Trambellir evolves into tours and wellness bookings platform for USEN Next Holdings
Trambellir garnered interest from USEN reps at WiT Japan 2023, where Trambellir was featured in a startup showcase.
When we spoke to So Iizuka, founder and CEO of Trambellir, last year, his goal was to focus on growing his wellness platform in markets like Malaysia (HQ), Indonesia, Thailand, Japan [...]
Sustainable travel: Big gap in what consumers believe and what they actually do
Consumers do not often do what they say they want to do when it comes to sustainable travel. In fact, the average traveller has a poor understanding of what sustainable travel means, and a lot of education is needed to encourage better behaviour.
These were the key findings of a new piece of res [...]
Calling all digital nomads: Malaysia wants you
DE Rantau, a one-stop hub for immigration and accommodation
Malaysia wants to become a premier digital nomad hub, using Greece as a role model for the DE-Rantau programme rolled out by the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC).
Arifah Sharifuddin, Head of Digital Tourism at MDEC, said that [...]
An online trailblazer goes offline: Donggun Lee on his journey, the future, and physical stores
During a session titled ‘From Startup to Scaleup’ at WiT Seoul, Donggun Lee, CEO and founder of MyRealTrip, was invited to break his story down into its own ‘hero’s journey’. Popularised by author and mythologist Joseph Campbell in the 1940s, the Hero’s Journey concept suggests that ever [...]
Letter from Fort Lauderdale: Pongy pooches inflight, and an underdog at his best
Hopper to reach profitability next year, doubling down on B2B and lodging
I am writing this on Delta Airlines from Fort Lauderdale to New York where I will catch that epic 18-hour flight back to Singapore. It’s been quite a week. In New York, it was unseasonably warm, and I was able to spend a lo [...]
Does the coffee ever spill? Bobby Healy on friendships, rentals and drone deliveries
In the daily blitz of technological advancements, we sometimes forget just how far we’ve come in terms of mobility in the travel tech space. Bobby Healy, serial entrepreneur and founder of Manna Drone Delivery and co-founder of Meili Travel Technology, uses his fleet of drones to deliver everythin [...]
Electric air taxis takeoff in 2024, Swiftie surge, and agents of influence
Australia noted a 446% week-over-week growth in booking volumes after Taylor Swift concert announcements in Melbourne and Sydney
Amadeus has released its 2024 travel trends and as pointed out by similar courtesy of Booking.com and Expedia, travel and hospitality continue to shift and evolve in this [...]
5 key takeaways from The Phocuswright Conference
Will artificial intelligence change travel booking forever? What’s the most important thing to consider when starting a company? Could Hopper become profitable soon? How should travel companies market to Gen Z on social media? Is Kayak under threat from one of its co-founders’ newest ventur [...]
WiT Podcast: Expedia’s Schulze and Nair on rising to the occasion in travel and hospitality
As a company, Expedia Group is no stranger to change - the company has been through many shifts in the travel and hospitality industry, from technological booms to slumps in the global economy, to the current AI revolution amidst a worldwide recovery phase.
Similarly, two travel veterans, Greg Sc [...]
Google’s safe Maps. Austria’s night trains. India’s air taxis. Klook x STB.
This week: Google tracks safety in South Africa, lift-off for India’s air taxis and a new dawn for night trains in Europe.
Google fights crime in Cape Town
Google has made changes to its Maps application, following a recent attack on an American tourist near Cape Town International Airp [...]
