The game that got everyone fired up and someone fired – it’s 20 years in the making
How can a game that’s not even launched in Singapore get everyone talking about it, fighting to get downloads of it before its official release and even someone fired in Singapore?
Pokemon GO, the augmented reality game which allows you to travel between the real world and the virtual world [...]
The Wrap: Road to Rio 2016: When and how travellers are planning their stay
The weekly news roundup: KAYAK's analysis on hotel bookings for Rio 2016 Olympics, airline reviews at TripAdvisor, Copa Airlines’ digital transformation
HOTELS: Road to Rio 2016: When and how travellers are planning their stay
The Rio 2016 Olympics (August 5-21) is less than a month away. D [...]
The Millennial Traveller: What Pokémon GO could mean for travel
It’s no longer the FitBit that’s driving people to leave their homes and roam the streets on foot these days. Pokémon GO has gone viral in Australia, New Zealand and the USA, while everyone else eagerly awaits its global release.
Somehow, the notion of ‘virality’ doesn’t quite cut it w [...]
Airbnb and BCD Travel integrate data through new partnership
BCD Travel has signed up with Airbnb, the short-term rental service, to integrate the data of their shared corporate travel clients to provide them with a new security and risk management offering.
This feature can track the location and trip patterns of business travellers who book accommodation [...]
The Wrap: CarTrawler teams up with Hotels.com to broaden its ancillary offering
The weekly news roundup: It’s all about partnership this week – Hotel.com partners with CarTrawler, Uber rides with Kaligo, and Mauritania Airlines selects Travelport's distribution solution
SECTORS: CarTrawler team up with Hotels.com to broaden ancillary offering
Leading online travel [...]
Developing your playbook for Asia – nuances matter, people critical
Travel insiders from Asia picked social, mobile and content as the new opportunities for Asia.
As with entry into any new markets, you’ve got to develop the right playbook. The fundamentals may be similar – yes, get the product right, define your market, hire the right team – but it’s in [...]
Saki Kobayashi, LCO-Creation: How WIT Startup Pitch opened my eyes to new opportunities
Saki Kobayashi, a young entrepreneur, co-founder and COO of LCO-Creation Singapore, was one of the finalists who pitched at WIT Japan & North Asia 2016 in Tokyo in early June. She shares how her participation opened her eyes to new opportunities in travel.
Taking part in the WIT Japan & [...]
Marriott-Starwood merger set to change travel buying, corporates urged to plan negotiations now
Marriott’s acquisition of Starwood will change the hotel industry significantly, says Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) and urges travel buyers to think about the implications and plan how it will change their travel programmes.
In its latest white paper the company stated that in 14 of the world� [...]
Under Brexit cloud, travel leaders share experiences of Asia
The timing of the first WIT Europe in London held yesterday could not have happened at a more poignant time in the city’s history and travel industry leaders, while grappling with uncertainty, agreed there couldn’t be a better time than now to seize the Asia opportunity.
Every speaker express [...]
The Wrap: Sabre unveils new next-generation travel agency platform
The weekly news roundup: Refreshed Sabre Red Workspace for travel industry, Android Pay in Singapore, Asian airlines’ performance in May
TECHNOLOGY: Sabre unveils new next-generation travel agency platform
Sabre Corporation has given travel consultants and suppliers across the airline, hote [...]
