Travel industry sees wave of interest in messaging chatbots
WITHOUT the lambaste and fanfare often associated with new technological trends, chatbots have crept their way into social messaging applications and are being used...
Online marketplace for MATTA members goes live
Screenshot of matta.travel
THE Malaysia Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) is urging its members to sell their packages on matta.travel, the association’s newly-launched B2C...
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...
STB to court Korean travellers with new mobile platform
(From left) Quek Choon Yang, chief technology officer Singapore Tourism Board; Shin Jeong Hwan, chief technology officer Kakao
THE Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and South-Korean...
Eight LCCs form Value Alliance – but where are Jetstar and...
EIGHT budget carriers yesterday formed the world’s largest and first ever pan-regional LCC alliance.
The Value Alliance’s founding airlines are Cebu Pacific (including subsidiary Cebgo),...
Sabre touts ability to find lowest fares globally
ACCORDING to Sabre, its air shopping platform returned the lowest fares globally when compared to other leading GDSs.
The finding was the result of research...
More consolidation expected in China’s package tour market
Chinese travellers pose for a photo in Brussels, Belgium
CHINA’s packaged tours industry will continue to consolidate, according to a study by Morgan Stanley Research,...
Philippines tourism collaborates with top travel influencers
Various shots from Philippine destinations from Jaypee Swing (@JaypeeSwing) and Rod Ruales (@ninjarod) that were also featured on @BeautifulDestinations
THE Philippine Department of Tourism (PDOT) is...
Amadeus now supports bidding for better seats
AMADEUS has partnered with Plusgrade to enable the bidding of preferred seating arrangements on flights via the Altéa Suite.
After purchasing an airline ticket, passengers...
GTA’s Travel Bound now features ArrivalGuides content
GTA has partnered with destination content provider ArrivalGuides to brings its content onto GTA’s Travel Bound retail agent website.
The ArrivalGuides destination content covers close...
