JTB names Aomi Tomo as new President and CEO
JTB Corp. has announced that Aomi Tomo, currently Managing Executive Officer overseeing Long-Term Vision and Strategy, will become President and CEO effective June 30, following a Board of Directors resolution.
On the same date, current President and CEO Yamakita Eijiro will transition to Chairpers [...]
Wego doubles down on India with major Bangalore office expansion
Wego, the largest online travel marketplace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), announced a major expansion of its Bangalore operations, moving to a new office with double the capacity of its previous location. India is one of Wego’s largest countries by headcount, with teams acr [...]
Global business travel continues but confidence drops sharply
Conflict, costs and complexity reshape the 2026 outlook
The latest GBTA industry poll finds optimism waning ─ especially in Europe ─ as geopolitical concerns emerge as the top factor influencing business travel spending, trip volume and meetings decisions, while AI gains momentum as a strategic [...]
Global Hotel Alliance reports total hotel revenues up 24%
Global Hotel Alliance (GHA), the world’s largest alliance of independent hotel brands, has reported a robust start to 2026, delivering strong double-digit growth across all key performance indicators in the first quarter, driven by the continued momentum of its award-winning loyalty programme, GH [...]
ZUZU’s AI revenue co-pilot launches first partnership in Japan
SQUEEZE Inc. selects ZUZU's RevMate AI to power revenue management
The Japan-based smart hotel operator, running over 40 hotels and serviced apartments, adopts RevMate to enhance revenue intelligence alongside suitebook, its cloud-based hospitality operation platform
ZUZU Hospitality, [...]
Airbnb’s CORTIS stay. TAT and Dida launch ‘Trusted Thailand’. Ascott scales agentic AI commerce. More.
Airbnb partners with CORTIS to launch REDRED-themed stay
Airbnb and CORTIS have teamed up to open the POP-UP: Airbnb & CORTIS Seoul Hideout, a free immersive fan experience running May 1–7 in Seoul, celebrating the group's lead single REDRED from their upcoming 2nd EP GREENGREEN. The space is [...]
Tale of 3 startups: Education through experience, digitising African tour operators and solving payments for small businesses
Africa receives 90 million tourist arrivals a year. Spain alone receives more. A continent of breathtaking biodiversity, ancient culture, and unmatched wilderness experiences is, by most global travel metrics, still flying under the radar.
Three entrepreneurs who have staked their careers on chan [...]
Fly first, earn later: How HeyMax wants to turn loyalty upside down
Joe Lu has a simple problem with loyalty programmes. You earn for months, sometimes years, working towards a reward that may be devalued, unavailable, or simply not worth the wait by the time you get there. The goalpost, as he puts it, can move at any time.
So he decided to move it first.
HeyM [...]
After Phare, Dara Huot follows his own star with story, instinct and AI
What happens when the former face of a cultural institution steps away, gets stripped back by life, and starts again with only himself, his story, and AI?
There is something not quite straightforward about former CEO of Phare, The Cambodian Circus, Dara Huot’s next chapter.
It is a reinvention [...]
OTAs: The Next Frontier — trust, plumbing and the local advantage
Three OTA veterans take on the existential question: in a world reshaped by AI, geopolitical disruption, and the complexity of African markets, what does it mean to be a travel platform – and does the name even matter anymore?
The panel, “OTAs: The Next Frontier”, opened with a show of hands. [...]
