Alternative accommodation soars at Booking.com as it continues its push into Asia
You wouldn’t blame Olivier Grémillon, vice president of Booking.com’s home division, for celebrating just a little bit this week – after all, the group has just disclosed the revenue of Booking.com’s alternative accommodation business for the first time, and the results are stellar.
In [...]
Magpie launches CMS to address operators’ content crunch
A new content management system has been launched for the experiences sector, a sector that has been hoarding the headlines of late.
San Francisco-based tour operator Magpie Travel launched Magpie and simultaneously announced that Viator founder Rod Cuthbert, and the founders of Tokyo-base [...]
Travelport urges more support for airline passengers with intellectual disabilities in global campaign
An estimated 200 million people worldwide have intellectual disability (2.6% of the global population) and many are avid travellers, and yet many travel providers are not aware that there is a special code to assist them on their journey.
It is with the aim to create more awareness and encourage [...]
Hotels need to take more leadership to address climate change issues
The hotel industry should take a larger leadership role in addressing climate change issues, said director of AlphaBeta (SG) Dr Fraser Thompson, one of the key speakers at the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) Update in Singapore next week.
“I don’t think the hotel indust [...]
Airasia withdraws sale of all flights from Indonesian OTA Traveloka
Travellers searching for AirAsia Indonesia’s flights from February 14-17 on online travel agency (OTA) Traveloka site could not find any entries.
The Indonesian OTA had then, in response to customers’ queries, cited the 13-hour system downtime as the reason for AirAsia flights disappearing f [...]
Tech disruption, commoditisation keeping airline CEOs awake, among other things
Anyone who ever thought aviation was a glamorous business would have had their illusions shattered at this week’s CAPA LCC Global Summit in Singapore as airline executives, one after another, spoke of the myriad challenges facing their industry.
Those of us
who’ve followed the industry know [...]
Passengers more satisfied when technology smooths their journey through airports, study finds
Skipping the queue at airports by using the finger or face to go through passport checks is perhaps one of the feature most welcomed by travellers departing for a foreign land or coming home after a trip.
The recently released SITA 2019 Passenger IT Insights found this to be so as it revealed ai [...]
APRDO pushes for membership ahead of the Alternative Ownership conference in Singapore
The newly formed Asia Pacific Resort Development Organisation (APRDO), a new regional trade organisation formed in May 2018 with the mission to support and promote the timeshare industry in Asia Pacific, is reaching out to the industry through a membership drive.
The organisation “strive [...]
Meituan-Dianping lays groundwork for Southeast Asia entrance via Chope
The dining platform that has presence in Southeast Asia, has formed a strategic partnership with China’s lifestyle service behemoth Meituan-Dianping to enter China's tourist scene.
Singaporean restaurant platform Chope announced today a regionally partnership with the Chinese lifestyle servi [...]
The Wrap: Peakwork expands China’s presence with investment in Chinese partner Zhouyou Technology
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the news: Peakwork’s investment in Chinese tech firm Zhouyou, AirAsiaBIG’s
partnership with Kiwi.com, Sabre’s new executive appointments
Distribution: Peakwork expands China's presence with investment in Chinese partner Zhouyou Technology
Luckytrip jointly launched by Peakwork and Z [...]
