Booster shot drives start-ups
Two Asian start-ups which have received Booking.com’s Booster grants as reported in yesterday’s TTG Asia are driven to scale up their businesses by ramping up marketing...
Singapore now has world’s most powerful passport
Paraguay’s removal of visa requirements for Singaporeans has propelled Singapore's passport ahead of Germany and to the top of Passport Index' most powerful ranking...
Club Med out of Dong’ao, China before time’s up
Club Med has ceased operations of its first beach resort in China, Club Med Dong’ao Island since June 1, 2017.
Set on an island neighbouring...
Short-term rental start-up brings home US$3m in seed funds
GuestReady, a PropTech startup in the urban short-term rental management space, has closed US$3 million in seed funding and will be acquiring Easy Rental...
Aviation roundup: Air China, Scoot, and Hainan Airlines
Here’s our weekly roundup of new air routes.
Booking.com shows greater love for tourism start-ups
Booking.com is turning its attention to mentoring start-ups at that are at seed level with Booster Lab, an offshoot from its Booster programme launched in...
WTTC’s first city-level study shows fastest growing cities are in Asia
WTTC has produced its first study that looks at the economic and employment impact of travel and tourism on cities, and found that the...
Singapore agents warm up to LCCs
With an increasing number of LCCs jetting to longhaul destinations, travel agents in Singapore are now open to working with these budget flight options.
In...
Wyndham signs five upscale hotels in SE Asia
Wyndham Hotel Group is set for a major expansion of two of its upscale brands in South-east Asia, with five new signings in Indonesia...
Sabre looks to AI to turn page on hotel revenue management
Sabre Corporation says it has developed the hospitality industry’s first analytics platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help maximise total hotel revenue.
Combining AI,...
