Letter from Dubai: Lights, sand, fog, the work goes on
It’s 6am Dubai time and outside my room at the Oberoi is a city that never sleeps. By that, I mean, work never stops.
In the darkness of the dawn, I can hear hammering and knocking as men at work continue their labour to build a city that’s been in the making for at least the last two decades [...]
Mobile meet Millennials: Cleartrip bets on mobile to take leap to the top
A year is a long time in online travel and that was quite evident when we returned for our second Middle East edition in Dubai last week.
In a region where 60% of the population are under 30 – a generation that can change its habits overnight – and smartphones are nearly as plentiful as sand in [...]
IHG launches innovative online development tool for the Holiday Inn brand
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has unveiled “Build for Success”, which it describes “as an innovative online platform, created to enable faster, more efficient development of Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express hotels across the Asia, Middle East and Africa region (AMEA).”
The pl [...]
Tune Labs, a new venture to help aspiring Asean entrepreneurs realise their visions
Three Malaysian entrepreneurs and business partners – Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, and Lim Kian Onn – have teamed up to form Tune Labs, a Kuala Lumpur-based start-up incubator and accelerator programme to identify, mentor and fund entrepreneurs across the Asean region.
The [...]
The Millennial Traveller: PwC Reports “The Female Millennial – A New Era of Talent”
A recent study conducted by PwC has found that female “millennials” (considered to be women born between 1980 and 1995) are the most confident and ambitious, in comparison to past generations, particularly in the UK.
The study included 8,756 women from 75 countries, who were surveyed in Janua [...]
The Wrap: AirAsia X takes flight to Hawaii and Europe in December
In the news: Two new destinations for AirAsia X, more hotels in India for Carlson Rezidor, new partnership between Mama Shelter and Accor
AirAsia X takes flight to Hawaii and Europe in December
It will be "Aloha Hawaii" and "Hello (again) Europe" come December for AirAsia X, the longhaul [...]
Changi Airport and STB team up to grow visitor arrivals to Singapore
Changi Airport Group (CAG) and Singapore Tourism Board (STB) have inked a strategic marketing deal that see them jointly investing S$35 million to boost awareness of and arrivals to both Singapore and Changi Airport.
Billed as the “largest strategic partnership between CAG and STB to date� [...]
The Wrap: Hilton brings mobile room selection and online check-in to Southeast Asia
In the news: This week we are focusing on hotels – Hilton Worldwide digital room selection, ICON Hotel partnership with Duetto, Mandarin Oriental’s Fan of MO, TAUZIA and RateGain
Hilton brings mobile room selection and online check-in to Southeast Asia
Hilton Worldwide has made its dig [...]
Almosafer is first Saudi-based OTA partner for Wego
Leading travel metasearch website and travel app, Wego, has teamed up with Almosafer, a fast growing online travel agency based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as its first local OTA partner.
Ross Veitch, Wego chief executive officer and co-founder, announced the partnership at WIT Middle Eas [...]
10 lessons from Singapore, the Start-Up: Learning from Lee Kuan Yew
Like everyone living in Singapore, I spent most of last week reading, listening and learning about the life of Lee Kuan Yew and how he built a nation from scratch. And it made me realise that in many ways, Singapore is like a start-up and the late Mr Lee its founder.
Here are the 10 lessons I fee [...]
