Extreme weather is impacting APAC travel more than you think
Booking.com's latest sustainability report shows climate risk is no longer a background concern, it's now a front-and-centre factor in how people across Asia Pacific plan, book, and rethink travel.
According to Booking.com's 11th annual Travel & Sustainability Report, climate anxiety has offici [...]
APAC travellers are back on the move, but brands are struggling to convert them
Criteo’s Spring/Summer 2026 Travel Pulse finds demand is rerouting rather than rebounding, as travellers grow more deliberate and booking journeys become more complex across the region
New data from Criteo, a global commerce intelligence platform, shows APAC travel demand remained resilient hea [...]
How travel passions and local behaviours are reshaping hotel loyalty across Asia Pacific
New Loyalty Trends Report 2026 by Marriott Bonvoy shows loyalty engagement is increasingly driven by travel priorities, everyday value and market-specific behaviors.
The new Loyalty Trends Report 2026 by Marriott Bonvoy finds that while 89% of travellers across APEC participate in at least one loya [...]
Tony Fernandes: The art of never saying no, and never wasting a crisis
Nine years is a long time in aviation. The last time I interviewed Tony Fernandes on a stage in Amsterdam, he had just been named Airline CEO of the Year.
He recounted that moment in 2017 to the audience attending the Trip.com Airline Global Conference in Amsterdam last week. Akbar Al Baker of Qa [...]
28 years in the making: How Ten Lifestyle Group finally found its moment
There is a particular kind of founder that the startup world doesn’t celebrate enough – not the one who disrupts an industry overnight and exits in five years, but the one who holds the line for nearly three decades on a vision that the world wasn’t quite ready for yet. Alex Cheatle, CEO and c [...]
What ASEAN travellers are really asking before they choose Malaysia
Malaysia is familiar across ASEAN. That is an advantage, but it can also flatten the story: KL skyline, Penang food, Langkawi beach, Genting weekend.
The SocialSeal signal suggests something more useful for travel marketers. ASEAN travellers are not asking whether Malaysia exists on their radar. [...]
A blockbuster eCommerce announcement and a strange travel signal with an Asia-Pacific twist
Amazon has just done something not quite so quietly disruptive: it has taken another piece of its logistics engine, put a price on it, and handed the market a benchmark. That matters far beyond e-commerce. Which is why we should all be paying attention.
For travel, the lesson is obvious. The indu [...]
Ten years of Klook: Marcus Yong on growth, AI, and the responsibility of being pan-Asian
He started on Labour Day. May 1. “I still don't know how that happened,” says Marcus Yong, laughing. Ten years later, Klook’s vice president of global marketing is sitting across from me, and the irony of choosing to begin his startup journey on the one day the world takes a break hasn't been [...]
The Middle East travel market: Resilient, reset, and recalibrating
Three months after the first attack on Iran sent shockwaves through the region, I spoke to four OTA leaders operating across the Middle East to get a read on where things stand. What emerged wasn't a single story but four different ones, shaped by market size, business model, and temperament.
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Asia-Pacific airlines achieved 11.5% increase in demand
March passenger demand up 2.1% globally but sharp regional differences
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for March 2026 global passenger demand:
Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), was up 2.1% compared to March 2025. Total capacity, mea [...]
