How boutique hotels are like sourdough bread: AKARYN’s Anchalika on navigating Covid with wellness and sustainable luxury
Like most
of humanity during lockdown, Anchalika Kijkanakorn became really good at baking
sourdough bread. Each morning, she’d wake up at 6am to “go and feed the beast”,
the beast being the starter needed to make sourdough, as the non-baker me learnt.
And if she
could, she said, she’d s [...]
Have safety measures in place and people are more likely to travel, Travelport study finds
The majority of travellers will consider booking domestic and international trips but only if airlines, airports, hotels and car rental companies collectively implement 10 different safety measures.
This is the finding in a new independent research released on August 24 by Travelport. The study [...]
The Wrap: Singapore commended for easing of border restrictions to restart travel, Beijing Capital Airport implements contactless technologies, and more …
The Wrap is a round-up of
news in the travel and technology industries, and to keep track of developments
in these sectors as the green shoots of recovery slowly take root.
IATA, AAPA applaud Singapore’s initiative to reopen air travel corridors
The airline industry is on “life support" a [...]
Redseer identifies the 4 P’s to succeed in Indonesia’s fintech space
This report was originally published by Redseer.
1. Fintech payments in Indonesia have witnessed explosive growth in the past years with e-wallets being the torchbearer for adoption
Indonesia fintech payments have seen a massive upsurge in adoption over the past few years owing to the digita [...]
AirAsia comes together with Agoda to expand its offerings, incentivise travel in SE Asia
AirAsia seems to be on a partnership-forming spree. Close on the heels of tying up with Chinese travel giant Trip.com Group to reignite travel in South-east Asia (SE Asia) it has inked another “strategic partnership”, this time with digital travel platform Agoda.
Through this partnership Ai [...]
More “good companies” will go public post-Covid, says Saberwal as RedDoorz enters positive recovery territory
As Airbnb prepares for its much-anticipated IPO, Amit Saberwal, founder and CEO of RedDoorz, predicts that good travel companies will emerge out of Covid and there will be a lot of focus on getting these companies public.
“The good companies that will emerge will go on to become your unicorns [...]
Still and Stuck: What’s the one big thing Covid-19 challenged your thinking on? Here are some answers
“Nearly the
end of August and still,” sighed my hairdresser this week.
Yes, still.
Still stuck. Still masked. Still Zoom.
Since
March, I must have interviewed countless people from across the world, ran lots
of virtual events. And I sense a weariness settling in. It’s in the shoulders. [...]
The Wrap: Singapore Tourism Board’s new programme ensures Indian travellers have the city in mind, Flight Centre buys San Francisco-based Whereto, and more …
The Wrap is a round-up of news in the travel and technology industries, and to keep track of developments in these sectors as the green shoots of recovery slowly take root.
STB keeps Singapore in the minds of Indian traveller until they can travel again
Virtual tour of Singapore's Sentosa Isl [...]
Seven Clean Seas employs furloughed tourism workers to clean beaches, goal is to help companies achieve plastic neutrality
Seven Clean Seas, a Singapore-based social enterprise whose mission is to help companies achieve plastic neutrality with plastic credits, has employed the furloughed workers of Nikoi and Cempedak Islands in Indonesia for its beach clean-up programmes.
Tom Peacock-Nazil, CEO and co-founder, said [...]
In age of scarcity, Traveloka goes from “hunting” to “harvesting” in its marketing rethink
Even though
product has taken centre stage during Covid-19, Traveloka’s Christian Suwarna
believes that marketing is also having its breakout moment in terms of how the
Indonesian travel unicorn is rethinking its marketing strategy.
With limited funds to spend, the chief marketing offic [...]
