Entrepreneurs
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.
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.
Experience beyond itineraries: we talk to a ‘serial start-up founder’
We previously posted the first part of our interview with Experience Philippines founder and CEO Giancarlo 'Gian' Gallegos, who has made us want to round up a few companions for a Random Road Trip. The self-professed 'serial start-up founder' now shares how he has turned a risky proposition into a booming business.
Vietnamese traveltech startup Triip raises new funding round, readies itself for ICO
Ho Chi Minh City-based travel tech startup Triip has announced that it has raised an undisclosed funding round from Japanese strategic investor Gaiax and Vietnamese angel investor Nguyen Duy.
Building connections through Random Road Trips
We sat down with EXPH founder and CEO Giancarlo 'Gian' Gallegos, who explained how taking friends and strangers off the tourist grid goes beyond business:
The rebirth of the timeshare – for the cryptocurrency generation: we talk to the CEO of Crowdvilla
Darvin Kurniawan, the Indonesian co-founder and CEO of Singapore-based start-up Crowdvilla, entered the alternative accommodations industry by way of blockchain-powered
Hotelchamp integrates top marketing tech to drive direct booking growth
Hotelchamp, another champion of the direct booking movement, stepped up in a big way announcing the integration of TrustYou, OTA Insight, Customer Alliance, LiveChat and HotJar into their platform.
ANA wants to transfer human consciousness across space and time
XPRIZE and ANA announce $10million competition to develop real-life Avatars
RedDoorz evolves with US$11 million pre-Series B fundraise, pilot property model
We have been following RedDoorz as it scales up towards becoming the leading accommodation marketplace in Southeast Asia.
‘I built a travel data start-up because of a selfish desire to keep in touch’
Andres Fabris earned a finance degree from the University of Texas at Austin in the hopes of working in the finance side of the IT industry. Instead, he has spent 23 years growing, then disrupting, the travel industry: leadership roles in Sabre, World Choice Travel and Travelocity prepared him to build a web-based travel proximity alert service that would allow him to stay in touch with his classmates after finishing graduate school. This became Traxo, which is now a rising star in travel data aggregation and itinerary intelligence analysis.
‘Opaque booking format works for both hoteliers and guests’ – Travelspice co-founder
We sat down with Travelspice co-founder and CFO Ankit Manglik for a short chat on the success of its opaque booking format, its future plans, and why its team chose “Kitney Mein Chahiye?” as its tagline.
Reclaim adventure by going Anywhr
Anywhr, an opaque bespoke tour booking start-up under the National University of Singapore’s NUS Enterprise programme, operates on the belief that “travel is more than just recycling itineraries.”
Start-up led by ‘wonder twins’ keeps vacation rental managers in touch with guests
Twins & former vacation rental hosts Amiad & Koby Soto realised the need for an all-in-one technological solution to manage & automate logistics in Guesty.
Young travel tech rock star seeks to connect traveller and hotelier needs
We sat down with Tink Labs founder and CEO Terence Kwok to learn why this sharp-eyed Hong Kong native and his product have both reached rock-star status in the hospitality and tourism scene.
Travel tech innovation race at full speed with ‘Hotel Jumpstart’
Five companies recently pitched for Hotel Jumpstart, a mentorship-driven accelerator programme to support the most innovative travel tech startups.
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