The Wrap: airasia.com reveals new identity as “Asean super app”, Malaysia Aviation Group retrains employees to meet future challenges, 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 businesses adapt and reset to meet challenges in the era of coronavirus.
airasia.com unveils new identity in race to be “Asean super app”
airasia.com's management [...]
WiT Experience Week, Rebuild: Wego builds new e-commerce brand outside travel as product chiefs innovate their way out of Covid
The future
of product will be codeless, commoditised, accelerated but ultimately human?
To ride out the long winter that’s coming, Wego is launching a brand new e-commerce business outside travel, Ross Veitch, CEO and co-founder disclosed yesterday at Day 3: Rebuild of the WiT Experience Week. [...]
WiT Experience Week, Reboot: Build something for the future, investors hungry for products that will last the test of time
While most investors are staying away from travel due to the uncertainty of recovery, Amit Anand, founding partner of Jungle Ventures, remains excited about the space which he said has been kind to him.
He’s made two exits – Voyagin to Rakuten and Travelmob to HomeAway – and
while he said [...]
Taiwan-based travel startup KKday raises $75m in series C round to expand in Asia
Travel experiences platform KKday announced it has raised US$$75 million in a series C funding round led by Cool Japan Fund and Taiwan’s National Development Fund.
Existing investors Monk’s Hill Ventures and MindWorks Capital also participated in the round.
The company plans to use the fr [...]
WiT Experience Week, Rewind: We’re doing everything we can but it’s messy, “governments must act”
If there is one clear message I took away from hosting Day 1 of WiT Experience Week today, September 28, it is that every one of us is doing all we can to survive this Covid-19 storm but our fortunes (or misfortunes) lie in the hands of governments.
When asked the question in our audience pollin [...]
The Wrap: STB and Visa sign three-year pact to assist Singapore’s tourism SMEs, WTTC Safe Travels stamp adopted by 100 destinations, 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, Visa collaborate to aid Singapore’s tourism and lifestyle SMEs in their recovery
One of the aims of STB-Visa mark [...]
The Wrap: OTA 12Go ties up with Amadeus to boost European rail content, Taiwan is top searched destination for travel on Agoda, 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
OTA 12Go boosts European rail content in new distribution pact with Amadeus
12Go customers will have access to European r [...]
Efficiency will triumph, tours and activities will be healthier after Covid: Baidi Li wants to bring the luck of Magpie to APAC
This week, Magpie Travel, the San Francisco-based company offering content management solutions for the tours & activities sector, announced the appointment of Baidi Li as head of growth initiatives. Until recently, Li had been a regional director at Viator, a leading company in the sector.
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Guest Blog: The Safe Flying Protocol (SFP): The Best & Smartest Way To Restart Travel
By Timothy O’Neil-Dunne, 777 Partners and Henry Harteveldt, Atmosphere Research Group
Unprecedented. Extraordinary. Incomprehensible. Ultra-Complex. Unrivalled. Sobering. We have exhausted the superlatives when it comes to describing, Covid-19, and its impact on the global travel industry.
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STB inks S$2 million deal with Klook to promote domestic tourism and local businesses
Hong Kong-based based travel activities and services booking platform Klook has been busy forming partnerships to promote tourism in Asia Pacific, recently with Grab and now with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) in a S$2 million (US$1.47 million) domestic marketing partnership.
The partnership [...]
