India’s Paytm beds Booking.com
India’s Paytm, a new disruptor in the travelscape, continues to make inroads with the big travel boys, announcing a booking.com partnership.
Under this partnership, all domestic and international accommodations available on booking.com will be available on Paytm, with new offers and promotions, [...]
Confessions of an airline miles hunter: Building Mileslife is harder than a self-drive in Western Africa
He says his hardest trip ever was a self-drive in Western Africa. Over a month, he crossed three countries. Road conditions were terrible and he kept hitting police checkpoints everywhere and at each point, he never knew if he would be arrested or released.
“It was a very hard trip,” says Tro [...]
Letter from Delhi & Shanghai: Meet the two giants shaking up travel & Asia
As I stood at the immigration queue at Delhi airport, just two days after I had departed Shanghai, I was mindful that I had just gone from one mega city to another, two giants that are leading what experts are calling the Asia Decade, or maybe the next two Decades.
In terms of population, both ar [...]
The Wrap: Meet IVALO, the Tinder for fashion
In the news: IVALO, a mobile shopping app for high fashion, new presidents for Genting Hong Kong, York Hotel Singapore’s revamped website, mobile boarding for more Jetstar's destinations
MOBILE TECHNOLOGY: MEET IVALO, THE TINDER FOR FASHION
See a beautiful dress that you like and want to [...]
Want to have a memorable holiday? Take selfies, bring friends and family along and blog away
Snapping photos on their smart phones, bringing not just family but also friends along on a vacation, and spending time planning for a holiday are some of the ways Asian travellers make their vacation time more memorable.
These findings were discovered through a survey of over 500 travellers by H [...]
Rail: the time to get onboard is now and here’s how
For all the current chatter about new technology, there is an age-old travel product that is now demanding new attention.
According to Amadeus’ white paper on rail travel in Asia – Changing Tracks: Five make-or-break factors for rail travel in Asia Pacific – momentum is building. It also no [...]
Singapore’s Aviato wins AirAsia’s inaugural hackathon
Team Aviato from Singapore has taken the top prize in AIRVOLUTION 2017, AirAsia's first hackathon, which set the challenge of profiling the airline's fans based on their digital social footprint to improve customer experience.
The Singaporeans beat the other 19 teams at the end of the 18-hour eve [...]
Think cities in ASEAN and tech disruption will play out differently in region
While the world’s attention is focused on North Asia, spare a thought for South-east Asia whose potential is immense and is developing at a rapid pace fuelled by a growing middle class whose behavior will be shaped differently by technology.
Fraser Thompson, director, AlphaBeta, speaking at [...]
WIT Hospitality dives deep into the new hospitality environment
The new, reimagined environment that hotels and hotel-related suppliers are operating within can be tricky to navigate. Artificial intelligence, augmented reality, chats, disruption, alternative accommodation, are some words and concepts hotels have been having to confront these days.
T [...]
The Wrap: Chinese travel search engine iGola partners with Amadeus to simplify travel shopping
In the news: iGola implements Amadeus technology, Booking.com’s brand campaign in Australia, Cebu Pacific and Limelight Networks partner
TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: CHINESE SEARCH ENGINE IGOLA PARTNERS WITH AMADEUS TO SIMPLIFY TRAVEL SHOPPING
Guangzhou-based iGola is implementing Amadeus Extreme [...]
