WiT Seoul: AI, social experiences, and next-gen OTAs are driving travel forward
Key insights from WiT Seoul 2023
This article originally appeared on Tidesquare.com
As the travel and tourism industry continues its recovery post-pandemic, this year's WiT Seoul 2023 shed light on valuable insights and emerging trends shaping the landscape. Hosted by WiT and Tidesquare annually [...]
Klook leverages Google Cloud to enhance customer engagement via advanced Generative AI
In a collaboration aimed at expanding customer engagement and the scope of digital experiences on its platform, travel services and bookings platform Klook has joined forces with Google Cloud. This partnership leverages the capabilities of Google Cloud's advanced generative AI to upgrade Klook's act [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Global travel M&A surpasses pre-pandemic levels, 423 deals in the last year
Cambon Partners and VIDEC unveil travel industry's first-ever mergers and acquisitions tracker
Cambon Partners, a Paris-based investment banking firm specialising in mergers, acquisitions, and corporate financing, has collaborated with VIDEC, a Mumbai-based boutique research, consulting, and M& [...]
Phocuswright unveils Top 25 travel startups of 2024, 8% from Asia Pacific
New list spotlights pandemic-era innovations, with 17 startups born in the last three years
PhocusWire, the media and news division powered by Phocuswright, has unveiled its list of the "Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2024" at The Phocuswright Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
This year's sele [...]
Go City and Weixin Pay sign 3-year partnership, notes revenue growth from Chinese customers
Partnership to facilitate sightseeing experiences for Chinese tourists across Go City's platform
Go City, a multi-attraction pass provider, and Weixin Pay, a payment feature within the Weixin app, have formalised a collaboration with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Capitol [...]
