Most travellers in Asia Pacific will choose short haul trips first for post-pandemic travels
With the gradual resumption of travel and easing of restrictions in numerous countries there is a rising interest in short haul trips post-pandemic among travellers in the Asia Pacific region (APAC).
For those considering travel plans after Covid, around 30% would like to take a trip within the [...]
Jungle Ventures, forged out of failure, sees more “beautiful exits” in travel post-Covid
“Best time to start a business – so much talent, so much that is broken, technology tailwinds happening”, says Amit Anand
Amit Anand, co-founder and managing partner of Singapore-based global tech fund Jungle Ventures, which made two “beautiful” exits in travel from GoVoyagin (to Rakut [...]
Trip.com working with partners to give consumers confidence and inspiration to travel again
China’s leading international online travel services provider Trip.com Group (Trip.com), in collaboration with more than 70 partners in the aviation, hospitality, tourism and retail industries, has launched ‘Travel On’, a global initiative to revitalise travel.
The initiative, launched yes [...]
Singapore Airlines’ sixth AppChallenge wants you to help solve six travel pain points
The SIA AppChallenge is back for its sixth edition and it's looking for the biggest breakthroughs in travel technology to solve six key pain points. The deadline for entries is July 12.
The AppChallenge is one of the initiatives from the airline seeking to build its relationships and networks wi [...]
BTN Group launches Business Travel Show America
The BTN Group, part of Northstar Travel Group, will host the Inaugural Business Travel Show America, a Virtual Expo from September 9-10.
The event brings the industry together to realign the future of corporate travel and meetings, and is the biggest industry event of its kind following the outb [...]
Middle Eastern and APAC airlines ahead in implementing COVID-19 traveller safety and health protocols
VIDEC, a travel industry focused advisory and analytics firm, performed an analysis of 70 airlines across six continents to track airlines’ readiness in deploying traveler safety and health protocols onboard.
The analysis found that 88% of Middle East airlines and 70% of Asia Pacific airlines [...]
Trip101 sees record growth in bookings, shorter booking times for vacation rentals
Travel media Trip101 reports record levels of vacation rental bookings as well as shorter booking lead times (time between booking and check-in) in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Remarkably, May saw a record number of bookings for Trip101, with a 300% YoY (year-on-year)growth. The [...]
The WiT Podcast: Unity In Crisis – Episode 14: DJ One With Aldrin
We met over Hainanese curry rice in a local food court in Singapore. I asked him about his love for music and how he got started as a DJ, and how he came upon the name of “One With Aldrin”.
His story
captivated me. Local boy, loves music, loves mixing, driven by his passion,
pretty enterpris [...]
Agoda counts on domestic tourism for recovery, launches “GoLocal” campaign
Agoda is banking on domestic tourism to kickstart a travel recovery among its and launched its biggest integrated campaign, “GoLocal”, signing up thousands of hotel partners in the pre-launch phase.
Accommodation
providers opting in to Agoda’s GoLocal initiative are promised “a multi-ch [...]
The Wrap: Myanmar rolls out three-stage road map to rejuvenate tourism industry, AirAsia stimulates domestic travel in partnership with hotels, and more …
The Wrap is a weekly round-up of news in the
travel and technology industries, and to keep track of developments in these
sectors as the green shoots of recovery slowly take root.
Myanmar’s rolls out a three-stage road map to rejuvenate the tourism industry
Promotion to domestic destination [...]
