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 [...]
Rebranding Cambodia: Focusing on sustainability to boost tourism in the kingdom
IF you were to come up with a two-week stay in Cambodia, what would your itinerary look like? Would you be able to name five places to visit off the top of your head? Unless you’ve spent a considerable amount of time there, Cambodia is probably defined by its most touristy destinations. According [...]
WiT Studio: Ariane Gorin (President, Expedia for Business) talks travel recovery in APAC and living in consequential times
WiT Studio hosts a series of exclusive interviews with key players in the industry on the new age of travel, tech, and tourism in Asia and beyond. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more.
On this episode, Ariane Gorin, President, Expedia for Business, Expedia Group, talks about the new age [...]
From Bengkulu to Traveloka: How Caesar Indra is fulfilling his dream of “making the developing world better”
“Local is our DNA, so is DIY,” he says, but can that playbook scale as Traveloka expands
When I asked Caesar Indra how a kid growing up in Bengkulu, a small mountain village on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia ended up being president of Traveloka, Indonesia’s poster child of online travel, h [...]
Sponsored: Why a positive experience is all that really matters to travellers
By James Marshall, VP, Air Account Management, Expedia Group
CONSUMER behaviour continually changes, but the volatility we have experienced over the past few years has brought this into even sharper focus. All industries are having to adapt to these changes and re-examine how they meet consumer n [...]
Sponsored: Welcome to the New World of Travel
FOLLOWING a long period of strict entry conditions, heightened hygiene protocols, and swift vaccine deployment, the summer of 2022 finally demonstrated that it is now largely possible to travel the world once more. Most tourist destinations in the MENA region, Europe, and the world have started to w [...]
