RedDoorz expands accommodation offerings with launch of a new brand – SANS
Singapore-based budget-hotel booking startup RedDoorz has added a new brand to its portfolio, SANS, as part of the company's strategy to grow into the “largest new-age hospitality company in South-east Asia”.
Described as “a trendy, economy lifestyle hotel brand” SANS, derived from the I [...]
The WiT Podcast – Episode 24: Timothy Hughes, Vice President, Corporate Development, Agoda
Even for introverts this year has been particularly hard in terms of being cut off from people, but for extroverts like Agoda’s Timothy Hughes it’s been especially challenging. But he’s been taking it in stride like everyone else, saying he’s been the best informed he’s ever been through [...]
Keep it flexible, transparent and diversify offers, Booking.com advises partners as it unveils “The Future of Travel”
Booking.com advises its partners to keep flexibility and transparency as top of mind when creating deals. Additionally, they should diversify the type of offers they put out in order to manage their cash flow.
Nuno Guerreiro, Booking.com’s regional director, South Asia, Oceania & Chains (p [...]
The Wrap: Singapore Tourism Board and Expedia collaborate to expedite tourism recovery, Malaysia’s Firefly to launch jet operations from Penang beginning 2021, and more …
The
Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and to keep
track of developments in these sectors as businesses adapt and reset to meet challenges
in the era of coronavirus.
Singapore Tourism Board, Expedia in joint pact to spur tourism recovery at home and in overseas m [...]
Handling baggage post-Covid: Automated, contactless, mobile
In an era where human touch is not welcomed, baggage handling and retrieval are going the same way too, as discussed in SITA webinar on baggage solutions for the aviation industry in a post-Covid environment.
In his opening remarks Peter Drummond, portfolio director baggage, SITA, stated it has [...]
Psst, fancy spending Christmas in Hong Kong?
Industry welcomes opening of no-restriction travel corridor between Singapore and Hong Kong
I am already imagining spending Christmas in Hong Kong, feeling the crisp cold of a winter season, taking in the lights of one of Asia’s most vibrant, dynamic cities and catching up with friends in som [...]
Climbing Hybrid Mountain: Lessons learnt from staging WiT Experience Week
Just before Year 2000 kicked in I had the crazy idea that I wanted to mark the decade’s end on top of South-east Asia’s highest mountain, Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, East Malaysia. I called my best friend, living in Hong Kong at the time, and proposed the idea. Even crazier than I am, she said yes [...]
New study finds 70% of travellers plan to take a holiday in 2021
Travellers want to be back on the road again after months of being house- and country-bound as nations slowly but cautiously are reopenng their borders to foreign visitors, albeit with strict standard operations procedure (SOP) in place.
Among the most eager to travel again are Americans and Can [...]
The Wrap: airasia.com reveals new identity as “Asean super app”, Malaysia Aviation Group retrains employees to meet future challenges, and more …
The Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and to keep track of developments in these sectors as businesses adapt and reset to meet challenges in the era of coronavirus.
airasia.com unveils new identity in race to be “Asean super app”
airasia.com's management [...]
Smart city projects like OceanMedallion not for faint of heart, human transformation is harder: Padgett
Implementing “smart city” projects such as its guest experience platform and OceanMedallion wearable onboard Princess Cruises ships is not for the faint of heart, said John Padgett, chief experience and innovation officer for Carnival Corporation, during WiT Experience Week Hybrid Day 4.
Dur [...]
