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Mystifly blends Indian, Japanese and Chinese leadership in new bid to scale...
The biggest promise that the Internet brought was access to content anywhere and anytime. “Why should airfare booking be any different?” This thought gave birth to Mystifly back in 2009. Ten years on,...
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ZEN Rooms expands to leasing and management model
Fresh from its US$15 million investment round by Korea’s Yanolja, ZEN Rooms, which started in 2015 with a partial inventory model, and moved to a franchise/revenue management model early last year, is...
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TripAdvisor unveils the next big thing – the world’s most “personalised and...
When Steve Kaufer was last in Singapore this time last year, he spoke to us about his vision for TripAdvisor to offer “the complete package to enable our 400 million users to experience much better...
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Plug & Play Travel plans launch in Singapore to bridge gap between innovators...
Plug & Play Tech Center, the Silicon Valley-based company that bridges the gap between innovators and corporations, is looking to launch its Travel & Hospitality vertical in Singapore to plug...
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Letter from Shanghai: Ctrip pushes on, global brands and lessons learnt in...
Things are at a different scale in China and this fact was hammered home when on my walk to the venue for the 12th TravelDaily Conference & Digital Travel Show (CDTS), I encountered a giant giraffe...
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Through The Looking Glass: Using blockchain and fin tech to elevate the next...
In our continuing series of articles around our WIT Singapore Conference theme of “Through The Looking Glass”, where we look outside travel in search of different stories and lessons, we look at how a...
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Welcome to the blue ocean of cruising in Asia, massive market yet to be...
Last week, I took a dip into the blue ocean of cruising – and it really is a blue ocean. Firstly, according to CLIA (Cruising Lines International Association), Asians are discovering cruising in a big...
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Through The Looking Glass of Cempedak Island: 8 Key Takeaways from WiT...
After an intense three days of “Through The Looking Glass”, my mind is still sparking neurons even though I am now safely esconsced on a private island in Bintan, Indonesia. Cempedak has, for the last...
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The story of Mary Li: From ASLAN to Mystifly, from China to India, and truths...
I first met Mary Li when she was introduced to me as the co-CEO of Mystifly, the India-based global airfares marketplace. My curiosity stirred, I did some research on her and found her back story. With...
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As Accor hits 1,000 in APAC, Issenberg ponders China softening, tech impact...
What does it take to grow a hotel group to 1,000 properties in Asia Pacific? Well, if you ask Michael Issenberg, CEO, AccorHotels APAC, it takes time and investing in people on the ground, helped of...
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Teenage Tesloop founder switches direction from ride sharing to data...
Ahead of their on-stage conversation at Phocuswright next Wednesday in Los Angeles, teenage founder of Tesloop, Haydn Sonnad, reveals to Yeoh Siew Hoon a change of direction for the company he founded...
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Tushar Khandwelwal: An entrepreneur’s Interstellar-inspired voyage into tours...
We remember Tushar Khandwelwal, COO & co-founder, when he first pitched the idea of Voyagin at a WiTNext event aimed at future leaders. Since then, the tours & activities startup has gone...
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From Singapore to Shenzhen, from Youbibi to Skyscanner, Steven Pang makes...
While others were still dreaming about the China travel opportunity, Steven Pang, a Singaporean living in Hong Kong, took the plunge back in 2010 to start a travel search business specialising in...
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Letter from Los Angeles: Of last mile mobility, teenage dreams and Chinese...
The day I landed in Los Angeles, there was a heavy smell of smoke in the air. The California wildfires were raging and the winds were blowing smoke towards the city. It didn’t stop the city’s residents...
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Letter from Berlin: Brexit woes, hard truths about aviation and hail the good...
Flying across from Cardiff to Berlin via Amsterdam over the weekend of the Brexit negotiations made me mindful of how fragile and uncertain the social, political and economic landscape of Europe is. As...
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From Odisha to Bay Area, how Ritesh Agarwal built OYO Rooms into a unicorn
If you believe that like leaders, entrepreneurs are either born or they are made, then Ritesh Agarwal, founder and CEO of OYO Rooms, belongs to the former. Growing up in the second most undeveloped...
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Expedia closing in on $100b as it aims to be world’s largest travel platform
Fifteen years after its first partners’ conference, Expedia Group has re-named its annual gathering in Las Vegas to Explore because “it reflects who we have become and aspire to”. Mark Okerstrom: “News...
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Time for tech giants to grow up as power of platforms coalesces
Never have so much power been in the hands of so few over so many. As such, there’s a need for more governance and for tech giants to take their responsibilities seriously. Yeoh Siew Hoon reports from...
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Letter from Las Vegas: Travel will soar and new tech will rule but keep love...
“Want a night out with sluts?” solicited a tout on the strip, as a group of men walked past. Getting no interest, he changed his tack. “We have bible studies too.” Welcome to Las Vegas, a place for...
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Curious about diversity in 2019? Me too
My first encounter with the author, Ursula K Le Guin, was through “The Left Hand Of Darkness” which I read, growing up in Penang, Malaysia. In a society where one was defined by not only gender but...
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