Startups
Inspiremyholiday eyes UK growth with enhanced tech and consumer polls
Start-up holiday destination search engine inspiremyholiday.com has ramped up its commercial team in expectation of a surge of business once
Klook Home offers virtual interactive experiences and DIY kits
Klook Home offers almost 200 home-based experiences such as do-it-yourself craft and cooking kits, online workshops, and free virtual tours.
How one travel tech startup will help prepare businesses for the “new normal”
Singapore-based travel tech start-up, iko.travel, is providing a solution to the industry during some of its darkest days in generations
DiDi introduces AI to verify post-COVID-19 measures in Latin America
Didi Chuxing (DiDi) will be rolling out a comprehensive in-app Health-Guard program to its Latin American markets to help better protect the health of driver partners and passengers.
Reinventing hotel revenue management with live travel demand data
Beonprice has announced that it will reinvent its revenue management system (RMS) to integrate consumer traveller trends, and destination demand
Grab Philippines to deliver fresh produce right at your doorstep
Grab Philippines partnered with the Department of Agriculture (DA) to support the livelihood of farmers and entrepreneurs as well as to bring convenience to consumers in obtaining fresh produce.
Uber tries to eat Grubhub
Ride-hailing giant Uber has made an offer to buy Grubhub, which is currently valued at USD4.5 billion, with the intention for the latter to be absorbed into Uber’s operation.
Eugene Kaspersky launches accelerator to help tourism startups
COVID-19 has hit tourism hard with fledgling projects losing support from large companies or being cancelled indefinitely. In order to
Uber loses USD2.9 billion in Q1, grows Uber Eats
Ride-hailing giant Uber lost USD2.9 billion in the first quarter due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Grab Philippines expands services with GrabMart
GrabMart is the company’s newest on-demand grocery service which allows users to shop thru the app and have them delivered on their doorstep.
Ray of light: DiDi resumes services in Wuhan, China
On 30 April, DiDi has resumed its ride-hailing services, including taxi-hailing, private-car hailing, Hitch, and Designated Driving, in Wuhan, China.
Vacaay names former V&T boss Anthony Gallagher as general manager
Newly-launched travel tech platform Vacaay has named Anthony Gallagher, previous owner of Australia’s Vacations and Travel Magazine (V&T), as the company’s general manager.
DiDi’s new strategy puts user value first
Didi Chuxing (“DiDi”) has announced its three-year strategic goals that showed a shift from an “all-in-safety” strategy to achieving sustainable, high-quality growth through longer-term safety capacity building and a renewed focus on user value growth.
Airbnb sets aside USD250 million to support hosts
In light with the development of COVID-19 health crisis, Airbnb has announced several key initiatives and policies, including USD250 million USD to help accommodation hosts impacted by COVID-19-related cancellations.
Israeli travel tech startup Hotelmize raises Series B from Alibaba, opens APAC headquarters in Hong Kong
Hotelmize, developer of AI-based price prediction and profit-optimisation technologies for the hotel booking industry, is raising its B round investment
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