An airport start-up and incubator: YVR’s scaling BorderXPress
Ever heard of an airport that’s acting like a start-up and incubator? Well, meet Vancouver International Airport (YVR), which invented BorderXpress, described by its CEO Craig Richmond as “the iPad of the airport world”.BorderXPress is the world’s first self-service border control solution t [...]
Tearjerker in Thailand and karaoke-basketball fusion win at WITovation Awards
Rome2rio, Wego & Tourism Australia, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Accorhotels.com and Turkish Airlines emerged winners in the WITovation Awards, presented by Sojern, which recognizes excellence in digital marketing and customer experience.The awards were presented at the WIT Conference on October [...]
The future of car rental: customers vote for WiFi over safety
Guest post written by CarTrawlerIf you asked people what they would like to see available in rental cars of the future, what would you expect to hear? Driverless cars? Virtual tour guides? How about solar-powered cars? These are just a few of the preferences selected by car rental customers partic [...]
The evolution of car rental in the global marketplace
Guest post written by CarTrawlerWith the advent of sophisticated online retailing, customers increasingly expect their needs and preferences to be met at home and abroad. The car rental sector has responded by tailoring its offering to succeed in the increasingly competitive international marketplac [...]
The mobile evolution: How one innovation paved the way for mass disruption
Guest post written by CarTrawlerEven in this early stage of its development, mobile’s greatest legacy has been its empowerment of businesses to disrupt. Today, companies need to keep up with the pace of technological development just to stay relevant. Take the examples of Uber, Cabforce and Hailo, [...]
Klook Travel secures US$5 million funding, plans to expand business globally
Hong Kong-based travel activities booking start-up, Klook Travel (Klook), has secured US$5 million in Series A funding led by Matrix Partners, along with China Growth Capital and Francis Leung Pak To. Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, Beijing and Shang [...]
Free business solution for SMEs and SMIs from AccorHotels
AccorHotels has launched a free solution, AccorHotels Business Solution, for SMEs and SMIs, which will allow them to manage online their travel policy and bookings in 2,800 hotels around the world.To access this service customers just have to create an online account in the Pro Solutions section of [...]
Best of TW Asia Global Wrap: Travel agents have major role to play in China cruise market
Featured stories from TravelWeekly Asia: Travel Weekly China’s inaugural CruiseWorld China conference, visa-free entry to Indonesia for more countries, Bollywood tourism ambassador for New ZealandTravel agents have major role to play in China cruise marketThe huge growth of the cruise market in Ch [...]
Blood moons, baristas and rebooting your world
The idea of “Reboot” came to me while I was on Samui island, relaxing in a private villa by the beach. It was the weekend after WIT 2014 had just ended and this was my annual retreat to unwind.We had just marked “Little Big 10”, the first WIT after the acquisition by Northstar Travel Media. [...]
The Wrap: Business travel taking off for Booking.com
In the news: Booking.com’s business reservations on the rise, SITA’s survey on Australian air passengers, new country director for FASTBOOKING in Thailand, Trisara Phuket’s virtual reality tour, Business travel taking off for Booking.comBooking.com reveals that more and more of its leisure tra [...]
