Klook signs global partnership with Rail Europe
Continuing
to build its presence and prominence in international markets, Klook has signed
a global partnership with Rail Europe, expanding Klook’s rail offerings and in-destination
services.
Meanwhile, Rail Europe will be able to leverage Klook’s mobile booking technology and connect with [...]
Startup Spotlight: Strabe pursues seamless business travel with all-in-one solution
As part of our WiT Startup Spotlight series, we connected with Strabe who are known as the "CRM for business travel", as it aims to create a platform that can offer corporate clients a 'seamless business travel' experience.
Describe the business, core products and services in one paragraph.
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Al Tayyar ups stake by 40% to fully acquire Saudi OTA, Almosafer
Al Tayyar – a Saudi Arabia-based travel
agency – has fully acquired Saudi OTA, Almosafer, after upping its stake by 40%
for just under USD$19 million.
Al Tayyar had first acquired a 60% stake of Almosafer back in 2015 for approximately $6 million. The acquisition puts Almosafer’s s [...]
Hong Kong startup Klook becomes most-searched tours and activities platform globally
Hong Kong startup, Klook has become the most-searched travel activities platform worldwide since October 2018, according to Google Trends.
Compared with its
closest performing competitor, Klook showed more than double the brand search
worldwide since November 2018.
Klook’s top
position on G [...]
Travelstop, out to fix corporate travel, expands to seven new markets
Travelstop – an AI-powered SaaS platform for business travel and automated expense reporting – has launched in seven new markets, to consolidate its presence in Asia.
The startup, which launched in September and has raised $1.2 million in seed funding in 2018 led by SeedPlus, declared its e [...]
Startup Spotlight: BedLinker offers a B2B distribution solution for hotels and resorts
As part of our WiT Startup Spotlight series, we chatted to BedLinker founder and CEO, Thuan Dao, who shared how this Vietnam hospitality startup can help hotels and resorts distribute their inventory with OTAs more effectively.
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Catching up with: PORTIER TECHNOLOGIES
Portier Technologies, a white-label hotel concierge product which provides its hotel clients customisation and that had previously participated in the WiT Startup Pitch, recently published a report that was its pudding proof, so to speak. After eight months of activity at Banyan Tree Samui that foc [...]
Anywhr takes its mystery travel planning model everywhere
Singapore-based Anywhr, launched two years ago, to “surprise and delight” travellers by planning holidays to unknown destinations (literally) on their behalf has taken its mystery travel planning model global.
Co-founder Zelia Leong said, “We are marketing globally in the UK, Berlin and a [...]
Curious about diversity in 2019? Me too
My first encounter with the author, Ursula K Le Guin, was through “The Left Hand Of Darkness” which I read, growing up in Penang, Malaysia. In a society where one was defined by not only gender but also race, my imagination was fired by her portrayal of a world without gender where one accepted [...]
Reflections of 2018 and Predictions for 2019, Part 2
As we come to the close of 2018, we asked some of our industry peers to give us their take on the year that's passed and to stare into the crystal ball and make predictions about the one ahead. Read on to see what travel trends they find most exciting (and boring), what they predict the biggest gam [...]
