Skift Forum Asia 2019 Archives

Travel Booking

Skift Forum Asia: Agoda’s CEO Touts Homesharing for That Competitive Edge

The Singapore-based online travel agency is focused on expanding outside of Asia through the marketing of non-hotel accommodations on its site. This strategy could work well as homesharing continues to grow in popularity.

Dennis Schaal and Danni Santana, Skift | 5 years ago

Business Travel

Skift Forum Asia: Fosun Tourism CEO on Creating the Foliday Brand

Fosun has quietly integrated the companies it has either invested in or bought into its Foliday ecosystem, with the plan to manage and control every stage of the tourism experience.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 5 years ago

Hotels

Skift Forum Asia: China Is on Track to Be Airbnb’s Top Origin Market by 2020

Will Airbnb be able to break through in China and other parts of Asia Pacific where other Western companies have fallen off their scooters? We'll discuss these issues with Siew Kum Hong, one of Airbnb's earliest employees in the region, at Skift Forum Asia in Singapore.

Dennis Schaal and Deanna Ting, Skift | 5 years ago

Tourism

Skift Forum Asia: The Travel Corporation Maps Plan to Sustainability

There's a long road ahead to achieving environmental sustainability in the travel industry. It involves a lot of effort from companies, but travelers and governments have to get on board too.

Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Skift | 5 years ago

Online Travel

Skift Forum Asia: Booking’s Marsha Ma on How to Succeed in China

What are some of the real learnings that Booking.com has come away with during its multiyear stint of doing business in China? We'll try to get some nuggets out of Booking's Marsha Ma onstage at Skift Forum Asia.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Airlines

Skift Forum Asia: CEO Tony Fernandes Leads AirAsia to Tech Evolution

Who’s afraid of shifting the business model? Not Tony Fernandes, who transformed Asia’s airline industry and could take huge credit for the rise of Asian travel in the last two decades. Will his next transformation be as huge?

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

Hotels

Skift Forum Asia: Why Oyo’s Founder Calls Himself the Chief Clarity Officer

Who has ever built a portfolio of half a million rooms in six years? Oyo, that’s who. And founder and CEO Ritesh Agarwal, who will be speaking at the first Skift Forum Asia on May 27, says his journey has just begun.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago