AccorHotels plays into co-living space with new brand JO&JOE
AccorHotels has launched a new brand, JO&JOE, "designed to meet the expectations of millennials and all those who value sharing, spontaneity and experience.”
The hotel group describes the new brand as "a vibrant living space" and "one that "was co-constructed with its future guests and disr [...]
Top five travel tech hacks Sabre hopes to bring to Singapore this October
Anupam Bokil, Sabre’s vice president of technology for Sabre Travel Network Asia Pacific, shares with WIT an exclusive preview of the top five hacks he hopes to see come out of the two-day race against the clock to code a new application that has the power to really disrupt travel.
Today t [...]
Sabre charts transformation of APAC travel technology at TTX
The 500+ participants at Sabre’s inaugural Asia Pacific Travel Technology Exchange (TTX) in Beijing last week were given an insight into the big trends and developments impacting travel and technology in Asia Pacific.
Sabre executives and guest speakers took to the stage to highlight the chan [...]
BeMyGuest partners with Yatra to tap Indian outbound market
Asian-focused travel activities/tours online booking platform, BeMyGuest, and Indian OTA Yatra.com have formed an activities and tours partnership.
With this deal Yatra.com has gone live with the integration of BeMyGuest’s API for attraction tickets, activities and tours for both its website an [...]
The Wrap: Skyscanner’s partner quality ratings help travellers with flight booking
The weekly news roundup: Skyscanner’s new quality ratings feature, Club Carlson’s ‘Members Only Rate’, TripAdvisor’s million dollar pledge to the refugee crisis
TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: Skyscanner’s partner quality ratings help travellers with flight booking
Global travel search engi [...]
Momondo’s Burge on Brexit, emotion, meta and startups
Yeoh Siew Hoon catches up with Hugo Burge, CEO of London-based Momondo Group, to discuss, among other things, the impact of Brexit, the need for emotion and purpose in today's world of travcl, the evolution of meta and the investments he's making through HOWZAT Partners, and why it's a great time to [...]
US$40.5bil in revenue boost for 67 airlines: CarTrawler Ancillary Revenue Yearbook
The new CarTrawler Ancillary Revenue Yearbook by IdeaWorksCompany (2016 edition) revealed a total of US$40.5 billion in ancillary revenue, comprising nearly 8.7% of total sales, for 67 airlines.
Europe’s carriers performed well, contributing US$11 billion.
For the survey IdeaWorksCompany res [...]
Booking.com pilots mobile-based in-destination experience
Arrive at a destination and want to discover places and attractions without the hassle of looking through guidebooks or travel apps? Now you can do it easily on your mobile with Booking.com’s new Booking Experiences.
Experiences allows travellers to discover the destination they are in via thei [...]
WIT 2016 will reunite online travel pioneers and reimagine the future
The 12th edition of WIT, to be held on Oct 17-19 in Singapore, will be a reunion of sorts as well as a reimagination of the future.
“Twelve years is the end of a cycle and we are taking the opportunity this year to reflect on the past as well as reimagine the future,” said Yeoh Siew Hoon, fou [...]
The Wrap: Travelport creates two new organisations to meet customers’ evolving needs
The weekly news roundup: Travelport’s two new organisations, robust China outbound travel, travellers’ choice of top museums in Asia
TECHNOLOGY: Travelport creates two new organisations to meet customers' evolving needs
Travelport has set up two new entities - Travelport Digital and [...]
