Business or Pleasure – why not both?
Bertrand Salliet, general manager of FCM Travel Solutions South East Asia, shares his insights on the impact of Bleisure, and how the travel industry and companies can best leverage on the trend and opportunities.
As business travel increasingly becomes a necessity, more and more executives [...]
The Wrap: More hotel choices for travellers in Sabre-Expedia partnership
The weekly news roundup: Expedia's partnership with Sabre and Travelport, awards for AGORA Hospitality
SECTORS: More hotel choices for travellers in Sabre-Expedia partnership
Travel agents across Asia Pacific have more hotels to offer to their clients with the addition of 63,000 new prop [...]
WIT Startup: Seatfrog joins Amadeus Next to offer mobile-only ancillary technology
Australian travel startup Seatfrog has joined Amadeus Next, as it aims to revolutionise mobile airline ancillaries by allowing travellers to upgrade their seat in the 48-hour window prior to take-off and right up until the time of departure.
Seatfrog’s mobile platform allows travellers to trans [...]
Tern to inspire and arm travel talent and startups with new skills
As technology disrupts travel, fresh skills are being required of industry professionals and new jobs are being created in the fast-growing segment of online travel.
To answer this demand for new skills and address the opportunity for new jobs, a one-day travel careers event will be launched in S [...]
Letter from Australia: Pokemon On The Go
Pokemon Go, the augmented reality game where players collect in-game items and catch Pokemon characters or monsters, could either be the best thing to happen to gamers and travellers or the biggest social disaster waiting to happen.
I found myself having near collisions with people in Melbourne. [...]
Blacklane secures “two-digit million Euro”, its largest investment to date
Global professional driver service Blacklane has raised the largest investment in its history, securing a “two-digit million Euro” Series C round.
German car manufacturer Daimler, through subsidiary Daimler Mobility Services, led the round. This is the second time that Daimler is investing in [...]
Inspire true hotel loyalty by making your programme stand out
This is a guest post by Patrick Bosworth, CEO of Duetto, a San Francisco-based revenue strategy technology company.
A recent survey commissioned by Choice Hotels International showed that almost two-thirds (61%) of travellers find loyalty programmes and points do impact their choice of vacati [...]
Northstar Travel Group launches learning management platform to meet demand for specialist certification
Northstar Travel Group has unveiled its new white-labeled learning management platform, which engages thousands of travel agents and meeting planners in immersive learning about destinations and supplier brands annually.
Northstar said in a statement that the upgraded learning management p [...]
Tech Start-up Community secures Series A funding, working with investors from China and Indonesia to propel Southeast Asia’s Tech Ecosystem forward
e27 has raised a S$3M Series A venture round led by TechTemple Group and joined by Linear Venture, Convergence Ventures, Venturecraft and Spacemob. Also joining the round are successful entrepreneurs and investors including Douglas Khoo, Co-Founder of Qunar (invested in by Baidu for US$306M) and Tur [...]
The Wrap: A mile-high (book) club takes off with Jetstar
The weekly news roundup: Jetstar’s Big Book Swap, five personas of Chinese travellers, Edmond Travel partners with Travelport
AVIATION: A mile-high (book) club takes off with Jetstar
Fancy being member of a mile-high club, of the book kind? Low cost carrier Jetstar has started one with t [...]
