Expedia to use AI to improve online search in Asian languages
Expedia will use Artificial Intelligence to enhance travel search query understanding and improve the accuracy of search query resolution in Asian languages. The group announced it is collaborating with AI Singapore (AISG) under its flagship 100 Experiments (100E) programme to develop an artificial [...]
From “Yarikuri” to “Omoroi”: The Peach way of doing things, all in a book
Peach CEO Shinichi Inoue has the reputation of being different, doing things in a creative and smart way, yet always coming across as someone who just uses plain old common sense a lot. At least that's what I have gathered from the few interviews and interactions I've had with him over the years.
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The Wrap: Tech-savvy travellers will drive digital plans of airlines and airports, says SITA
News Roundup: SITA’s new report on the increasing number of digital travellers and their impact on aviation strategies, Amadeus and CyberSource jointly addressing travel fraud, India Airlines and subsidiaries to remove single-use plastics on all flights
Aviation: Tech-savvy travellers will dri [...]
How Foo broke the glass ceiling by switching lanes, and how Luxe Nomad wants to be APAC’s largest villa management company
After 10 years working in private equity, Foo Lee Lian decided she needed a break. “PE’s an aspirational career when you’re starting out but it can be very stressful and intense. It’s also very male-dominated and as a woman, it’s hard to see your way to the top.”
Aware of the glass c [...]
Asia’s top five get one-fifth of all region’s visitors
Asia Pacific’s five most popular destinations for international travellers – Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo and Seoul – welcomed over one-fifth, or 22 percent, of all overnight visitors to the region’s top 161 cities and regional centres in 2018, according to Mastercard’s Asia Pa [...]
Sustainable tourism gets royal stamp
Sustainable travel received a huge boost with the announcement that His Royal Highness, The Duke of Sussex has put his royal stamp on a new industry partnership that is “aimed at improving conservation, environmental protection and expanding local community economic development by encouraging sus [...]
Who doesn’t love food? Well, there’s money in it too
If you think travel at US$1.33 trillion is a huge industry, well think again – food is three times that.
Louise Daley, deputy CEO, Accor Asia Pacific, in opening the eyes of the audience attending the recent Tern Travel Careers to the career opportunities available in the food sector, said th [...]
From betel to kale, Oway founder Nay Aung on quest to build Next Gen “pagoda” in Myanmar
There we were in Parami Pizza, a popular pizza joint in Yangon. Nay Aung, CEO and founder of Oway, Myanmar’s first OTA, had ordered kale juice and I, a coffee. The impression wasn’t lost on me – kale in a country still known for its betel-chewing among the older generation – shows you how m [...]
Tern takeaways: Here’s what you need to know about building a successful career in travel
The fourth edition of Tern Travel Careers – an event designed to build awareness of the range of career opportunities available in travel and connect industry figures with future talent – featured a cast of speakers spanning hospitality, online travel agencies, corporate travel, tours and acti [...]
From Morse Code to 4G, from Yangon to Loikaw, welcome to a new yet old Myanmar
About 20 years ago, I crossed the Burmese border through the Chinese frontier town of Muse. At one of the checkpoints along the route, I heard the tap-tap-tap of a Morse code machine.
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time, flying into a new and expanded Yangon International Airport that looks
like it could be anywhere, th [...]
