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Jungle Ventures, forged out of failure, sees more “beautiful exits” in travel...
“Best time to start a business – so much talent, so much that is broken, technology tailwinds happening”, says Amit Anand Amit Anand, co-founder and managing partner of Singapore-based global tech...
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The themes that unite the world of online travel: Key takeaways from WiT...
“Unite” was the theme and, as the WiT Virtual Summit went round the world in six hours, it was clear a few key themes united the world of online travel. Here are the key takeaways. 1. Domestic...
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We are all in the same boat but it appears to be different oceans
“Even in tiny Singapore, we have our own small ocean to explore. I’ve booked a boat trip to an outer island, no passport required. Where you are determines your outlook, but we need new eyes. Freedom,...
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Rethinking Trade Exhibitions: Lessons from China and creating a new hybrid world
In my career as a journalist, I’ve gone from print to web, then from web to mobile. Now I’ve gone from physical events to virtual and hybrid. Each time, it has meant surrendering old territory but...
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Mystifly raises US$3.3m amid Covid upheaval, heralds new era of the “retail...
Other than the fund-raise, the biggest positive of Covid-19 has been his move back to his hometown of Kolar. “I don’t see myself moving back to urban life after this,” says Rajeev Kumar. In its more...
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Online champion, ATTIA, emerges to revive travel and spur recovery
Formed in 2019 to address regulations around short-term rentals and digital marketing, the body has found new purpose with Covid-19 as it seeks to lobby governments in APAC to establish common...
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Excuse me, did I see you on Zoom or was it for real? Re-learning the rituals...
Many, many years ago, I tore my calf muscle, had to have surgery, my right leg wrapped in a cast for almost six to eight weeks and after it was removed, I had to learn to walk all over again....
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O’ restless warriors, find your solace at home
One of the earliest literary pieces I read and that left a big impression on me was “Lady Precious Stream”, written by S.I. Hsing. To cut a long play short – it was a Chinese play written in English...
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What is it like to manage a “Hotel California”? Behind the scenes of Raffles...
In all his years of hotel-keeping, Marcus Hanna never imagined he’d be running a “Hotel California” type operation where guests “can never leave” their rooms but so it has been for the past months...
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Meet the unsung heroes of Raffles City hotels, Singapore
While most of us were hiding at home during Circuit Breaker in Singapore there were those working in hospitality who had to show up for work to keep their hotels running, and caring for...
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Markets stumble, Traveloka raises, Ctrip’s private plans: Keep your eye on...
One moment, I am speaking to Tien Thuy Tien, managing director of Asian Trails Vietnam, who’s at the Lak Tented Camp in the Central Highlands and she’s waxing lyrical about the scenic beauty and the...
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Ixigo reinstates salaries, sells Travenues to SpiceJet, weans off Google
“The longterm net gainers are OTAs and airline direct,” says Aloke Bajpai From the outside looking in, it would seem that the Covid-19 situation is getting worse in India which it is from the rate of...
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“The emails and phone calls suddenly stopped” but MyRealTrip persevered and...
MyRealTrip, South Korea’s online travel platform, which had its roots in tours and activities, made headlines on July 29 when it raised US$36m in a funding round led by existing investor Altos...
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Beauty queens who can cook: How Ivuvu.com used influencers to win domestic...
Thien Minh Group found itself having to move really fast the last three months. The mainstay of its business, inbound visitors, had disappeared and it had to pivot to a domestic market. The positive...
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Headed for a stellar July and then, wham: TMG’s Kien on steering Ivuvu.com...
Tran Trong Kien, who runs Vietnam’s largest integrated travel group, covering hospitality, aviation, online and destination management, had been looking forward finally to a July that would show 90%...
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Milken talks vaccine, Alibaba’s Tsai talks remote work and travel; “massive...
With so much bad news in travel I thought I’d tune into the Singapore Fintech Festival Global Launch event this week for a different perspective, and the most promising news came at the end from Mike...
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Cleartrip rolls out Travel Safe and Flexifly, aims to hit sweet spot between...
Covid-19 has made developers more empathetic to commercial interests: Subramanya Sharma If there is one positive that has come out of the biggest crisis to hit travel, it is that product has taken...
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Let’s talk about work, remote or otherwise, and its side effects
This whole remote work thing that’s still going on in most parts of the world is producing lots of interesting outcomes, at least in places where remote work is an option. As Joseph Tsai, executive...
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In age of scarcity, Traveloka goes from “hunting” to “harvesting” in its...
Even though product has taken centre stage during Covid-19, Traveloka’s Christian Suwarna believes that marketing is also having its breakout moment in terms of how the Indonesian travel unicorn is...
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Seven Clean Seas employs furloughed tourism workers to clean beaches, goal is...
Seven Clean Seas, a Singapore-based social enterprise whose mission is to help companies achieve plastic neutrality with plastic credits, has employed the furloughed workers of Nikoi and Cempedak...
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