The 3 pain points startups should solve in corporate travel: Ragge
Amid the disruption happening in corporate travel, HRS, Global Hotel Solutions, has built its own innovation hub in Berlin where it’s acting as accelerator and partner to startups. It’s also of course a way for the German-based family run company to tap into tech talent. (See related story)
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HRS’ Ragge on Asia, corporate travel disruption and family businesses
Looking surprisingly fresh despite having been through five cities in 10 days, CEO of HRS Tobias Ragge is decidedly pumped up about what he calls “the convergence of thunderstorms” that make Asia such an exciting growth story for his second generation family business.
One, compared with Europ [...]
The Wrap: TripAdvisor redesigns homepage, easier for travellers to book trips
The weekly news roundup: TripAdvisor’s newly designed website, London’s top city in PwC Cities of Opportunity index, Expedia Flip Flop Report on beach vacationers
TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: TripAdvisor redesigns homepage, easier for travellers to book trips
Travel planning and booking site Tri [...]
Sabre to hold its first global travel hackathon in Singapore alongside WIT
Leading technology provider Sabre Corporation is bringing its global travel technology hackathon, Destination Hack, to Asia Pacific for the first time. The event will take place from October 14 to 16 at The Hub, Singapore’s largest co-working community of techies, entrepreneurs and creatives, righ [...]
How a techie discovered happiness and became Bhutan’s biggest tourism champion
Nobody who travels to Bhutan leaves unaffected by the magic of this mountain kingdom in the Himalayas and Singapore-based travel executive Joni Herison is no exception.
Herison first heard of Bhutan in 1997 when he was in Nepal on a university trekking trip to Annapurna. “People on the trip wer [...]
How Nida is “uberising” hotel rooms: Funding the next stage of growth
Kaneswaran Avili’s name card says he’s the “disruptor” and co-founder of Nida Rooms, which he claims to be the first and largest "Virtual Hotel Operator" (VHO) in South-east Asia.
Asked what he’s disrupting, he said “my divisions” and “my staff” and not the hotel industry as [...]
Travel Startups Incubator buys stake in Korean adventure OTA Yana Trip
Travel Startups Incubator (TSI) has acquired an equity stake in Korean adventure startup Yana Trip for an undisclosed amount and round.
Founded in April 2015 and based in Seoul, South Korea, Yana Trip offers personalised online tours and activities to the growing number of independent Korean t [...]
The Wrap: And the most instagrammed airports in the world are …
The weekly news roundup: All about airports and airlines with Wego’s revelation of the world’s most instagrammed airports, AirAsia’s new Red Lounge at klia2 and Garuda partnering Sabre for growth
SOCIAL MEDIA: And the most instagrammed airports in the world are …
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BeMyGuest expands into China with new Hangzhou office
BeMyGuest, Asia’s leading provider of activities, tours and attractions, has opened its new office in Hangzhou, China to accommodate its rapid growth and future expansion plans.
The company said in a statement BeMyGuest China would continue its focus on its B2B business in the country.
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“Never let anything stop you from travelling”: 10 best quotes from intrepid women travellers
Timing is everything and timing was on my side when I was in Penang when the “Zafigo Talk: Intimate Conversations with women on travel and culture” was on as part of the George Town Festival.
The talk was moderated by Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir, founder of Zafigo.com, a new website to cater [...]
