Alipay+ transactions triple in 2024 as travel industry embraces cross-border...
Alipay+, Ant International’s cross-border mobile payment and digitalisation solution, revealed three trends shaping the future of tourism to the benefit of global merchants and the industry. Alipay+ is...
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Bangkok bike-hailing. Expensify’s chat super app. Token answer for busy...
Travel search on the cusp of a new era Speaking at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) this week in a session on “How To Build Influence with Gen Z in Just 30 Seconds”, Marc-Antoine Simon, industry manager,...
View ArticleSwifties spike Airbnb prices. STB re-engages Traveloka. Penny for her...
Airbnb hosts pull a Swiftie Pop icon Taylor Swift’s appearances in Melbourne and Sydney in coming days have seen hotels in the two cities booked out – even with room rates going through the roof –...
View ArticleSchiphol app curbs flight stress. Hilton ready to chat. Visa waiver ignites...
Your watch is your flight buddy Amsterdam Schiphol Airport has created an app for Apple Watch that uses AI and motion sensors to give travellers up-to-date information about their flights. The app...
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Could generative AI make Google Maps a full travel app?
Generative AI has the power to supercharge maps and turn travel planning on its head, according to a report from Lufthansa Innovation Hub (LIH). In its latest study, LIH says the integration of...
View ArticleBrex leverages Spotnana to launch integrated travel solution that isn’t...
New app builds on the momentum of the company’s rapidly expanding Empower platform With business travel picking up all over the world now that most borders have reopened, fintech company Brex has...
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Preparing for the booming Indian market: An Interview with MakeMyTrip’s...
In early September, Phocuswright published its India Total Market Report, which provides a comprehensive view of India’s travel market, including detailed market sizing and projections, distribution...
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After growing roots in Sri Lanka, Findmyfare wants to fan out to “similar”...
Returning to Sri Lanka in 2012 after having studied and worked in London for most of their adult life, university mates Thushan Shanmugarajah and Abishek Sithampalam looked around for something to do....
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Porter & Sail and Design Hotels unveil ‘fresh way’ to book hotels in new...
Two curated online travel platforms, Porter & Sail and Design Hotels, are collaborating to deliver what is described as “an ultimate mobile hotel experience.” New York-based Porter & Sail, a...
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Airbnb launches Trips platform, giving guests more direct access to local...
Airbnb has ventured beyond the accommodation space after eight years with the launch of Airbnb Trips – a mobile platform designed to give consumers a new resource for local information, tours and...
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The Millennial Traveller: The Tinder Trap
A close friend recently asked me how I felt about Singapore’s dating pool. As a prospective newcomer to the city, he held a rightful amount of curiosity paired with a subtle dose of concern. Given this...
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Make five tourism marketing resolutions for 2015
Tourism marketers should resolve to adopt five marketing practices if they want to achieve digital breakthrough in 2015. MyResearch’s Bronwyn White Mobile digital technology and apps have led to a...
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Fast food makes us fat, tech makes us shitty, let’s take a detour, says...
Holiday times are good for epiphanies and Andrew Mason, founder of Groupon, had his during a one-month break in South-east Asia after he left the company he founded. Andrew Mason: Came up with idea for...
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YourSingapore app to offer personalised experiences
YourSingapore Guide app is now available for iPhone and Android users (sorry Blackberry, you are excluded again) who want to create personalized experiences of their stay in the Little Red Dot....
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Discovering Hong Kong the virtual way
Cathay Pacific and the Hong Kong Tourism Board have created an app, in conjunction with McCann Erickson and XS2Theworld, that is touted as “a world class app for a world class city”. Whether you want...
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mTrip Travelguide review – Augmented Singapore on the iPhone
This morning I read about the mTrip travel guides – Android and Apple application guides to about 20 destinations. So I downloaded the app from the Apple App store – GBP3.99 (approx US$7 or so). Each...
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HotelsCombined launches iFindHotels app in Arabic
HotelsCombined.com has released iFindHotels version 1.31 for iPhone and iPod Touch, an update that enables full support and browsing for the Arabic language to their hotel price comparison app. A first...
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Get a Uber ride with the TripAdvisor app
Uber, in a move to stay ahead of competitors such as Lyft, has opened its API to all developers enabling other companies to integrate its service into third party apps. This development enables apps to...
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HotelQuickly raises another US$4.5m as mobile picks up pace
Last minute booking app, HotelQuickly, has raised US$4.5 million in a Series A-1 financing led by GREE, Inc., a global mobile social company with businesses that include social gaming, social media,...
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WIT Start-Up: SavvyMob – mobile hotel booking app for the Indian Millennial...
Bangalore-based start-up Cooolio, a digital portfolio company, recently launched SavvyMob described as a mobile only distribution product developed for the Indian Millennial travellers, both business...
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