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Articles tagged “asia”

Online Travel

MakeMyTrip Aims to Weather Indian Air Market Turmoil Through Diversification

MakeMyTrip Group has impressively diversified enough that it forecasts only a minor hit to revenue during the coming year due to the collapse of Jet Airways, a major carrier in India. No wonder Ctrip decided last month to become the company's largest shareholder.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

MakeMyTrip Aims to Weather Indian Air Market Turmoil Through Diversification

Hotels

Rosewood Hotel Group CEO: ‘We Want to Push the Hotel Industry to Another Level’

All of the buzzwords are here in CEO Sonia Cheng’s strategy — from co-working and community to recognition and technology — but can Rosewood continue to maintain its uniqueness, even as it goes after what all the other hotel brands are going after, too? Given its track record, it just might.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 5 years ago

Rosewood Hotel Group CEO: ‘We Want to Push the Hotel Industry to Another Level’

Airlines

How Finnair Got It Wrong in China

Finnair has made the most of its Helsinki hub’s advantageous position when it comes to flying to Asia, but clearly it hasn’t gotten everything right.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 5 years ago

How Finnair Got It Wrong in China

Hotels

Oyo Taps Hotelbeds to Increase Travel Distribution

Oyo has had plenty of success in its home market of India going direct to consumers, but if it’s to continue its global expansion plans it needs more routes to market.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 5 years ago

Oyo Taps Hotelbeds to Increase Travel Distribution
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Tourism

How Japan’s Setouchi Region Is Reinventing Its Tourism Sector From the Ground Up

Japan’s Setouchi Region was once a relatively unknown corner of the country, left off the itineraries of most travelers. But that’s changing quickly, thanks to high profile attractions like Naoshima Island. How will Setouchi’s tourism stakeholders find the right strategy to help it sustain and grow this tourism success story?

Japan National Tourism Organization + Skift | 5 years ago

How Japan’s Setouchi Region Is Reinventing Its Tourism Sector From the Ground Up
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Tourism

The Future of Business Travel in Asia Is the Future of Business Travel — Period

Clever startups operating in Asia are helping to reshape the future of travel booking in the region. Their innovations could soon spread across the world — benefiting business travelers everywhere.

Travelstop + Skift | 5 years ago

The Future of Business Travel in Asia Is the Future of Business Travel — Period

Tourism

A Transformed Medellin Grapples with Its Violent Past and 7 Other Tourism Trends this Week

This week in tourism, Medellin figures out how to talk about its complicated past, a surf town in California's Newport Beach plays up its luxury attractions, and rail travel becomes the number one priority for booking platforms in Asia.

Isaac Carey, Skift | 5 years ago

Business Travel

Travelstop Counts on Asian Startups to Unlock New Era in Corporate Travel

For over a decade, corporate travel management companies have been trying to pry open the huge market in Asia but have hardly made a dent. Travelstop says now is the time, as the market is full of high-growth startups that will "get it." Perhaps such new players will finally disrupt the space.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

Travelstop Counts on Asian Startups to Unlock New Era in Corporate Travel

Online Travel

Asian Online Travel Pioneer Zuji Shuts Down

It was launched with much fanfare in 2002, but in the end, Zuji — which translates to "footprints" in Mandarin — failed miserably to leave a lasting imprint on Asia’s online travel scene.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

Asian Online Travel Pioneer Zuji Shuts Down

Tourism

Kuala Lumpur’s Batu Caves Reveal Heritage Tourism’s Struggles in an Instagrammable World

The ongoing investigation into the painting of the Batu Caves steps points to a greater need to appropriately preserve heritage sites. Protecting a country’s history and heritage for future generations should come first; increasing the number of Instagram "likes" and "tags" a heritage site gets should come second.

Rebecca Stone, Skift | 5 years ago

Kuala Lumpur’s Batu Caves Reveal Heritage Tourism’s Struggles in an Instagrammable World