The Wrap: MakeMyTrip targets corporate travel segment with new self-booking tool
In the news: MakeMyTrip’s new self-booking corporate travel booking tool, tours and activities aggregator Livn’s integration with Amadeus, Thai Lion Air’s partnership with Travelport
CORPORATE TRAVEL: MakeMyTrip targets corporate travel segment with new self-booking tool
MakeMyTrip, [...]
From Scottish herring to unicorn: 12 lessons from Gareth Williams’ Skyscanner journey
Gareth Williams and his two co-founders, Barry Smith and Bonamy Grimes, built the first prototype for Skyscanner in 2001/2002 in the docks area of Edinburgh and launched it in 2003. That means almost a 15-year journey before it was acquired by Ctrip for US$1.7 billion last November, proving there’ [...]
Okerstrom steps into Khosrowshahi’s “big” shoes in transition likened to water flowing down snow-packed mountain
In a transition described by chairman Barry Diller “as natural as water flowing down a snow-packed mountain”, Mark Okerstrom, executive vice president of operations and chief financial officer, has been made the new CEO of Expedia.
Okerstrom, who has worked at outgoing CEO Dara Khosrowshahi� [...]
Skyscanner’s Gareth Williams on how its bet on Asia led to its big win, being a CEO and the future of apps
The first thing Gareth Williams, CEO & co-founder of Skyscanner, says to me with a grin when I caught up with him yesterday evening was, “I deny all rumours that I was offered the Uber job.”
Wishing Dara Khosrowshahi well (the Expedia Inc CEO has indicated he will accept the job as Uber C [...]
Hatched in Antarctica, now a reality in Malaysia, BorderPass aims to cut immigration queues
It’s been a long journey but BorderPass, the brainchild of Faisal Ariff, aimed at easing immigration at airports with the use of technology has passed the final acceptance test with the Malaysian Immigration Department and on September 1, the first auto-gate will commence operations. Here’s the [...]
The day when Hurricane Dara lashed travel – imagine what he could do with Uber and Asia
Just as Hurricane Harvey was battering Texas and severe tropical storm Pahkar was lashing Hong Kong over the weekend, another kind of storm was being unleashed in the tech and travel industry– the news that Expedia Inc CEO Dara Khosrowshahi had been picked as the candidate to head Uber.
As soci [...]
The Wrap: Malaysia Airlines on track to become a digital airline, launches first Innovation Lab
In the news: Malaysia Airlines' new Innovation Lab, partnership between Travelport and MakeMyTrip, Expedia’s revenue management tool for hotels, Scoot’s new payment provider
AIRLINES: Malaysia Airlines on track to become a digital airline, launches first Innovation Lab
Most airlines ar [...]
How “Passion Made Possible” was made possible: The story of the new SG unified brand
A new unified brand for SG was rolled out this evening. “Passion Made Possible” is the combined rallying cry of the Singapore Tourism Board and the Economic Development Board. Here’s the story of how and why it became possible.
The new unified brand, “Passion Made Possible”, rolled [...]
Why Asian travellers choose non-hotel accommodation
Where do you like to stay when you’re on holiday? In hotels/resorts or go for private accommodation to get the ‘home away from home’ feel? If you fall in the latter group then you are in good company, as a growing number of Asians are opting for non-hotel accommodation (NHAs), also known as ho [...]
Who is the APAC traveller and what do they want?
Amadeus released what it touts to be its most comprehensive study to date – “Amadeus Journey of Me Insights: What Asia Pacific Travellers Want” – a data-driven look at the world’s largest travel market, Asia Pacific. It is part of the company’s initiative to better understand how custom [...]
