The Wrap: Stay home to celebrate the Lunar New Year, urges Jetstar
In the news: With Chinese New Year just round the corner travel companies, Jetstar and Wego, are focusing their services around this auspicious event, while Fuji Xerox introduces an audio tour guide for travellers in Singapore,
TRAVEL: STAY HOME TO CELEBRATE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, URGES JETSTAR
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Asia one bright spark in ski tourism facing climate and generational challenges
Climate change and demographic trends are the challenges facing ski tourism but delegates attending the first European Mountain Travel Summit held in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, remained undaunted about the industry's potential. Plus there's the new market of Asia to tap. Arnie Weissmann, Editor In [...]
The Wrap: Where luxury travellers want to go for their holidays
In the news: Lightfoot Travel's insights on luxury travel, AAPA's traffic figures for Asian airlines, Skyscanner's data on top searched destinations for Chinese New Year
DESTINATIONS: Where luxury travellers want to go for their holidays
Luxury travellers want to experience the unusual and [...]
Amadeus Next: A year of powering startups in APAC, forecasts growth in funding in 2017
Travel innovations like BorderPass and Seatfrog have enabled air passsengers to skip immigration queues and secure last-minute airline upgrades respectively, examples of two startups made possible by Amadeus Next, the division launched by Amadeus to provide technology, expertise, reach and fundin [...]
Reflections on 2016 and Predictions for 2017 (Part II)
It’s that time of the year when we ask industry leaders for their thoughts on what happened in 2016 and what they forsee will happen in the new year. Here’s Part 2.
Kei Shibata, CEO, Venture Republic
3 Top Things That Happened and That Mattered in 2016
1. Ctrip acquired Skysca [...]
The Ghost of Years Past Will Come Back To Haunt Us
Usually at the end of each year, I am asked to reflect on what happened in the world of airline and travel technology the previous year and what can be expected for the coming year. The process often drives me to have near term thoughts and see if this fits into a somewhat loose understanding I have [...]
Reflections on 2016 and Predictions for 2017 (Part I)
It’s that time of the year when we ask industry leaders for their thoughts on what happened in 2016 and what they forsee will happen in the new year. Here’s Part 1.
Steve Hafner, CEO & Co-founder, KAYAK
Top 3 Things That Happened and That Mattered in 2016
1. Rise of AI. [...]
How dragons became sharks, and lessons on overcoming fear and rejection from Robert Herjavec
The first thing I learnt from listening to Robert Herjavec of “Shark Tank” fame is that dragons don’t exist in America, or at least they don’t believe in them as we do in Asia.
Speaking at the Expedia Partners Conference in Las Vegas held earlier this month, Herjavec, one of the sharks in [...]
The Wrap: Where to usher in 2017 twice in one night
The weekly news roundup: Celebrating New Year eve twice in same night, AccorHotels’ restructuring of Australia’s hotels, HNA Aviation's partnership with Sabre
DESTINATIONS: Where to usher in 2017 twice in one night
For those of you who do not want the New Year eve’s celebrations to e [...]
Myanmar, a sleeping beauty being woken up by technology and tourism
Growing up in Myanmar in the 70s, May Myat Mon Win dreamt of a day “when our country could be like our neighbours” in South-east Asia. “We just didn’t know how long it would take,” she said.
Today, as the chairperson of the Myanmar Tourism Marketing Committee (MTMC), she sees that the d [...]
