Meet MARVIE – Scoot’s new virtual intern and transactional chatbot
The low cost arm of Singapore Airlies, Scoot, on July 23 launched a transactional chatbot named MARVIE (Most Awesome and Resourceful Virtual Intern Ever) on its Singapore Facebook page via Facebook Messenger.
The 'recruitment' of MARVIE, described as “the first chatbot by an airline in Asia to [...]
Know your farmer – Sampran Riverside’s Arrut leads organic tourism movement in Thailand
In today’s age, where we have our personal trainers, doctors and lawyers, why shouldn’t we have our personal farmer? That was the food for thought offered by Arrut Navaraj, managing director of Sampran Riverside, at the Travelport Live conference in Bangkok earlier this month when he spoke of ho [...]
Tujia improves homestay management for overseas hosts in collaboration with SiteMinder
China-based homestay booking provider, Tujia, has joined forces with global hotel industry’s cloud platform, SiteMinder, to give its overseas accommodation providers a convenient all-in-one lodging management platform.
The two parties will work to streamline Tujia’s back-end stock management [...]
Next-gen disruption in aviation will be constructive, blend of legacy and innovation
Growing up, there was a certain glamour to air travel. It didn’t quite match the glamour of the 1960s and 70s, but I can distinctly remember being too excited to sleep as a child, the day before any long-haul flight.
Fast forward to now, the idea of spending 13 straight hours in a hard-backed c [...]
After Zanadu, Wu plunges into blockchain and crypto to build Next Gen travel platform. Here’s how he will do it
Having built up Zanadu into China’s premier lifestyle travel platform after a tough but rewarding five years, Zan Wu, together with his co-founder, Dirk Eschenbacher, now wants to create a new startup, Atlas, into “the next generation TripAdvisor and Booking.com combined” using blockchain and [...]
The Wrap: STB, Alipay broaden partnership to draw more Chinese travellers to the city-state
In the news: New initiatives from Singapore Tourism Board and Alipay to boost visitor arrivals; Etihad Airways using messaging app to connect with guests
Destinations: STB, Alipay broaden partnership to draw more Chinese travellers to the city-state
Another partnership is yet strengthened [...]
Airlines flying high with rising ancillary revenue
“’Resolute’ is a word that perfectly describes the determined and unwavering force known as the ancillary revenue movement,” is the introduction of the 2017 Top 10 Airline Ancillary Revenue Rankings, a new report by IdeaWorksCompany, sponsored by CarTrawler.
According to IdeaWorks, this i [...]
Through The Looking Glass: What drives Industry 4.0 companies and how you can be Business 4.0
If you are a Business 3.0 company, it’s time to take it up a notch because Industry 4.0 is here where tech adoption is happening at an accelerated scale, challenging traditional business models and giving rise to new ones. And if you look “Through The Looking Glass”, you can take lessons fro [...]
Taiwanese tours & activities platform KKday enters China under Alibaba partnership
Taiwanese tours and activities platform, KKday, is going from strength to strength as it recently announced a new investment from the Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund. The investment details have not been disclosed.
With this, the three-year old startup is collaborating with Alibaba to launch a flagshi [...]
Meta & Messaging: A Marriage Made In Heaven? LINE invests in Venture Republic to ease entry into travel
In yet another sign of the consolidation and disruption taking place in the digital travel space, LINE Corporation, which runs Japan’s dominant messaging app, has taken a 34% equity in Venture Republic (VR), which operates “Travel.jp” Japan’s leading travel metasearch.
The dollar value of [...]
