The Wrap: 2018 – A year of flying high for airlines
In the news: Airlines in focus this week with the aviation industry reporting a good 2018, Malaysia Airlines launching its pilgrim-centric service for umrah and hajj, and easyJet offering 3D AR hand luggage scanning for passengers.
Aviation: 2018 – A year of flying high for airlines
Strong [...]
The Wrap: Qantas transforms distribution model with new private channel
In the news: Airlines are the focus for this week - Qantas' new distribution channel for travel agents, Condor’s planned expansion to Asia, Lufthansa’s biometric boarding in Miami
Airlines: Qantas transforms distribution model with new private channel
The Qantas Channel will help agents [...]
Where Asian travellers are spending the Lunar New Year
The Lunar New Year – this year honouring the Pig – arrives on February 5 and the celebrations will go on for at least a week for most Chinese. This is a time for reunions, feasting and just chilling with family and friends.
However, instead of staying home to celebrate there is a growing tr [...]
Klook signs global partnership with Rail Europe
Continuing
to build its presence and prominence in international markets, Klook has signed
a global partnership with Rail Europe, expanding Klook’s rail offerings and in-destination
services.
Meanwhile, Rail Europe will be able to leverage Klook’s mobile booking technology and connect with [...]
The Wrap: East Java is the focus of RedDoorz’s expansion in Indonesia
In the news: RedDoorz's growing portfolio in Indonesia, SIA’s new innovation lab, revival in Lombok tourism, Ctrip’s Phuket in-destination service centre
Hotels: East Java is the focus of RedDoorz’s expansion in Indonesia
Surabaya will see more RedDoorz properties. (Image credit: Danie [...]
Travelstart enters corporate travel game with Travelstart for Business
Reaffirming predictions that corporate travel is the next big travel sector to face disruption, South African online travel site Travelstart has launched a new product – Travelstart for Business, a business travel booking and reporting tool for companies and individuals.
Travelstart’s
Head o [...]
Al Tayyar ups stake by 40% to fully acquire Saudi OTA, Almosafer
Al Tayyar – a Saudi Arabia-based travel
agency – has fully acquired Saudi OTA, Almosafer, after upping its stake by 40%
for just under USD$19 million.
Al Tayyar had first acquired a 60% stake of Almosafer back in 2015 for approximately $6 million. The acquisition puts Almosafer’s s [...]
More outbound Chinese tourists embrace mobile payment, boosts spending, vitalises local businesses
With rising incomes and better living standards travelling abroad for many Chinese citizens is no longer a luxury and, according to statistics from China Tourism Academy, a record of 140 million outbound trips were made in 2018.
An increasing number of these travellers are adopting mobile paymen [...]
Ctrip on its way to being the “strongest and the best company in the best industry”
If there was any doubt about Ctrip’s desire for world domination, well, there shouldn’t be any now.
During its annual meeting “Joining Hands for Success” in Shanghai, Ctrip’s co-founder and executive board chairman James Liang keynote speech which was peppered with superlatives, inclu [...]
The Next Billion is coming: are you ready?
The statements are now motherhood ones: Asia is the next big thing, its growth is unstoppable, the online market is exploding.
But why is it that each time you see the numbers, read the analyst reports, a jolt of electricity still goes through your brain? Perhaps because the numbers are st [...]
