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 [...]
Work on digital literacy to compete against aliens, magicians and barbarians, futurist Rohit Talwar urges
In a world where “aliens, magicians and barbarians” are shaking up the world at large with their tech and tech change is happening at an exponential rate, organisations have to ensure digital literacy at every level if they are to transform successfully.
Rohit Talwar, futurist and CEO of Fast [...]
The Wrap: Malaysia Airlines is now on WhatsApp
In the news: Airlines are increasingly using technology to boost their operations, make the travel experience more stress-free for their customers and even for training staff as shown by Malaysia Airlines, Singapore Airlines and Virgin Atlantic in partnership with tech service providers.
Messag [...]
How Anywhr grew out of a hate of travel and now she’s sending people to live her dream
It started out as a lark – a travel website that would surprise Singaporeans with destination choices based on their profile and preferences – but when they got their first booking, the two co-founders found themselves scrambling to put together what they had promised.
From that start a year [...]
Sean Menke pushing the limits with his own Sabre endurance race – 80 miles to go
The toughest endurance race Sean Menke, Sabre president & CEO, has ever run is the Leadville Trail 100, a 100-mile race in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, which you have to be complete in 30 hours. It has an elevation gain of 5,000 metres and you do it without oxygen and sleep.
He completed [...]
Stop thinking in verticals, says Menke as Sabre sets out to become platform at the centre of travel
To travellers, a trip is a connected journey – we grab a ride to the airport, fly, arrive, grab ride to hotel, hopefully have a lovely stay and if we have time, book a couple of activities (or should we say experiences these days), depart hotel for airport, and the loop continues.
The travel in [...]
Round two of “Passion Made Possible” pushes envelope with tales of locals who defied the norm to do their thing
Meet Cai Yinzhou whose parents kept asking him to get a fulltime job but all he wanted to do was share his Geylang neighbourhood with travellers. He turned his passion into Geylang Adventures, which takes visitors through the back alleys of Singapore’s red light district. (Watch his video here)
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These are the destinations of choice for MENA travellers
Online travel marketplace Wego has released the MENA Traveller Destination Leaderboards for Q2 2018, which looks at the rise and fall in popularity of travel destinations among travellers from the MENA (the Middle East and North Africa) region.
The destination rankings are derived from the flight [...]
The Millennial Traveller: ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ may not solve ‘the diversity problem’ in film, but it sure makes for great destination marketing
Perhaps one of the most highly anticipated films of the summer, Crazy Rich Asians has been a goldmine for the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), which is continuing its efforts to modernise the city state’s image as a destination.
Lynette Pang (Assistant Chief Executive, Marketing Group, Singapore [...]
The Wrap: Singapore Airlines teams up with Alibaba’s Fliggy for mileage points sharing
In the news: Singapore Airlines and Fliggy ink 'loyalty' partnership, Alipay launches paperless tax refund service in South Korea, Xiamen Airlines uses SITA tech solution to stay competitive
Loyalty: Singapore Airlines teams up with Alibaba's Fliggy for mileage points sharing
Singapore Air [...]
