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Wego’s Ross Veitch on getting the timing right for Middle East and...
He may have been too early for Singapore as well as Indonesia – indeed South-east Asia in general – but Ross Veitch, CEO and co-founder of Wego, believes he’s finally hit the right timing in the Middle...
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Letter from Muscat: And so we enter the golden age of digital travel in...
For some reason, Muscat seems closer in my mind than it really is. To get here, I had to connect via Dubai and with a four-hour layover, it’s almost a 12-hour journey and I thought I could have flown...
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Tech should make Better Travel for everyone, with disabilities you can or...
What’s your disability? Because as far as clinical psychologist Nicky Abdinor, born without arms and shortened legs, is concerned, “everyone has a disability, it’s just that you can see mine”. And...
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Letter from Hong Kong: From real estate to community, from brick to clicks,...
Hong Kong The sky is piercingly blue, as blue as it could only get after a huge storm has just whipped through. I am in Hong Kong two days after the last Typhoon 8 visited this city built on a rock. At...
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Google’s Heckmann on how machine learning will Translate to better travel and...
Ahead of his speaking on the WIT Main Stage on Tuesday, October 24, Oliver Heckmann, Vice President, Engineering for Travel and Shopping, Google, shares what’s top of his mind on how new technology...
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Letter from Singapore: 8 key takeaways on creating “Better Travel”
From opportunity markets to product innovations to new tech, a lot was discussed at this week’s WIT Conference in Singapore. Here are the eight key takeaways. Michael Szucs, Cebu Pacific Air: The story...
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Letter from Cempedak: Seven secrets to landing among the stars
It was exactly a year ago that I visited the private island of Cempedak in the Riau Archipelago of Indonesia and saw it in the making of stage. Piles of bamboo were strewn all over the white sand but...
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Letter from Fort Lauderdale: From storms to tech, global forces that bind us
Piles of seaweed lie strewn along the water’s edge along Hollywood Beach in Fort Lauderdale. I am told it’s the remnants of Hurricane Irma which crashed through the state of Florida last month. From...
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Next stop for Rome2rio as it graduates from cockroach startup – global travel...
You could call it a coming of age for Rome2rio – the seven-year-old Melbourne startup has finally left the co-working space it called home for several years to move into its own offices. Having grown...
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Pitch me something I don’t understand, says investor supremo Joel Cutler
It is said the best ideas either terrify you or make you laugh. In Joel Cutler’s case, it’s ideas he doesn’t understand. Known as the man with the Midas touch with his investments in companies such as...
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How to fly high: Lessons from Tony Fernandes
It was fitting that I was flying high on a United Airlines flight to San Francisco when I read the new book by Tony Fernandes, group CEO of AirAsia, as he told his story from the low cost airline to...
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Baidu Capital, armed with $3b, still looking for the right travel bet
Travel, like every industry, is dominated by giants but Jenny Wu says there are “good seeds” of innovation happening and it’s just a matter of time before Baidu Capital picks the next big travel bet....
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Letter from Las Vegas: The cowboys are coming, travel goes on, no matter what
As the plane approached Las Vegas, I wondered if I would find things changed. After all, it’s only been two months since that horrific shooting when 58 fans attending an outdoor country and western...
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As cruises grow in Asia, will tech and customer behaviour converge to rock...
There are many things cruise companies say that they hold to be true. One of these is, if you’ve been on a cruise, you will become a fan for life. I don’t necessarily believe that to be true – I went...
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It may be raining money for tours & activities but for GetYourGuide’s Tao...
Armed with its latest fund raise of US$75 million, GetYourGuide is expanding its global presence with the launch of four new domains and has added Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Mexican...
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Expedia continues global push, invests in new tech to power hoteliers and...
The Expedia Partner Conference held in Las Vegas last week opened on a defiant and upbeat note. Mark Okerstrom, walking on stage after the opening rhythm and drum beats of Le Reve, The Dream, said that...
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How to play the infinite game, curing loneliness with travel and living forever
Long game or infinite game, whatever the term you choose to use, I am sure there was purpose behind the choice of Simon Sinek as keynote speaker at the Expedia Partner Conference held in Las Vegas last...
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Hoteliers should be panicking about Airbnb, says Ian Schrager
Expedia’s Cyril Ranque in conversation with Ian Schrager – Photographed by Adam Shane Productions on a Nikon D5. Hoteliers should stop being in denial about the impact of home sharing on their...
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Nagaland, here I come – travel is still not easy, thank goodness for that
As I prepare for my year-end trip to Assam and Nagaland in Incredible India, I can’t help but reflect on the year that’s just whizzed by and the year that will undoubtedly come upon us faster than we...
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Letter from Assam, Part 1: Of tea, monsoons and learning to be a guest
“I remember when I was young the monsoons in Assam …” and with that opening line, I settle back into my armchair at the Mancotta Heritage Tea Bungalow to listen to my host Sanjay of East India Travel...
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