WIT 2017 Conference: A battle of investor minds on China, money and innovation
The morning of the WIT 2017 Conference in Singapore began with a comical yet insightful tête-à-tête between two ambitious investors: Fritz Demopoulos (CEO, Queen’s Road Capital) and William Bao Bean (General Partner, SOSV; Managing Director, Chinaccelerator), on all things to do with China, [...]
Biggest influencers in Asia’s online travel honoured in WIT’s inaugural Hall of Fame
The biggest influencers in Asia’s online travel industry were recognised in WIT’s inaugural Hall of Fame ceremony last night.
“As the APAC travel industry stands at the threshold of another inflexion point – one that will see the true blending of online and offline travel to become one [...]
Thailand’s Minor Hotels automates MICE booking process on Expedia’s platform
Minor Hotels’ Anantara and Oaks brands will go ‘live’ with Expedia’s white-label MICE technology this week, after the two companies announced a strategic alliance.
By visiting the hotels’ websites, customers can now ins
tantly check availability and pricing information and in [...]
WIT Bootcamp 2017: Four startups offering alternatives from the usual big boys
Travellers these days want an authentic, local experience. Something unique and different from offered by the ubiquitous brands. This has opened up room for startups offering alternatives from the usual big boys.
From Tripping.com and Favstay’s apartment rental — Favstay had in April just lan [...]
Asia-led innovations take centre stage at WIT as brands vie for position in world’s fastest growing travel market
SINGAPORE – In its 13th year, the award-winning WIT – Web In Travel conference opening in Singapore today, will place the spotlight on the digital travel market in Asia Pacific which, in 2017, accounted for 38% of the travel market (Phocuswright’s Asia Pacific Online Travel Overview Tenth Edit [...]
Google’s Heckmann on how machine learning will Translate to better travel and how Asia is setting pace in mobile
Ahead of his speaking on the WIT Main Stage on Tuesday, October 24, Oliver Heckmann, Vice President, Engineering for Travel and Shopping, Google, shares what's top of his mind on how new technology such machine learning/AI and voice can make better travel.
Q: As you get set for to speak at WI [...]
Letter from Hong Kong: From real estate to community, from brick to clicks, can hospitality make the leap?
The sky is piercingly blue, as blue as it could only get after a huge storm has just whipped through. I am in Hong Kong two days after the last Typhoon 8 visited this city built on a rock.
At the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP), I heard a panel of investors saying perhaps [...]
South Korea’s MyRealTrip gets US$6mil investment to step up expansion
MyRealTrip, South Korea’s leading tour and activity platform, has received ₩7 billion (US$6.2 million) investment from five VCs, bringing its total funding to ₩12.3 billion (US$10.9 million).
The new investors are SmileGate Investment, Altos Ventures, Imm Investment, Mirae Asset-Naver Fund [...]
The Wrap: Second edition of AirAsia Japan takes off end October
In The News: AirAsia takes second shot at Japan; BeMyGuest adds two industry veterans to its team; Virgin Australia implements Sabre Branded Fares; CWT in new deal to remove distribution fees for customers
AIRLINES: Second edition of AirAsia Japan takes off end October
In June 2013 when th [...]
Outgoing Malaysia Airlines CEO says “love for country” behind move to rejoin Ryanair (Updated)
In the past month speculations were rife that Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) group managing director and chief executive officer Peter Bellew would return to his former employer Ryanair, but he dismissed them as just that and instead expressed “his commitment to Malaysia Airlines”.
But the spec [...]
