Tushar Khandelwal: An entrepreneur’s Interstellar-inspired voyage into tours & activities
We remember Tushar Khandelwal, COO & co-founder, when he first pitched the idea of Voyagin at a WiTNext event aimed at future leaders. Since then, the tours & activities startup has gone places, been acquired by Rakuten and claims a solid footing in the most exciting space in online travel. [...]
TripAdvisor launches redesigned website as “go-to resource for travel”
TripAdvisor, the largest travel website in the world “with nearly half a billion unique visitors every month”, has launched its new homepage worldwide.
The idea behind the redesign is to give travellers searching for places to go or where to stay to discover recommendations from friends, fami [...]
Agoda teams up with JTB Corp and LINE Travel to expand online sales and distribution in Asia
Singapore based online travel agent (OTA) Agoda inked new deals last week with JTB Corp (JTB), Japan’s largest travel network, and LINE Travel, a newly-formed one-stop travel booking service in Taiwan.
In joining forces with two of Asia’s leading travel industry players Agoda, one of the worl [...]
Newly-released Salam Standard report highlights Muslim tourism’s economic impact and vast untapped opportunities
The global Muslim travel sector is growing at a fast pace. Last year this segment has had a significant impact on overall tourism, generating a total GDP ((Gross Domestic Product) of US$148 billion and employing 4.7 million people, both directly and indirectly.
The impact is set to be even greate [...]
WiT Singapore 2018: China outbound travel businesses get down to the hard work of global fun
While China’s mobile-propelled spending power has been a hot topic of late, the consensus is that transforming its successful outbound businesses into integrated regional travel powers will first require hard work and patience – especially to bridge the critical people-gap.
For the panel addr [...]
Teenage Tesloop founder switches direction from ride sharing to data connectivity: Here’s why
Ahead of their on-stage conversation at Phocuswright next Wednesday in Los Angeles, teenage founder of Tesloop, Haydn Sonnad, reveals to Yeoh Siew Hoon a change of direction for the company he founded in 2015 when he was 16.
Tesloop, the Tesla ride-sharing service started by teenager Haydn S [...]
As Accor hits 1,000 in APAC, Issenberg ponders China softening, tech impact and talent
What does it take to grow a hotel group to 1,000 properties in Asia Pacific? Well, if you ask Michael Issenberg, CEO, AccorHotels APAC, it takes time and investing in people on the ground, helped of course by a handful of acquisitions.
“When I joined Accor 24 years ago, we had fewer than 50 [...]
The Wrap: Longer trips and closer to home this December for travellers, study finds
In the news: Survey on holiday trends for Q3, Travelport’s commercial team strengthened, SITA's purchase of MEXIA Interactive
Travel: Longer trips and closer to home this December for travellers, study finds
Christmas and New Year holidays fall mid-week this year, on a Tuesday, and thi [...]
Guest Blog: The Success of Travel Tech Consolidation Relies on Integration
The big are getting bigger. That sums up what’s been happening in Asia and looks all but certain to continue. Whether in the OTA space or in the hotels' space, buying sprees, mergers and acquisitions are all the rage.
Meanwhile, hoteliers may be wondering what their play is in all this, and how [...]
WiT Singapore 2018: Genting gears up for a changing and growing cruise market
The writing was on the wall already when Genting Cruise Lines decided to create the first-ever Asian luxury cruise line. Dream Cruises was built on the evidence that cruising among Asians was on the rise and the belief that it would continue to do so and become a market too large to ignore.
Gent [...]
