LINE TRAVEL jp receives a record 20 million visitors
Japan’s leading online travel metasearch and media, LINE TRAVEL jp, is seeing a rapid increase in visitors to its site, recording 20 million in August 2018.
Venture Republic, which operates the site, says this represents a hike of five million visitors in just three months, from the 15 million [...]
TripAdvisor unveils the next big thing – the world’s most “personalised and connected” travel community
When Steve Kaufer was last in Singapore this time last year, he spoke to us about his vision for TripAdvisor to offer “the complete package to enable our 400 million users to experience much better vacations”.
“In five years’ time, with the TripAdvisor app, you will book and search in way [...]
ZEN Rooms expands to leasing and management model
Fresh from its US$15 million investment round by Korea’s Yanolja, ZEN Rooms, which started in 2015 with a partial inventory model, and moved to a franchise/revenue management model early last year, is progressing to leasing and operating its own hotels.
Shohita Choudhry, country manager, Singap [...]
Mystifly blends Indian, Japanese and Chinese leadership in new bid to scale and make air shopping better
The biggest promise that the Internet brought was access to content anywhere and anytime. “Why should airfare booking be any different?” This thought gave birth to Mystifly back in 2009. Ten years on, the business, which started as an India-based B2B airfare marketplace to provide a corporate tr [...]
The Wrap: New brand identity for Bedsonline with expanded product portfolio
In the news: Brand refresh for Bedsonline, AR to check hand baggage size at KLM, Sabre’s new pricing solutions for airlines
Travel: New brand identity for Bedsonline with expanded product portfolio
Global provider of accommodation and travel services, Bedsonline, is getting a new bra [...]
Livn joins up with Leezair to boost in-destination sales
Travellers can now “discover and book experiences on the go” in 182 countries with the recent partnership between Sydney-based aggregator of instantly bookable tours, activities and attractions Livn and online travel marketplace Leezair.
Livn, which distributes more than 700,000 live tour [...]
Portier Technologies gains more ground with VinaPhone tie-up
As hotels seek ways to engage their guests beyond the initial booking and the check-in, and boost ancillary earnings, startups offering hotel concierge service like Portier are gaining traction.
US-based Portier Technologies, founded in 2016, just announced its latest tie-up – a partnership wit [...]
Travel.jp and LINE Travel integrate to rebrand as LINE TRAVEL jp
Travel.jp, Japan’s leading travel metasearch operated by Venture Republic Inc., and LINE Travel, operated by LINE Corporation that runs Japan's dominant messaging app, have joined forces to combine their brands and services rebranding as LINE TRAVEL jp.
In a joint announcement of the strategic [...]
Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Even DBS Bank had a “near death” experience.
It is said that misery loves company, so does change. Change loves, and needs, company because it is definitely less lonely when you see that everyone’s experiencing and muddling through the same set of challenges.
In the past few months, I’ve seen and spoken to an array of companies grapplin [...]
Singapore Airlines and Hotelsbeds come together to form a holiday packaging partnership
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and global bed bank Hotelbeds Group have teamed up in a pact to offer bundled flights and hotels to the carrier’s customers.
The collaboration enables SIA to utilise Hotelbeds’ dynamic packaging platform, allowing its customers to curate their own holiday packages, w [...]
