As Vietnamese tourism shows growth, Klook strikes partnerships with key domestic attractions players
IN the new age of travel, the need for a collaborative tourism scene has been called a prerequisite to support robust growth and recovery. In that sense, Klook, a major travel and experiences platform, has been on quite the roll recently.
Klook has just announced partnerships with two key players [...]
How experiences will drive trip planning in 3 charts
The broad consumer shift toward experiences has been well known and well documented over the past half-decade.
In the most recent research from Arival and Phocuswright, a forthcoming consumer study of more than 8,000 travelers worldwide, 58% of Gen Z and millennial travelers say they are prioriti [...]
Travellers more worried about the economy than Covid, but over 80% still planning trips in 2023
IF you packed your bags and went anywhere this year, whether it was a domestic roadtrip or flying to another country, chances are you reflected on just how surreal travelling in 2022 truly is. The speed at which the travel industry has bounced back can be chalked-up to a couple of things, namely the [...]
Bangkok garners 11 million searches, as travellers got adventurous with shark-diving, ziplining, and spooky tours in 2022
WITH 2023 just around the corner, brands in the travel space are packaging data from the last twelve months to give us a glimpse into collective travel habits. It’s an interesting exercise, particularly this year, that quantifies how consumer behaviour has changed after the pandemic, but also how [...]
Words To Live By: The Year In Review and Looking Forward to 2023, Part 1
The 2022 Oxford word of the year is “goblin mode”. The term, which refers to “a type of behaviour which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations”, was the first word of the year to have been decided by public [...]
Customers want engaging content, flexibility, and no-nonsense refunds, says TixCarte CEO
WITH travel picking up all over the world, it's easy to forget about the domestic players and simpler attractions that satiated our wanderlust when borders were closed. Technology has evolved leaps and bounds over the last couple of years, and many key players in the travel and hospitality space are [...]
WiT Studio: Eric Gnock Fah (Klook) on the marketability of Asia and why digital can’t replace physical experiences
WiT Studio hosts a series of exclusive interviews with key players in the industry to discuss the new age of travel, tech, and tourism in Asia and beyond. Subscribe to our YouTube channel here.
On this episode, Eric Gnock Fah, Co-founder and CEO, Klook, discusses the state of the travel indus [...]
How MyRealTrip executed its way out of the pandemic to emerge stronger
With transactions higher than pre-pandemic, Korean startup invests in five companies, bets on families, longstays and co-working
DONGGUN Lee will always remember September 23, 2022 – that was the day he and his team at MyRealTrip jumped for joy when South Korea announced the full reopening of its [...]
Sponsored: Changing priorities, technology adoption and the key drivers for growth: The top 10 trends in corporate travel, as revealed by new Sabre research
WHILE corporate travel is returning, it is coming back differently. So, exactly what are the shapes corporate travel is shifting into, and how are corporate travel agencies adapting to service the new face of business travel? Sabre carried out a survey of travel agents and Travel Management Companie [...]
Tech in Travel: An app for Australia, a new Vibe in Asia Pacific, Malaysia renews vows with Travelport, Hong Kong hotel for digital natives
The lowdown, Down Under
Planning a trip Down Under? The Australian Visitor Centres App is available for free download from the App Store or Google Play. The app provides the sort of information only the locals know, starting with the location of more than 400 accredited Visitor Information Centres [...]
