A deep dive in Jeju: What makes travellers stay longer in rural destinations
There is something about Jeju, South Korea that makes you think about depth. Perhaps it is the sea that stretches endlessly beyond the island’s volcanic coastline. Or perhaps it is the haenyeo, the island’s legendary women divers who slip quietly beneath the water without oxygen tanks, holding t [...]
Beyond margins, the new metrics behind tourism investments
In one of the most animated and layered conversations at TOURISE 2025, CNN’s Richard Quest masterfully steered a panel featuring HE Fahd bin Abdulmohsan Al-Rasheed, advisor in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers and Chairman of SCEG; Sébastien Bazin, CEO of Accor; Ferit Şahenk [...]
Japan emerging as top ski destination with hotel bookings up 417%, Singapore hotel bookings down
Sojern, a leading digital marketing platform built for travel, shared its latest travel data ahead of the holiday season and beyond. Travellers are eager to hit the road or skies, but economic concerns and inflation are widening the wealth gap. Compared to 2023, more consumers are opting for road tr [...]
Enter The Wood Dragon: What happened in 1964 and what will happen this year, even AI cannot tell us
Well, the dragons are out in full force as the Chinese community all over the world prepare for their Lunar New Year, the year that will welcome in the Wood Dragon on February 10.
In Singapore, in one week, I saw all shapes and colours of dragons – from the Crystal Dragon that swooped into the Ma [...]
Wego acquires Travelstop in bid to build first corporate travel unicorn in Asia, Middle East
The first thing Prashant Kirtane, CEO and co-founder of Travelstop, did when he and his team of 26 moved into the Wego office in Singapore was to buy his own coffee machine, even though there were already two coffee machines, laughed Ross Veitch, CEO and co-founder of Wego. “I am used to my own br [...]
OTAs tipped to benefit most from China’s travel recovery, with Gen Z driving growth
OTAs are tipped to be the key beneficiaries of the Chinese travel market, which is expected to grow 13% per annum post-Covid, according to a report by DBS, Singapore’s major bank.
The report, “China Online Travel Sector”, states that more than 60% of online bookings are via online travel ag [...]
KabuK Style wants to create diverse culture with its blockchain-powered travel subscription service
Japanese fintech startup with fixed price model expands to South Korea
In terms of timing, Kenji Sunada, founder and CEO of KabuK Style, couldn’t have picked a worse moment to launch his online subscription travel service in 2019. “It was very disappointing,” he laughed. “We didn’t expe [...]
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