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“We are a local company”: RedDoorz CEO

Just last week, Indonesian OTA RedDoorz, announced its regional expansion plans to open in 10 new cities in East Java, Indonesia in 2019 starting with Pasuruan and Jember. Keen to know more about its growth ambitions, we spoke to RedDoorz CEO and founder Amit Saberwal in an exclusive interview.

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The entrepreneurial coach: A train journey through social enterprise in India

A one-of-a-kind journey; the Jagriti Yatra that recently completed its 11th edition; serves the mission of building India through social enterprise.

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‘I look at it like Fedex’ says GolfAsian MD, Mark Siegel

One company taking advantage of the continuing popularity of golf in Asia is Thailand’s GolfAsian. To find out more about how the company has grown, I spoke to the man at helm, managing director, Mark Siegel.

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GrabJobs disrupts old school recruitment process in SEA

Finding a job has never been this easy for both job seekers and employers. Singapore-based GrabJobs is making a fuss in the recruitment scene with their interview chatbot technology.

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Deal or no deal: eNett CEO on his once-in-a-lifetime pitch in a taxi

They say that you should know your business inside out for you will never know when an opportunity strikes. Learn from Anthony Hynes, founder and CEO of payment firm eNett, who seized his chance in the back of a taxi!

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Taking the next step: Bidroom co-founders bring new leadership to fuel growth

One of the major challenges for start-ups is how to take the business to the next level and foster growth. The two common reasons why start-ups fail are lack of funding and lack of direction.

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Where pawns become queens: 5 underrated Asian markets

Asia and the Pacific is a massive market and a fertile ground for travel start-ups.

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“We have Satoshi to thank”, says founder of KeyoCoin

So what can the travel industry realistically hope to gain from blockchain technology in the decade to come? Matt Baer, founder and CEO of KeyoCoin, the universal travel rewards platform shares his thoughts in his words.

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Building the billion-dollar travel company “you’ve never heard about”

For this week’s TD Podcast I met the CEO of WorldVentures Holdings and Rovia, Josh Paine, back stage at the

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The Gay Passport CEO: Reaching out to new market segments

We speak to Calum Evans, CEO and founder of Gay Passport, a gay influencer agency that allows hotels to gain exposure in gay audiences by providing quality vetted visit proposals from leading influencers.

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CEO of Swayy on solving the injustice in hospitality

We talk to David Gabriele, founder and CEO of Swayy, on the challenges of creating a disruptive tech company and how he turned frustration into an innovative platform.

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Turkey has highest number of new startups registered in Europe

Through data gathered by Statista, the card processing company, Paymentsense, has revealed the countries seeing significant growth in start-ups between 2013 and 2017.

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Project Deepblu dives into adventure travel

We talk to marketing professional and Bitcoin-based entrepreneur James Tsuei about his new environment project

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Hide and go seek: Hidden Iceland hunts for UK travel agents

Ambitious new Icelandic tour operator Hidden Iceland is looking to expand its global reach by seeking out UK based travel agents in order to develop relationships and maximise the interest UK travellers have shown for the volcanic country – with 20% of Hidden Iceland's visitors coming from the United Kingdom.

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Crowdvilla ushers ‘real’ sharing economy in hospitality industry, says co-founder

Darvin Kurniawan believes that the blockchain can democratise the hospitality industry. In the last part of our interview with the Indonesian-born, Singapore-based start-up co-founder, he explains why the time-share business model is the 'truest' form of the sharing economy.