American Express GBT acquires German business travel management company
Another day, another acquisition. This time it is the turn of American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT), the world’s leading business partner for managed travel, which announced Tuesday (June 25) it would acquire German business travel agency DER Business Travel (DER) for an undisclosed [...]
Gillian Tans appointed Chairwoman of Booking.com
Booking Holdings announced that Gillian Tans has been appointed to the role of Chairwoman of Booking.com and Glenn Fogel, CEO of Booking Holdings, will take on an expanded role that includes CEO of Booking.com, effective immediately.
"Gillian has led Booking.com through a period [...]
Want a quick exit? Try Shanghai and Perth
A new report on the quickest “seat-to-seat” times by Blacklane shows Shanghai and Perth having Asia Pacific’s fastest international and domestic terminals for arrival flyers to exit: 22 minutes and 12 minutes respectively. The slowest? Kansai International for international (80.5 minutes) and [...]
The Wrap: Finnair flies into the tours and activities sector with new digital travel service
News Roundup: Finnair's newly-launched Here/now aims to attract international tourists to Finland and the Nordic, ATPCO signs new expansion deal with Google Flights, Ypsilon join forces with Amadeus to streamline payments to low cost carriers.
Travel: Finnair flies into the tours and activities [...]
Grab announces investment and partnership with Splyt, to let travellers book rides via Grab app worldwide
Self-acclaimed “every day super app”, Grab has deepened its partnership with and invested in Splyt Technologies – a London-based transportation solution.
Currently, Grab and Splyt already have an existing partnership that allows international travellers to book Grab rides across over 300 [...]
Boosted by General Atlantic deal, Kiwi.com wants to take virtual interlining to new highs
If Oliver Dlouhý, founder and chief executive officer of Kiwi.com, has his way, one day he will be able to fly on an unmanned civilian flight from Brno, the small town where he lives in Czech Republic, to any major European airport and connect to anywhere in the world.
Indeed, that was the reas [...]
How one Japanese genius detective boy whipped up a frenzy in Singapore
Yeoh Siew Hoon caught “Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire” in action at the Singapore premiere and goes behind the scenes to find out why this first-to-be-set-outside-Japan-in-24-years manga and anime movie matters so much to Singapore tourism and the future of Japanese outbound.
It [...]
BeMyGuest raises new funds for expansion in Asia
Singapore-based provider of travel activities and tours in Asia, BeMyGuest, has secured a new round of funding in Series B "largely from internal stakeholders" to drive continued development in its Asian home market.
The technology and distribution specialist did not disclose the amount of the n [...]
Japanese angel investors dangle US$100,000 carrot ahead of WiT Japan & North Asia 2019 Startup Pitch
Three Japanese angel investors have announced an additional incentive of up to US$100,000 funding for the winner of the WiT Japan & North Asia 2019 Startup Pitch which takes place from July 4 to 5 in Tokyo.
Kei Shibata, Kenichi Shibata and Ken Mishima, who have been actively involved in nur [...]
Travel changed her life and now Ayumi wants to influence others
Travel changed her life and so now the former office worker absolutely wants to share it with her Japanese followers and soon, an international audience. Meet Ayumi Amemiya, who calls herself a luxury backpacker and runs her own travel website to inspire others to travel.
Ayumi was an office wor [...]
