Sabah Convention Bureau is carving its niche with conservation, local values and state culture in mind
CEO, Noredah Othman, is focusing on quality over quantity by tapping into the local MICE industry
As the fairly new CEO of the Sabah Convention Bureau, Noredah Othman plans to use her knowledge of the East Malaysian state from a previous career to achieve the company’s goals. Speaking at the rece [...]
How Singapore’s Tribe Tours adds value to its tours with storytelling
Using AI to illustrate the “big story book” for toddlers for a new tour
For Tribe Tours, Singapore, storytelling is an absolutely essential element to staying relevant as a tour operator in a destination where, let’s face it, visitors don’t face much trouble in getting around. [...]
Singapore game, Hidden, makes the leap to New Zealand to gamify Maori stories
First overseas foray for WhatsApp-based game started during pandemic
Former journalist and data scientist, Lim Yee Hung, was twiddling his thumbs during the pandemic (like all of us) when during Singapore’s so-called “Circuit Breaker” – the period when people were asked to stay home an [...]
How many giants can Asia hold? Agoda’s Teja and Trip.com’s Xie on competition, expansion and making sense of new tech
Calling Trip.com Group and Agoda ‘industry giants’ would certainly be an understatement. Both companies have expanded rapidly over the last few years, dominating regional demographics and adding more verticals to their platforms while becoming one-stop booking shops for many travellers in the re [...]
Never been more exciting to be a storyteller in heritage and conservation, says Blue Mansion’s pioneer
New mission to make Fort Cornwallis, Penang, a must-visit, and not-boring, experience
For the psychologist-lecturer-turned-conservator-researcher, who pioneered story telling in Penang and brought the story of 19th century Chinese merchant Cheong Fatt Tze to life, through the Blue Mansion, ther [...]
MDEC zeroes in on Malaysia tourism scene through the Digital Tourism Innovation Lab
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), the nation’s leading digital economy agency, recently hosted the Digital Tourism Innovation Lab (DTIL) Demo Day Cohort 2, the second stage in a series of initiatives that serves as strategic, national platforms dedicated to fostering tourism tech in [...]
Off to Africa to learn from cheetahs: Klook’s Sarah Wan on self-care, high growth and travel trends
Event tourism and slow travel factoring high in Travel Pulse survey
When you’re working for a high growth company like Klook, it is important to practise self-care regimes, said Sarah Wan, general manager, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, such as keeping to a good fitnes [...]
Seek Sophie wants to be the “Patagonia” of travel
Co-founders say no plans to raise funds, aims to reach target of $100m sales by 2028
Just as a trip to Uganda changed her life, Jacinta Lim wants to do the same for other travellers, which is the reason why she and co-founder Lina Gedvilaite, decided to start Seek Sophie, a travel marketplace that [...]
Singapore Airlines’ Pelago partners with Primer to scale new global payments markets
Primer, the unified infrastructure for global payments, and Pelago, the travel experiences arm of Singapore Airlines Group, have inked a partnership that will allow Pelago to elevate its payments strategy and meet the payment preferences of travellers worldwide.
Projections indicate that revenue [...]
Meet the rock star astronauts behind COMO’s Space Camps
How space tech can help life on earth – mission behind “Space For A Better World”
So, how do you get from singing with Ringo Starr on the “Vertical Man” album to managing Buzz Aldrin, the second man to land on the Moon, to becoming an “Astronaut Wrangler” and working with veteran astr [...]
