Conversational commerce will shape future of travel in APAC: Facebook
Messaging, or "conversational commerce", is poised to be one of the hottest trends shaping travel in 2019, according to Facebook’s global travel strategy and...
APAC takes lion’s share of world’s fastest growing cities: WTTC
Four of the five fastest-growing cities by travel and tourism GDP contribution over the past decade are located in China, WTTC found in its...
IATA forecasts doubling of air passenger numbers by 2037
Present trends in air transport suggest passenger numbers could double to 8.2 billion in 2037, with Asia-Pacific driving the biggest growth, according to IATA.
The...
APAC arrivals continue to outstrip global average
Foreign arrivals into Asia-Pacific destinations continued to grow faster than the global average in 2017, reaching a record volume high of more than 646...
Passengers look to tech for greater ease in air travel
Air passengers want new technology to give them more control and information, as well as to improve efficiency, IATA said in a summary of...
Strong domestic demand drives Pattaya’s rebounding hotel market: C9
Thailand’s second largest tourism market, Pattaya, has pushed through the volatility hangover of the 2014 era, with its hotel sector now showing signs of...
Agoda unpacks solo travel trends from the East and West
Asian solo travellers are more likely to be younger – millennials (41%) and Generation Zers (38%) – while in the West, solo travel is...
Parents with kids top staycationers in Singapore: Expedia
Singaporeans are nearly as enthusiastic about staycations as they are about overseas trips, found a new Expedia study, which identified parents with kids as...
Massive hotel pipeline for APAC as development nears peak
In its fifth year of continuous growth, Asia-Pacific’s total construction pipeline, excluding China, is at an all-time high of 1,749 projects, or 369,045 rooms,...
Crazy Rich Asians movie spurs Singapore, Malaysia travel searches
Travel search volume for Singapore and Malaysia have seen massive spikes in recent weeks, which Expedia said was the "knock-on effect" of recently released...
