SIA, Tourism Australia in love match to promote incentives down under
You could call it a partnership forged in love – love for travel, for business events and for two destinations that are co-joined by their history and future. One needs the other to thrive. And it was sealed on February 4, Valentine's Day, at a media and industry event.
The gift exchange betw [...]
Top of the WiT 18: ChatGPT is the biggest thing, Traveller Tribes, betting on trip planners, and AI poems
Top Of The WiT is a grab of the trendiest news that happened this week in travel, tech and Asia - all condensed into a quick-and-easy nugget-sized podcast.
We're joined by Christian Watts (Founder and CEO, Magpie Travel) to discuss the potential of ChatGPT in the Tours and Activities space. We al [...]
Trip.com: New real-time travel guide, using GPT tech, isn’t frazzled by vague questions
TripGen offers travel tips and itinerary suggestions through real-time communication
Trip.com has launched TripGen, a chatbot designed to provide travellers with live assistance through Artificial Intelligence technology. Trip.com implemented this technology to enable users to receive tailored trav [...]
Chat GPT writes poetry for Agoda; Startup clears aircraft aisles; Watchdog hunts dodgy influencers
Bonza ditches the meal trolley for food-by-app
Manish Raniga, CEO of Airline Investments, 777 Partners (owner of Australian low-cost start-up Bonza), has been talking to Future Travel Experience about the airline’s digitally native and customer-centric strategy, and the innovative tech it will ut [...]
Travel allows you to do whatever makes your heart sing
That’s why travel brands are dancing all the way to the bank
In a clear sign that travel is back, I’ve been getting a lot of visitors lately and it’s such a pleasure to be playing tour guide again at home instead of having to play domestic tourist as we all had to do these past couple of ye [...]
Jigger ready to take on jumbo task of connectivity and integration in tours, activities and attractions
Go City’s Abendano on lessons learnt in Singapore and solving localisation pain points
He was nearly named Jumbo because he was an 11-pound baby. But thankfully, because his father was at a bar, having whiskey with friends, while he was entering the world, his parents decided to name him Jigger ( [...]
Metaverse Builders in Asia: M Social on finding new customers and engaging with them
“The revenue did surprise us, so did the engagement”
IT’S important to understand this single fact about the metaverse that has been echoed by many experts, analysts, and industry leaders – technically, it does not exist. Yet. At least, not in its complete form.
What does exist, though, [...]
Pioneering Pathfinders and Memory Makers: They dominate in Asia Pacific
Planning with AI, facial recognition and ease of payments key to traveller tribes in region
Read into it what you wish but it would appear that, according to Amadeus “Traveler Tribes 2033” study, the majority of travellers in markets such as Singapore, Japan, Australia and New Zealand are Memo [...]
Sponsored: Evolving traveler expectations herald new opportunities for travel pros
The travel industry is at an unprecedented stage of evolution. Despite lingering challenges from the pandemic and economic concerns, people continue to place travel as a high priority in their lives. According to Expedia Group’s recent Traveler Value Index 2023 study, nearly half of consumers glob [...]
“It’s the biggest thing”. Putting ChatGPT to good use while being in awe of its capabilities
Tours and activities, experiences will be most impacted, says Magpie's Watts
Christian Watts, CEO and Founder of Magpie Travel, is already designing products around ChatGPT. He says we haven’t scratched the surface of what the tech can do.
A decade ago, Spike Jonze directed a movie called ‘H [...]
