WiT Bootcamp 2018: Culture Trip takes flight through travel content
By Luke Clark
With a calm demeanor attesting to his background in academic psychiatry, and not a tie-dyed item in sight, Dr Kris Naudts may not at first glance seem the most obvious candidate for the next empire builder in travel content.
Yet fresh from a breakthrough year for its funding, Cul [...]
WiT Bootcamp 2018: Muslim travel sector holds huge potential with US$183b expected by 2020, reveals new Salam Standard report
The numbers say it all – by 2060, there will be 3 billion people globally who identify as Muslims, one in three of the world’s population (statistics from Pew Research Centre ).
With the rate of this growth at 70% compared to the global average of 32%, the Muslim tourism market will play an eve [...]
Klook adds event booking feature on back of Jay Chou’s Invincible World Tour
Leading travel activities and services booking platform Klook has become the first in this space to offer event booking. Accessible via the award-winning Klook App, the service made its debut in collaboration with Taiwanese musician Jay Chou in September.
Ahead of Chou’s The Invincible World To [...]
AirAsia to transform into a travel tech company, with help from Google
From a low cost carrier to a digital airline, and now Malaysia-based AirAsia aims to become a travel tech company, teaming up with Google Cloud, the search giant’s cloud computing platform, to accomplish that.
The collaboration will see the airline integrating the platform’s machine learning [...]
The Wrap: AccorHotels concludes deal to purchase 50% stake in luxury lifestyle operator sbe
In the news: sbe’s acquisition by AccorHotels completed, CarTrawler and Dohop partnership, the aviation industry and blockchain, Eurostar’s first loyalty programme alliance with a hotel group
Hospitality: AccorHotels concludes deal to purchase 50% stake in luxury lifestyle operator sbe
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Welcome to the blue ocean of cruising in Asia, massive market yet to be disrupted
Last week, I took a dip into the blue ocean of cruising – and it really is a blue ocean. Firstly, according to CLIA (Cruising Lines International Association), Asians are discovering cruising in a big way – for the first time, the number of cruisers in Asia crossed the four million mark (4,052,0 [...]
Unlocking travel through food: How SORTED went from how-to cooking videos to destination marketing
At the inspiration stage of travel, video content is not a new phenomenon in its ability to inspire, motivate and move audiences.
With infinite content available, there is an onus on content creators to develop highly original content that avoids the clichés captured by your typical travel ad. O [...]
Want to know what your funds did for kids in the Philippines in 2017? Watch the video
Over the last 10 years, the WiT For Good initiative, held in conjunction with the WIT Singapore conference, has raised about US$500,000 for the betterment of women and children in emerging Asia.
It started out as a small idea back in 2008 when we visited the Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital in [...]
Klook releases most photographed travel experiences in Asia, results underscore trend towards cultural and unique local experiences
Klook, a travel activities and services booking platform, has released its Top 10 list of most photographed travel experiences in Asia. And its results clearly show up the trend towards travel that is culture-driven, experiential and unique.
Klook analysed the activities it offers in Asia and fou [...]
The Wrap: Airlines, airports are investing in biometrics to deliver secure and easy travel
In the news: SITA’s report on IT in air transport highlighting the aviation industry’s investments in biometrics, Travelport's new managing director for Asia, more partnership in the airline and distribution sectors.
Travel Technology: Airlines, airports are investing in biometrics to delive [...]
