AirAsia Aims to Disrupt Online Travel and 6 Other Digital Trends This Week


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This week in digital news, AirAsia hopes to become more than just an airline, there’s a lot to learn from Lyft's successful IPO, and TripAdvisor’s president of core experience talks about her traveler-first perspective.

Digital Travel News Weekly Roundup

Throughout the week we post dozens of original stories, connecting the dots across the travel industry, and every weekend we sum it all up. This weekend roundup examines digital trends. For all of our weekend roundups, go here.
AirAsia CEO Looks to Disrupt Again, This Time in Online Travel: Tony Fernandes is taking AirAsia on “the final part of the company’s evolution,” one that will see the airline become a tech player. But it’s one thing to disrupt legacy carriers, and another to disrupt the disruptors in the online travel space. He disagrees, of course. Lyft IPO Teache