Airbnb, Rakuten LIFULL Stay ride alternative accommodation wave in Japan
ALTERNATIVE accommodation providers were the beneficiaries of changing traveller trends during the pandemic and within Japan, Airbnb and Rakuten LIFULL STAY certainly rode the Covid-induced trend well.
Speaking at WiT Japan & North Asia 2022, Atsuo Mori, territory manager for Airbnb Japan, re [...]
Southeast Asia is one of the best markets for Web3 to take off, say experts
This article is written by Sainul Abudheen K, editor, e27
In a region where large groups are unbanked, Web3 provides people access to permissionless financial services with just a smartphone
WITH decentralisation fast becoming the catchword, Web3 is drawing significant attention worldwide. However [...]
Mystifly kicks off year with Universe and MystiPay
DETERMINED to kick off the year with a strong start, Singapore-based flight platform, Mystifly has launched two new products back to back – Mystifly Universe and MystiPay.
Mystifly Universe is a global flight data API which aims at bringing data-driven certainty to unlock new revenue opportunit [...]
Klook still winning friends and influencing travel in Japan
Home is where the action is for booking platform
IT was during an all-night brainstorming session while preparing a presentation for WIT Japan in 2015 that Eric Gnock Fah, COO and co-founder of Klook, went local.
In fine tuning the presentation that won the judges’ praise – and the Start-u [...]
See you next Lunar New Year in the metaverse
Three years on, The Great Digitisation of celebrations
AND so out goes the Ox, in comes the Tiger – and it seems the beautiful beast just slipped in on a whisper, rather than a roar, in real life. In the virtual world, well, that’s another story and I am convinced that by next year, with or [...]
Singapore Tourism Board initiates safe travel guidelines, curates itineraries for tourism sector
Resources help inbound visitors navigate health, safety requirements and showcase new experiences in Singapore
AS Singapore progressively reopens its borders to more international visitors, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has moved in tandem with the launch of the Safe Itinerary Guide and “ [...]
Headout gets another $30m, looks for “travel, entertainment, AR” acquisitions
Headout has tapped existing investors to add an additional $30 million to the Series B investment round it originally secured in September 2021.
The additional funds were again led by Glade Brook Capital,
with participation from existing backers Nexus Venture Partners, FJ Labs and
500 [...]
“Womenomics” and ESG champion, MPower’s Matsui is preparing “teenager” startups for stardom
Venture capitalist advises travel to go on “attack mode management”
THOSE who still doubt the Covid pandemic will significantly change the way we will live and work in the future should listen to Kathy Matsui, formerly with Goldman Sachs and now general partner of Japan’s first ESG-focuse [...]
WIT Japan’s first start-up champion says travel investment can be best in the worst of times
Takaya’s second coming pauses for take-off
LOOKING in the rear-view mirror can reveal much about the future. Scrutinise the past performance of Japan’s Takaya Shinozuka and you see a young tech entrepreneur who won WIT’s very first start up in Japan in 2013, earning him a place in WIT hist [...]
AirAsia Group is now Capital A: New identity to reflect it’s more than an airline
AIRASIA Group has officially rebranded as Capital A - its new corporate identity to show the diversification of its business portfolio beyond travel.
The budget airline operator
said the
name change reflected its new core business strategy as an investment holding
company in tandem with its tr [...]
