Innovate and go: How Traveloka revamps its services to comply with changing travel behaviour
This article originally appeared on e27, by Shagun Karki.
The travel industry is far from a full recovery. But Traveloka has already seen a demand in travel and staycation bookings.
As the global health crisis hits the travel and tourism industries hard, travels have become driven more and m [...]
Andrea Traversone on maintaining focus on unit economics and sustainability, and always have a Plan B
Andrea Traversone, managing partner, Amadeus Capital Partners got In The Big Chair with Kevin May, editor in chief of PhocusWire during the WiT Virtual Summit on June 24. Watch the full interview here.
Here are the key takeaways:
What should be the key priorities for travel brands?
“The [...]
The themes that unite the world of online travel: Key takeaways from WiT Virtual Summit
“Unite” was the theme and, as the WiT Virtual Summit went round the world in six hours, it was clear a few key themes united the world of online travel.
Here are the key takeaways.
1. Domestic recovery begins, but “be prepared for stumbles”
In Samui for his first trip since the ou [...]
Jungle Ventures, forged out of failure, sees more “beautiful exits” in travel post-Covid
“Best time to start a business – so much talent, so much that is broken, technology tailwinds happening”, says Amit Anand
Amit Anand, co-founder and managing partner of Singapore-based global tech fund Jungle Ventures, which made two “beautiful” exits in travel from GoVoyagin (to Rakut [...]
Singapore Airlines’ sixth AppChallenge wants you to help solve six travel pain points
The SIA AppChallenge is back for its sixth edition and it's looking for the biggest breakthroughs in travel technology to solve six key pain points. The deadline for entries is July 12.
The AppChallenge is one of the initiatives from the airline seeking to build its relationships and networks wi [...]
The Wrap: Myanmar rolls out three-stage road map to rejuvenate tourism industry, AirAsia stimulates domestic travel in partnership with hotels, and more …
The Wrap is a weekly 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.
Myanmar’s rolls out a three-stage road map to rejuvenate the tourism industry
Promotion to domestic destination [...]
Five reasons why startups are even more necessary In travel now
One of the judges for the WiT Startup Pitch 2020, Johnny Thorsen, vice president, strategy and innovation, American Express, Digital Labs, shares why he feels only the best and brightest startups can solve the problems that have surfaced in travel due to Covid-19.
Johnny Thorsen shares his thoug [...]
WiT Startup Pitch 2020 goes virtual, open call for entries
Covid or no Covid, the startup world must go on. In fact, one could argue that startups and entrepreneurship have become even more important at a time when travel has been decimated by the pandemic and needs every resource available to help in its rebuilding.
With hundreds of thousands of jobs [...]
TravelFlan raising $12m to expand, buys OTA in Beijing, lining up Seoul
Following its Series A raise of US$7m last December, Hong Kong-based TravelFlan, a travel and lifestyle AI-digital solution startup, is in the midst of raising an additional US$12m to expand across Asia. To date, the company has raised more than $9.9 million.
Said Abel Zhao, who co-founded the [...]
As travel awakens from its coma across Asia, is it time to save ourselves?
Four-day work week, travel deals for travel employees, targeting the young, new and exciting road trip itineraries – what other ideas do you have for nourishing those fragile green shoots we are seeing, from Japan to China, Australia and Vietnam?
This morning, on my regular walk, I saw a rainb [...]
