The Wrap: Accor to plant Sofitel So flag in Kuala Lumpur
In the news: A Sofitel So in Kuala Lumpur, Cathay Pacific's partnership with Travelport, Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s 2015 financial resultsAccor to plant Sofitel So flag in Kuala LumpurMalaysia’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur, will be the site of AccorHotels’ chic So Sofitel brand with a hotel and [...]
The Wrap: Klook partners WeChat & AirAsia BIG, offers more ways to book activities
In the news: New partners for Klook Travel, Ticketbis launches in the U.S.,more countries for TripAdvisor Instant Booking Klook partners WeChat & AirAsia BIG, offers more ways to book activities Klook Travel (“Klook”), Asia’s leading platform for booking attractions and travel activities, [...]
Racing through Kuching for a good cause, Heritage Race to go places in 2016
Sarawak’s tourism industry raised a total of RM20,000 (US$4,750) on January 30 from the inaugural Kuching Heritage Race, supported by Northstar Travel Group's brands - WIT (Web In Travel) and Travel Weekly Asia.The two-hour event, which was created by WIT founder Yeoh Siew Hoon, saw close to 48 te [...]
The Millennial Traveller: How a heritage race opened my eyes to Kuching
In an industry where government tourism boards relentlessly invoke buzzwords and catch phrases to generate publicity, it becomes easy to build a certain level of cynicism (or perhaps ‘scepticism’ is a better word) about the strategies used to attract visitors to target destinations.
There is an [...]
Booking.com dominates, Agoda makes showing in Europe
SiteMinder's list of top 10 hotel booking sites in 2015 within five of Europe and Asia Pacific's top travel markets shows the clear dominance of booking.com across markets including Thailand where its sister company Agoda is based.Interestingly, the results also show Agoda making headway in markets [...]
Silence of the web at ASEAN travel leaders level
For all the chatter and plans unveiled at the ASEAN Tourism Forum held in Manila earlier this month, nowhere did the Internet feature, or any discussion on the impact of the web on travel.The silence on the topic was staggering – aside from the Malaysian national tourist office (NTO) press briefin [...]
The Wrap: ASEAN for ASEAN – new joint campaign to promote intra-regional travel
In the news: ASEAN for ASEAN campaign, Amadeus' new partnership with AccesRail, trending destinations for Singapore travellers, Thailand hotels’ top booking sites ASEAN for ASEAN: new joint campaign to promote intra-regional travel It’s all for one and one for all as the 10 member countries of A [...]
TravelersBox, armed with $10m new funding, will focus on Asia
TravelersBox, claiming to be the first and only solution allowing travelers to convert leftover foreign currency into usable digital currency, has raised $10 million in Series A funding.The round was led by Arbor Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm focused on the intersection of financial [...]
CruiseWorld China sails back to Shanghai in March
Travel Weekly China’s second annual CruiseWorld China in Shanghai will be held at the Le Royal Meridien on March 30.The one-day event brings hundreds of travel agents and cruise industry leaders together for networking, learning, and discussion about the rapidly growing cruise market.“Our very [...]
Tuniu cements position as one-stop platform for Chinese travellers
Following the completion of its US$500 million investment from HNA Tourism Group, Tuniu Corporation (Nasdaq:TOUR) has put in place a range of strategic initiatives to enhance its hotel booking, themed tours, and air ticketing business units The leading Chinese online leisure travel company says it [...]
