TikTok launches GO. Mize and Dida tackle distribution. Amadeus, Accenture start ad platform.
TikTok enters travel booking with launch of TikTok GO
TikTok has launched TikTok GO — an in-app platform for discovering and booking hotels, tours, and attractions — in Indonesia, Japan, and the US. Users can find and complete bookings through familiar TikTok surfaces like videos, local feeds, [...]
Extreme weather is impacting APAC travel more than you think
Booking.com's latest sustainability report shows climate risk is no longer a background concern, it's now a front-and-centre factor in how people across Asia Pacific plan, book, and rethink travel.
According to Booking.com's 11th annual Travel & Sustainability Report, climate anxiety has offici [...]
Trip.com’s Xing Xiong on harnessing age of AI and corporate travel’s moment
When Xing Xiong, Chief Operating Officer of Trip.com Group, took to the stage at its Airline Global Conference in Amsterdam last week, he did so with the perspective of someone who has watched the travel industry and the technology underpinning it transform beyond recognition, and along with it, the [...]
Traveloka and Resorts World Sentosa partner to capture demand for experience-led travel to Singapore
Powered by Traveloka's data intelligence and platform scale, the partnership gives RWS direct access to millions of high-intent Indonesian and Southeast Asian travellers.
Traveloka has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), Singapore’s premier integrated reso [...]
Visa and Trip.com collab. Best socials for marketing. OneReg gets $4.4m. Top booking barriers.
Shiji and dailypoint integrate PMS and CRM for real-time guest data sync
Shiji and dailypoint have launched a two-way, real-time integration between Shiji's Daylight PMS and dailypoint's CRM platform, allowing guest profiles, check-in details, and preferences to automatically sync across both syste [...]
Expedia Group enters agreement to acquire CarTrawler, launches Intelligent Experience Platform
Expedia Group continues on its journey towards becoming an end-to-end B2B marketplace, with the announcement made today at its EXPLORE event in Las Vegas that it has entered into an agreement to acquire CarTrawler, the Ireland-based B2B car rental platform.
The move follows its recent acquisition [...]
Is DerbySoft building the intelligence layer that flight distribution has been missing?
Jason Sui wants to move airlines beyond basic connectivity and he's already got the early proof points to back it up
Jason Sui, Divisional CEO of Flight Services at DerbySoft, has spent years in the trenches of flight distribution, first building PKFARE, a leading global travel wholesaler, and now [...]
Expedia Group unveils new AI experiences, expands travel ecosystem and launches philanthropy programme
Expedia Group has unveiled new AI-powered traveller experiences, marketplace capabilities and a long-term philanthropic commitment to protect the places people love to visit.
At Explore 26, its annual partner conference, the company’s founding and defining leaders — Rich Barton, Dara Khosrow [...]
Tony Fernandes: The art of never saying no, and never wasting a crisis
Nine years is a long time in aviation. The last time I interviewed Tony Fernandes on a stage in Amsterdam, he had just been named Airline CEO of the Year.
He recounted that moment in 2017 to the audience attending the Trip.com Airline Global Conference in Amsterdam last week. Akbar Al Baker of Qa [...]
How VoiceMap is fighting against the AI tour flood
Sir Stephen Fry and History Hit’s Dan Snow among the “curiously human” tours launched
In a bid to defend itself against the AI commoditisation of audio tours, VoiceMap, founded by South African blogger-turned-entrepreneur Iain Manley 12 years ago, is taking the “curiously human” route and [...]
