Full circle: GetYourGuide comes home to Asia
Doubling down and investing in its fastest-growing region for next chapter of growth.
Sixteen years after it was born from a serendipitous student trip to Beijing, GetYourGuide has come full circle, with the Berlin-based online marketplace for travel activities returning to Asia Pacific with a rene [...]
Pet-friendly travel. Booking Holdings likes OpenAI. US wants more biometrics. MakeMyTrip revenue boost.
Pet-friendly travel growing across Asia-Pacific
Agoda has observed a surge in demand for pet-friendly accommodations across Asia-Pacific, with countries like Thailand, South Korea, and Taiwan leading the search rankings. This rising trend is primarily fueled by Millennials and Gen Z travellers who [...]
India rising: Two IPOs, a billion dreams
India’s two most iconic travel founders – Deep Kalra of MakeMyTrip and Aloke Bajpai of ixigo – reflect on their journeys, rivalries, and hopes for the next 20 years of travel. Their dialogue captured not just how far India has come, but how much further it can go.
If Bollywood were to m [...]
ICYMI: We made a short film to open WiT Singapore 2025, using AI
A young boy and his sister are on a runaway train. There's danger afoot. Where are they heading? Will anyone save them? Will they save each other?
To celebrate WiT's 20th anniversary, we created a short film to kickstart the event using the kind of tech that has defined 2025 - AI. Artificial Int [...]
What really sparks wanderlust? New research maps varying influence of marketing media
Expedia Group Advertising has released comprehensive findings from The Science of Wanderlust research, uncovering what makes the perfect travel content to drive bookings in today’s world of AI.
The study showcases how travelers feel, react and engage with travel-related content, finding six in [...]
Main character energy: The qualities tomorrow’s travel leaders need to succeed
As we learned in the recent WiT documentary ‘Online Travel in Asia: The Untold Story’, the travel leaders who made it to 2025 did so by navigating some game-changing hurdles – and in the case of the COVID pandemic, laboured through challenges that nothing could have prepared them for.
Admit [...]
Building product in the Age of AI with trust and velocity
Is this the golden age of travel product or just another hype cycle? Well, the panel, comprising Booking.com’s David Adamczyk, Google’s James Byers, and Klook’s David Liu did not hesitate – it’s a golden age, they declared at WiT Singapore.
AI has raised the bar and moved the starting l [...]
Heavy meta: 3 travel mavericks on reinvention, AI, and the long road back
They were once the rebels of online travel – the mavericks who built meta-search into a movement. On one stage at WiT Singapore’s The Next 20 conference, Gareth Williams (Skyscanner), Ross Veitch (Wego), and Kei Shibata (travel.jp) reunited to look back on the early days of disruption and [...]
Agoda’s Next 20: From price powerhouse to proactive travel assistant
What CEO Omri Morgenshtern and CTO Idan Zalzberg say comes next: exponential change, trust-by-design, and a connected trip that finally feels…connected.
The pivot: from “search & save” to “anticipate & serve”
Turning 20 is a moment for reinvention. Omri Morgenshtern frame [...]
Agoda’s creator program. Lisa reps Thailand. Airbnb’s experiences go social. AI in distribution.
Agoda launches new program to partner with travel creators
Digital travel platform Agoda has launched the Agoda Ambassador program, a new initiative designed to strengthen commercial ties with travel creators on social media. The initiative will see Agoda working directly with travel creators to [...]
