Accor expands global footprint with new premium subscription
Accor Plus, Accor's leading subscription business, has launched its new premium global travel subscription, ALL Accor+ Explorer. It’s the first subscription to feature the new ALL Accor+ global brand, as the business looks to expand into new key markets next year.
The global subscription market [...]
The untold story of rate misuse | 98% of hoteliers lose revenue to rate leakage
Expedia Group research highlights how centralised distribution can help hotels reduce rate leakage and protect revenue
98% of hoteliers surveyed lose an average of 6% of revenue annually due to rate leakage.
Hoteliers spend on average $40,100 annually managing their B2B distribution networks [...]
Asia-Pacific airlines achieve 9.8% year-on-year increase in demand
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for August 2025 global passenger demand with the following highlights:
Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), was up 4.6% compared to August 2024. Total capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (ASK) [...]
The Meaning of WiT | A new documentary on 20 years of stories, friendships and change
What makes WiT, well… WiT? Is it the debates and data? The big names and the startups? The art, music and poetry? Or is it the people - and the stories they bring with them?
As WiT turns 20, our new documentary The Meaning of WiT takes a step back to capture the essence of the event through the e [...]
Rome2Rio integrates Mozio’s point-to-point transport aggregation via new partnership
Mozio global inventory now instantly searchable and bookable through Rome2Rio
Rome2Rio, a multimodal travel planner, announced a strategic partnership with Mozio, a point-to-point transport aggregator. The partnership expands Rome2Rio’s anywhere-to-anywhere transport coverage, with more than 3,00 [...]
From inspiration to itineraries: Social search trends for China, Vietnam and Japan
A joint WiT × SocialSeal study explores how social search is influencing traveller decision-making and content consumption for three key Asian destinations: China, Vietnam and Japan.
Ahead of the WiT Singapore conference taking place October 6-8, WiT asked SocialSeal, a platform making social [...]
Sabre’s agentic APIs. New API fees. Direct Travel goes $6B. Digital identity x AI.
Direct Travel acquires ATPI, creating a $6B global firm
Direct Travel has acquired its long-time partner ATPI, forming a combined travel management company with more than USD 6 billion in annual transaction volume. The move consolidates both firms’ corporate travel, meetings, leisure, and special [...]
Five years of NDC: A promise under pressure
When the New Distribution Capability (NDC) first emerged on the global travel scene, it was pitched as the next big leap for the airline industry. Developed by IATA and launched to modernise airline distribution, NDC was envisioned as a single, standardised protocol that would allow airlines to ret [...]
The direct connect disconnect: Separating fact from fiction
Corporate travel leaders urged to look beyond the chatter as research findings highlight four critical misconceptions about connecting directly to airlines.
Sabre Corporation has issued a reality check on the chatter around direct airline connections in corporate travel. While some carriers make [...]
Dida appoints industry veteran Daryl Lee as Group CEO to lead global expansion
Dida Holdings, an AI-first tech company, has announced that its founder, Rikin Wu has appointed Daryl Lee as its new Group Chief Executive Officer, effective 5 October 2025.
Here are a few key takeaways from the official announcement:
Rikin Wu, Dida’s founder will appoint Daryl Lee as Gr [...]
