Kazakhstan’s super app has cornered a $538 billion KZT travel market
Central Asia's online travel scene is booming, but the winners aren't who you'd expect
Central Asia's digital economy is moving fast. E-commerce volume hit $14.7 billion USD in 2024 (up 32% year over year), and AI adoption is climbing, with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan all ranking in the [...]
CarTrawler, Tiqets integrated: Expedia’s Alfonso Paredes on keeping focus in B2B long game
It may be a couple of months since the World Cup final, but Alfonso Paredes, Expedia Group’s President, B2B & Chief Commercial Officer, is still euphoric about his home country’s win.
Speaking to me from his Madrid office, he said, “Spain won not because they had the best individual playe [...]
Qantas Loyalty partners with Expedia Group, focusing on its Hotels & Holidays booking experience
Qantas Loyalty has announced a strategic technology partnership with Expedia Group, tackling the digital booking experience and technology capabilities across the Qantas Hotels & Holidays and Jetstar Holidays platforms.
Under the agreement, Expedia Group B2B will power Qantas’ end-to-end tr [...]
India travel market navigates disruptions, sustains growth momentum
Highlights:
Total market outlook: Indian travel market was valued at ₹5,972 billion ($67.6 billion) in FY26, up 7.6% y-o-y, after three consecutive years of double-digit
Engines of growth: Alternative accommodation emerged as the fastest-growing category in FY26, expanding by 30%, followed [...]
Food, identity & tourism: The story grown when no one is watching
A soil scientist by accident, a MasterChef alum turned custodian of culture, and a data analyst who’s read 1,300 diners’ minds walked into a Queenstown pre-lunch session – and ended up agreeing on the same verdict: New Zealand’s food story is still “emerging”.
That was the key takeawa [...]
Asia’s developers are granting Al more autonomy but retaining human accountability
Agoda releases Al Developer Report 2026
Digital travel platform Agoda has released a new study showing that software developers across Southeast Asia and India are rapidly transitioning from using Al assistants for individual tasks to deploying autonomous Al agents across the software-development l [...]
The leap of faith Instinct can’t book
I suppose it is fitting that I used Instinct to book tickets for the movie Odyssey. A robotic agent that can accomplish tasks in seconds, buying tickets to a three-hour film about one man’s arduous, perilous journey over the seas – fighting the wrath of Poseidon – to return to his family afte [...]
India travel rebound. Trip.Biz AI launch. Cloudbeds-Klook partnership. Japan tourism MOU. F1 hotel surge.
India's travel market cools in 2025, eyes fare-driven rebound
India's travel market grew just 1% to $41.7 billion in 2025 (down sharply from 10% growth in 2024), as air travel was hit by operational disruptions at IndiGo and Air India while car rental surged on road-trip demand.
Online booking [...]
Asia Pacific’s airlines are growing fastest in the world, while their route maps shrink
Why the Asia-Pacific region is the next proving ground for connected travel
Asia-Pacific posted the fastest international traffic growth and highest load factors of any region in 2025, with IATA forecasting 3.8% long-term annual growth versus 2.5% for Europe and 2.8% for North America. Yet paradoxi [...]
Asia Pacific airports lead the world in connectivity as Chinese hubs complete their post-pandemic recovery
Eight of the top 20 most connected airports globally are in Asia Pacific; Kuala Lumpur tops both the international and low-cost carrier rankings
OAG, an intelligence partner for global travel, released Megahubs 2026, its annual ranking of global airport connectivity. Asia Pacific dominates the inde [...]
