Amazon voice service Alexa now finds you flights through Skyscanner
Global travel search engine Skyscanner has created a skill for Alexa, the cloud-based voice service behind Amazon Echo, where it is now possible to search for flights using a simple voice conversation.Skyscanner is the first travel search engine to partner with Amazon to integrate the Skyscanner fli [...]
The Wrap: Tokyo’s most expensive city in APAC for hotel stay – HRS Price Radar
In the news: HRS annual APAC Hotel Price Radar, Amadeus Family Fares offering from Travix, Sabre’s revenue solution for Bangkok Airways, Wego’s payment guide in the Middle EastTokyo's most expensive city in APAC for hotel stay: HRS Price Radar Last year saw Tokyo in Japan commanding the highest [...]
First Uber like service, Oway Ride, launches in Myanmar
Oway, the fastest growing travel company in Myanmar, has launched car on-demand service Oway Ride in Yangon.With the slogan “Your personal driver awaits” users can order the car service in Yangon “within seconds” via the Oway Ride app.The free, user-friendly mobile app is available in Englis [...]
The Wrap: From digging fossils to train rides – what children want on their holidays
In the news: InterContinental’s new traveller app for children, biggest ibis hotel for GCC, Wing On Travel’s extended partnership with SabreFrom digging fossils to train rides – what children want on their holidays Standing in two countries at the same time, walking over an inactive volcano, c [...]
Letter from Phoukhuone, Laos: At last, a chance at a future for girls
If you google “Phoukhuone Laos”, not much information appears. There are a couple of posts by intrepid travellers who have to cross the town on their way somewhere in this landlocked country, bordered by Myanmar and China (north), Vietnam (east), Cambodia (south) and Thailand (west). One post ta [...]
The Wrap: Klook partners WeChat & AirAsia BIG, offers more ways to book activities
In the news: New partners for Klook Travel, Ticketbis launches in the U.S.,more countries for TripAdvisor Instant Booking Klook partners WeChat & AirAsia BIG, offers more ways to book activities Klook Travel (“Klook”), Asia’s leading platform for booking attractions and travel activities, [...]
Racing through Kuching for a good cause, Heritage Race to go places in 2016
Sarawak’s tourism industry raised a total of RM20,000 (US$4,750) on January 30 from the inaugural Kuching Heritage Race, supported by Northstar Travel Group's brands - WIT (Web In Travel) and Travel Weekly Asia.The two-hour event, which was created by WIT founder Yeoh Siew Hoon, saw close to 48 te [...]
The Millennial Traveller: How a heritage race opened my eyes to Kuching
In an industry where government tourism boards relentlessly invoke buzzwords and catch phrases to generate publicity, it becomes easy to build a certain level of cynicism (or perhaps ‘scepticism’ is a better word) about the strategies used to attract visitors to target destinations.
There is an [...]
China’s pink travel market waiting to be tapped
The global LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) travel market is big – over USS200 billion in annual spend, and is growing. One market, which is slowly but surely contributing to this growth, is China.Although homosexuality is a sensitive topic in China, where traditional family values are s [...]
APAC is biggest travel market, Thailand is the star
APAC’s tourism industry is now the biggest in the world (having overtaken Europe in 2014 in its contribution to global GDP), and the underlying momentum for growth is expected to continue, with a projected 500m arrivals by 2020.The findings contained in MasterCard's inaugural Asia Pacific Destinat [...]
