Tripfez’s Faeez named 2017 PATA Face of the Future
Faeez Fadhlillah, CEO and co-founder of travel booking engine Tripfez, has been named the 2017 PATA Face of the Future, which honours young tourism...
Airbnb doubles down on China as ‘Aibiying’
Homesharing titan Airbnb will now go by the new name of "Aibiying" in China, which means "to welcome each other with love", as it...
Klook nets US$30 million funds to boost expansion, services
Tour, activity and attraction booking platform Klook has raised US$30 million in Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital China, which will enable the...
Millennials, LCCs prop up Chiang Mai’s rising popularity: C9
With the rise of LCCs and millennial preferences, passenger volume into Chiang Mai grew 13 per cent to hit 4.6 million arrivals in 2016,...
Ascott gets new ‘lyf’ out of millennials
Ascott launched its first living lab to field test its new co-living brand, lyf, in partnership with the Singapore Management University (SMU).
Ascott will carry...
Indonesia attempts to win over Singapore’s millennial travellers
Ubud Food Festival 2016 (Photo credit: Instagram @ubudfoodfest)
Indonesia is tapping into Singapore's emerging millennial market by going beyond conventional methods of promoting the country,...
Millennials targeted for PATA’s new membership category
PATA has launched the Young Tourism Professionals (YTP) membership category along with a suite of benefits to support and develop students, an initiative that...
Rich Chinese millennials show spending firepower but Asia stands to lose
RICH Chinese millennials have an average household travel spend of 420,000 yuan (US$65,000) per year and are set to go on more trips in...
Singapore millennials prefer direct flight bookings
MOST millennial travellers in Singapore favour booking flights via airline websites rather than from OTAs and metasearch engines, according to a recent study by...
Pacific World consolidates, expands in India
DMC Pacific World has moved all meetings and events business units of its Le Passage To India (LPTI) sister company under the global Pacific...
