Klook adds event booking feature on back of Jay Chou’s Invincible World Tour
Leading travel activities and services booking platform Klook has become the first in this space to offer event booking. Accessible via the award-winning Klook App, the service made its debut in collaboration with Taiwanese musician Jay Chou in September.
Ahead of Chou’s The Invincible World To [...]
Unlocking travel through food: How SORTED went from how-to cooking videos to destination marketing
At the inspiration stage of travel, video content is not a new phenomenon in its ability to inspire, motivate and move audiences.
With infinite content available, there is an onus on content creators to develop highly original content that avoids the clichés captured by your typical travel ad. O [...]
Plug & Play Travel plans launch in Singapore to bridge gap between innovators and corporations
Plug & Play Tech Center, the Silicon Valley-based company that bridges the gap between innovators and corporations, is looking to launch its Travel & Hospitality vertical in Singapore to plug into what it feels is a market gap waiting to be addressed.
It held its first event last week in [...]
The Wrap: Macao launches international digital campaign in partnership with Culture Trip
In the News: Of partnerships, music, people and achievements featuring Macao, Culture Trip, Travelport, Singapore Tourism Board, Spotify and Sabre
Destination: Macao launches international digital campaign in partnership with Culture Trip
London-based media startup Culture Trip is wor [...]
Tour guide Jane Goh sets out to create experiences to show Singapore in a different light
In line with the trends towards travellers seeking experiences beyond tours and activities, destination management company, Destination China and The Witty Guide, have joined forces to create a new agency to develop and manage programmes for more independent-minded visitors to Singapore.
Xperienc [...]
Tripfez launches Umrah API to power Islamic app Raudhah
Two Malaysian companies - Muslim-friendly hotel booking portal Tripfez and digital marketing specialist Media Prima Digital - have introduced a new *Umrah package booking feature on Raudhah, designed to cater to the religious needs of Muslims in Malaysia and globally.
The new booking featur [...]
WIT Startup Pitch 2018 announces shortlisted startups, and new collaboration with Amazon Web Services
Webintravel (WiT) is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the first time in its annual Startup Pitch event, offering AWS Cloud credits, training, and support to the 12 shortlisted startups selected to participate in the WiT Startup Pitch 2018.
The WiT Startup Pitch is an annual even [...]
Mystifly blends Indian, Japanese and Chinese leadership in new bid to scale and make air shopping better
The biggest promise that the Internet brought was access to content anywhere and anytime. “Why should airfare booking be any different?” This thought gave birth to Mystifly back in 2009. Ten years on, the business, which started as an India-based B2B airfare marketplace to provide a corporate tr [...]
Portier Technologies gains more ground with VinaPhone tie-up
As hotels seek ways to engage their guests beyond the initial booking and the check-in, and boost ancillary earnings, startups offering hotel concierge service like Portier are gaining traction.
US-based Portier Technologies, founded in 2016, just announced its latest tie-up – a partnership wit [...]
Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Even DBS Bank had a “near death” experience.
It is said that misery loves company, so does change. Change loves, and needs, company because it is definitely less lonely when you see that everyone’s experiencing and muddling through the same set of challenges.
In the past few months, I’ve seen and spoken to an array of companies grapplin [...]
