Hotel revenues reach U$2 billion, up 15% year-to-date
Global Hotel Alliance reports outstanding Q3 numbers as all key performance indicators hit double-digit growth
UAE-headquartered Global Hotel Alliance, the world’s largest alliance of independent hotel brands with more than 800 properties in 100 countries, has reported an exceptionally strong Q [...]
tiket.com extends partnership with Sabre, incorporating a range of new solutions to support business growth
Software and technology provider, Sabre Corporation, has announced the extension of its long-standing partnership with tiket.com, an Online Travel Agent (OTA) in Indonesia. With the agreement, Sabre will continue to be tiket.com’s preferred GDS technology partner, using a variety of technology s [...]
Japan emerging as top ski destination with hotel bookings up 417%, Singapore hotel bookings down
Sojern, a leading digital marketing platform built for travel, shared its latest travel data ahead of the holiday season and beyond. Travellers are eager to hit the road or skies, but economic concerns and inflation are widening the wealth gap. Compared to 2023, more consumers are opting for road tr [...]
Trip.com Group donates SGD$500,000 to support fertility preservation efforts in cancer patients
Leading global travel services provider Trip.com Group announced a donation of S$500,000 to the SingHealth Duke-NUS Obstetrics and Gynaecology Academic Clinical Programme (OBGYN ACP) and the KKH Health Fund (KKHHF) to establish the new Trip.com Oncofertility Programme. This donation will support fe [...]
From Heart to Cart: Kreators balancing passion and profit
According to the Klook Travel Pulse Study, in the Asia Pacific region, Instagram and YouTube remain the top two social media platforms, with TikTok rapidly gaining ground for travel inspiration. Marcus Yong, Vice President of Global Marketing at Klook, highlighted that 62% of travelers prefer recomm [...]
GlobalTix closes Series B funding of S$6.5M led by Tin Men Capital
Singapore-based all-in-one ticketing platform gets fresh injection of funds to introduce AI advancements in the travel and tourism industry
GlobalTix, a ticketing software provider and marketplace distribution platform for the tourism industry, today announced the closing of their S$6.5M Series B f [...]
How Goldjoy Travel found its sweet spot in the online cruise market
Panel at Cruise World Asia tackles “how to bulletproof your travel agency business with technology”
Cognizant of the trend of consumers going online to book their flights and hotels, second generation travel agency owner, Dr Frederick Yip, of Goldjoy Travel, Hong Kong, decided to do a little [...]
APAC air travel 8 percentage points from full recovery, load factor hits record high
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for August 2024 global passenger demand with the following highlights:
Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), was up 8.6% compared to August 2023. Total capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (ASK), [...]
Alipay+ transactions triple in 2024 as travel industry embraces cross-border digital payment and marketing technology
Alipay+, Ant International’s cross-border mobile payment and digitalisation solution, revealed three trends shaping the future of tourism to the benefit of global merchants and the industry. Alipay+ is a suite of cross-border digital payment, marketing and digitalisation solutions that help connec [...]
Zoomers bloom. Alipay+ goes local. Robotaxi wars heat up. More.
Zoomers on the move in China
China Trading Desk’s latest 15,000-person report shows the continued growth in Chinese outbound travel volumes and that Chinese tourists are increasingly opting for more luxurious accommodations and longer trips booked later and later.
According to China Trading De [...]
