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Asia-Pacific Hotel Investment Volumes Rose to $7 Billion in First Half of 2022

Investment in the hotel sector in Asia Pacific continued to recover as investment volumes totaled $6.8 billion in the first six months of 2022, according to real estate brokerage firm JLL’s report. Capital deployment into the region’s hotels sector showed a return to pre-pandemic levels, registering a 12 percent increase compared to 2019. Countries in…

Travel Technology

Decoding Yanolja Cloud and Its Hotel Software Strategy

Yanolja Cloud is the world's largest seller of hotel software whose strategy you don't understand. Here are a few "cheat codes," courtesy of the brand's chief strategy officer.

Decoding Yanolja Cloud and Its Hotel Software Strategy

Online Travel

Softbank to Buy Stake in South Korean Travel Startup Yanolja

Yanolja means “Hey, let’s play” in Korean. If Softbank agrees to play, the travel startup will have the capital to go on an acquisitions spree to bolster its global reach. That way it will be more likely to have a successful public listing in the U.S. later.

Softbank to Buy Stake in South Korean Travel Startup Yanolja

Online Travel

South Korea’s Travel App Yanolja Backed by Booking Holdings Invests in Data Startup Ahead of IPO

Yanolja may seek a $4 billion valuation in its planned IPO next year. Its investment in Triple underscores its ambition to go beyond South Korea and become a global superapp and a hotel services provider.

South Korea’s Travel App Yanolja Backed by Booking Holdings Invests in Data Startup Ahead of IPO

Online Travel

Booking Holdings-Backed Yanolja Holds Big Ambitions to Dethrone Oracle Hospitality in Hotel Tech

Bold words from eZee, an Indian subsidiary of South Korean travel unicorn Yanolja, which is backed by Booking Holdings.

Booking Holdings-Backed Yanolja Holds Big Ambitions to Dethrone Oracle Hospitality in Hotel Tech

Online Travel

Detained American in North Korea Was on Tour Booked With London Operator

Dennis Rodman may be fairly safe visiting North Korea, but for other Americans getting out of there after going on a tour may be a bit chancy, as this latest incident shows.

Detained American in North Korea Was on Tour Booked With London Operator

Tourism

South Korea tourism drops as political tension with Japan cuts visits

The double-whammy of tension with Japan in the fall and the current crisis with North Korea will keep South Korean numbers low in 2013 as well.

South Korea tourism drops as political tension with Japan cuts visits

Tourism

Korea tensions could impact Thailand tourism

Thailand is bracing for a downturn in visitors from Korea if Kim Jong Un's nuclear war-mongering persists. Tourism to North Korea could suffer, too, unless Dennis Rodman is unswayed by it all and revisits his friend for life.

SkiftX

Korea tourism numbers cross 11 million in 2012 as Gangnam wave still to come

Even as Korea prepares for possible Gangnam-influenced tourism wave, Chinese and Japanese tourists are already buffeting up that total number.

Tourism

The past and present sit side by side in a tea shop in Seoul

As tourism grows in Asia, there is a responsibility of both the tourist and the country to preserve the country's history, while weaving it into a future that will move the nation forward.

The past and present sit side by side in a tea shop in Seoul