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Four markets, four approaches – lessons on how to unlock opportunities in...
WiT Europe puts spotlight on four regions investing in travel and tech Four markets with growth promise and opportunities – how do you choose between them? Well, during the WiT Europe track at...
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Meet the rock star astronauts behind COMO’s Space Camps
How space tech can help life on earth – mission behind “Space For A Better World” So, how do you get from singing with Ringo Starr on the “Vertical Man” album to managing Buzz Aldrin, the second man to...
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Sanjay Sharma’s mission at Orascom: Transforming commercial capabilities,...
Three AI themes that will change hospitality – context window, Agentic AI and text-to-action Sanjay Sharma: “We want to transform inventory distribution, CRM and revenue management and undertake a PMS...
View ArticleOne founder’s bid to reduce dependence on Google amid drop in traffic
Reeling from the drops in organic traffic his two websites, Travel.jp, a Japanese travel metasearch and guide site, and Trip101, a travel guide promoting unique stays and experiences, have sustained as...
View ArticleJapan’s largest credit card issuer selects Hopper to power new travel booking...
Following recent partnership announcements with Lotte Card in Korea and Air Asia MOVE, HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions) has sealed an agreement with Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co., Ltd. (SMCC), the credit...
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What’s your theme? If you’re dreaming of your own “Mousehole”, read on
Last week, I went into the studio to record an interview with Klook’s two co-founders Ethan Lin and Eric Gnock Fah, who are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their startup. We talked about the last...
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Seek Sophie wants to be the “Patagonia” of travel
Co-founders say no plans to raise funds, aims to reach target of $100m sales by 2028 Just as a trip to Uganda changed her life, Jacinta Lim wants to do the same for other travellers, which is the...
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Weeva, sustainability tool for hospitality, to close down
Decision taken by board after “exhaustive review” The board of Weeva, the sustainability management tool for independent hotels and tourism businesses, has called for the closure of the business “based...
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Go, ixigo – a new chapter begins as two co-founders mark milestone and plans...
Customer obsession remains focus, AI will bring “unimaginable shifts” After a three-year delay, ixigo’s parent company, Le Travenues Technology, is finally listed on the Indian stock exchanges and at...
View ArticleLessons to take from Weeva’s closure
A long game with no immediate payback, says Greenview’s Ricaurte The news of Weeva’s closure has come as a surprise and disappointment to many who had been following the company’s progress since its...
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Off to Africa to learn from cheetahs: Klook’s Sarah Wan on self-care, high...
Event tourism and slow travel factoring high in Travel Pulse survey Sarah Wan: “I’ve become a calmer captain because I know what my ship can weather, and how hard I can push it without turning back.”...
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Never been more exciting to be a storyteller in heritage and conservation,...
New mission to make Fort Cornwallis, Penang, a must-visit, and not-boring, experience Loh-Lim Lin Lee: “We want you to leave Fort Cornwallis, saying “Wow”. In two years’ time, nobody will come to...
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Korea’s TOURVIS first in Asia to implement NDC with Air France-KLM
TOURVIS, the South Korea-based online travel platform, has become the first OTA in Asia to implement NDC (New Distribution Capability) with Air France-KLM. It is celebrating the milestone, reached on...
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Singapore game, Hidden, makes the leap to New Zealand to gamify Maori stories
First overseas foray for WhatsApp-based game started during pandemic Lim Yee Hung (right) and Hayden Hape, of Ngati Kahungunu ki Tamaki-nui-a-Rua, which represents the Ngati Kahungunu people in the...
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How Singapore’s Tribe Tours adds value to its tours with storytelling
Using AI to illustrate the “big story book” for toddlers for a new tour Yock Song Law: “It helps when the story relates around a character or person, because it connects humans to humans, and so...
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The secret sauce of “char koay teow”, storytelling and indie travel businesses
AI, it seems, is creeping into everything. In a little café in a local neighbourhood in Penang, far from the madding tourist crowd, the young entrepreneurs running it offer “AI Fried Char Koay Teow”....
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Hopper doubles down on HTS to power banks and credit cards to “build new...
It’s the market few saw coming, says co-founder Dakota Smith Dakota Smith: “The global nature of this business is really exciting, winning partnerships as diverse as this is thrilling.” With five...
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Intriq Journey intent on blazing new trails, space travel included
“What could be more exotic and off the beaten path than space?” Bespoke luxury travel company Intriq Journey, formed by a team of the former Country Holidays, Singapore, is blazing new trails with...
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Juspay brings its “payments orchestration” to South-east Asia, Middle East
Softbank-backed Indian payments startup expands on back of Indian outbound market Nakul Kothari: “We believe the future is real time payments from account to account, and that will be the driving...
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With or without cookies, travel marketers must prioritise first party data
Google’s reversal of cookie decision buys marketers time; reality is cookieless strategies should not be abandoned By now, Google’s reversal on its decision to remove third party cookies has had time...
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