Mobile & Social

Chulalongkorn University’s Halal Science Centre of Thailand recently launched a new travel app called Halal Route. 

Vietnamese traveltech platform Tubudd recently launched Health Buddy, Vietnam’s first-ever medical service app which connects visiting foreigners with local healthcare facilities.

Madeline List, Manager of Research and Special Projects at Phocuswright, presented key findings from the firm’s latest consumer research study, “Scroll, Heart, Fly: Social Media’s Impact on Travel 2024.”

Alipay announced the launch of a China Travel Voucher Pack for international travelers in collaboration with several partners, including online travel agencies Fliggy and DiDi, today, 26th November. This is part of the Nihao! China Tourism Partnership Programme initiated by the Network of International Culturalink Entities of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China. […]

Collaboration between Amadeus, Fliggy, and Lazada has enabled the online travel agency and retail platform to ramp up their air travel offerings for the critical 11th November shopping event known as the Double 11 Festival or Singles’ Day.

Catering to the growing demand for convenient and stress-free travel solutions, Trevolution Group operating ASAP Tickets, Skylux Travel, Oojo, Triplicity, and other major travel brands, has introduced a new eSIM feature within its Dreampass Plus loyalty program.

Small-ship cruise firm Windstar Cruises launched its new online booking engine through its official website. 

Trip.com announced robust growth in its financial and operations results for the quarter ending 30th September 2024.

Traveloka president Caesar Indra shared his thoughts regarding the need for fraud prevention in the global travel sector in a recent op-ed piece he shared online.

Japanese QR payment operator PayPay announced an expanded partnership with Ant International’s cross-border mobile payment solution Alipay+.

The Sarawak Tourism Board introduced its transformative Gateway to Borneo campaign at this year’s World Travel Market in London, England.

Hotel101 Global achieved the milestone of exceeding 500,000 registered users on its Hotel101 Global mobile application.

Traveloka announced a new partnership with Lotte Hotels and Resorts, South Korea’s largest hotel group, today, 29th October. 

Speakers at this year’s Tourism Innovation Summit (TIS) recently discussed the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in the tourism sector and European regulations related to its use. 

Appier announced that its technical partnership with Vietnamese tourism company Vietourist has been successful.

Asian online travel platform Klook and Google Cloud today announced an expanded AI partnership that will equip the former’s entire organisation with a shared AI infrastructure layer to tackle travellers’ and merchants’ most pressing needs. 

The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) recently launched the Made in Singapore (MIS) global positioning campaign that cements Singapore’s status as a Culinary Capital.

It has achieved a 39% average increase in room nights and 26% average increase in Cost of Sale through the campaign.

Over 500 global travel leaders convened in Singapore on Monday, 14th October, for the annual Web in Travel (WiT) conference.  

A bilingual micro-drama in Chinese and English titled 144 Hours in Ningbo recently captivated viewers on various online platforms.