Thailand's TakeMeTour to Ride Out Crisis Storm Selling Its Tech Expertise to Other Businesses
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The surge in adoption of new practices and technologies could be the silver lining for travel firms determined to come out on the other side of the coronavirus crisis.
For Thailand-based peer-to-peer travel platform TakeMeTour, leveraging its core strength as a tech-driven online activity marketplace could prove to be a lifesaver during the coronavirus storm and a ticket to its long-term survival.
As the global pandemic imperils the world economy and tourism, TakeMeTour CEO and co-founder Amornched Jinda-apiraksa sees “good opportunities” in pivoting the local travel marketplace towards providing consultancy and technical development services to other business verticals.
“Tech is our key strength," he explained, "so we are utilizing the resources we have to generate new income by taking outsourced projects from others to build up a marketplace for them. We have the know-how and can help to shorten the learning curve for others.
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