Gaga meets Dom Perignon over a glass of port at this new cultural hotspot
If you didn’t know already, Lady Gaga once wore a cork dress, a fetching little number adorned with gold and silver-plated cork, embroidered beads and metallic threads.
The image of Lady Gaga and her cork dress is a [...]
3 trends keeping travel leaders awake at night
Ahead of the Web in Travel Singapore event on October 2-4, titled The Human Revolution, three travel leaders have told us about the emerging trends that are keeping them awake at night. With AI developing faster than ever, and climate change becoming increasingly urgent, these leaders told us what [...]
Green Rooms, farm-to-table, glamping take spotlight at PHIST
From rooms that “love and protect the earth” to rewards for good behaviour, Thai hoteliers take steps to balance sustainability and profitability
From having “Green Rooms” to rewarding guests with f&b vouchers for good environmental behaviour, hoteliers in Thailand are taking steps to � [...]
At nine, Klook rolls out K.AI trip planner and Klook Kreators to convert
Hits $3b gross booking value in a year of “travelsilience”
As Klook celebrates its ninth anniversary, the platform for experiences and travel services recorded its strongest performance to date, despite the challenges of a travel industry recovering from the pandemic. With flight capacity sti [...]
Paris bans e-scooters. Instagrammable beaches. Smartvel buys ArrivalGuides.
Scootin’ off to London
Paris is banning rental electric scooters from its streets after voters resoundingly backed a blanket ban on the scooters in a referendum.
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said scooters on Parisian streets were a “nuisance”.
Soon that “nuisance” will be on the move. [...]
Singapore to unleash arts everywhere by taking it to the people
Catch-all platform, Singaporean music movement, buskers, lively precincts – NAC unveils five-year roadmap to create city with soul
The link between arts and tourism is well-proven. Cities like New York and London, beyond Broadway and West End respectively, have an always-on arts scene, where a [...]
Bill Bensley on working with nature, gorillas, garbage and boxes
“Once you respect Mother Nature, everything falls in place”
For Bill Bensley, renowned hotel architect, designer and landscape artist, starting any new project in a virgin site is all about risk mitigation and learning to work with Mother Nature.
“We can only make it worse,” said the Ame [...]
Banyan Tree’s KP Ho on the rainbow revolution and the “long burn” of sustainability
“Sustainability is not just about carbon emissions but the difference you make in people’s lives”
South-east Asia’s hospitality industry is in the midst of a “rainbow revolution” driven by new demographics of customers, said Ho Kwon Ping, executive chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings, wh [...]
