Travel Inspiration

Interview / Startups

Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: iWander

By PhocusWire | November 11, 2024

iWander is an AI Travel Companion that transforms in-destination exploration by providing personalized, immersive audio tours and real-time recommendations. Read More

Interview / Startups

Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: Obvlo

By PhocusWire | November 11, 2024

Obvlo is an AI solution for producing and maintaining personalized local content for any destination on earth. Read More

From Our Partners / Online

Report: From bucket list to booking — How TikTok is shaping travel decisions today

By Martin Cowen and Madeline List | November 6, 2024

TikTok is at the forefront of e-commerce and can offer a route to market for travel brands looking to raise awareness and foster evangelism, backed by strong conversion rates. Read More

Opinion / Online

How AI-powered search might impact travel discovery

By Christian Watts - Magpie | November 5, 2024

As search dynamics evolve with the growth of generative AI-powered platforms, what should travel companies be thinking about and what steps can they take for future success? Read More

Interview / Online

CEO Spotlight: Ethan Lin of Klook

By Linda Fox | November 1, 2024

Ethan Lin of Klook and co-founders Eric Gnock Fah and Bernie Xiong launched tours and activities marketplace Klook 10 years ago in Asia. Read More

News / Technology

AI trip planner Mindtrip receives funding, launches receipt function

By Morgan Hines | October 29, 2024

Mindtrip’s funding now sits above $20 million, just months after the company’s May launch. Its newest feature should help users to keep track of their trip spendings, too, over hotel, dinner, airline,... Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: Travly connects brands through targeted engagement

By Mileva Sapic | October 28, 2024

Travly offers brands the opportunity for custom content creation, made by real travelers, and enhanced distribution across its owned channels to drive engagement. Read More

News / Technology

Tracking the evolution of maps in travel planning

By Mark Frary | October 24, 2024

Established map players such as Google and Apple as well as travel startups are using AI, AR and 3D technologies to improve the travel planning process using maps. Read More

News / Technology

Generative AI in travel - weighing the concerns versus the promise

By Linda Fox | October 17, 2024

Travel experts discussed the most exciting applications of generative AI at WiT Singapore while research from Amadeus flagged concerns around the technology. Read More

News / Online

How commerce media is catching on in travel

By Linda Fox | October 17, 2024

United, Expedia, Booking.com, Agoda, Priceline, Marriott and Uber have all established media networks in recent years and are earning significant revenue from them. Read More

News / Online

GetYourGuide adds influencer videos, AI content creation tool

By Morgan Hines | October 8, 2024

The toolkit includes a pairing of artificial intelligence-powered features and human-powered features. Read More

News / Online

Klook plans for social and geographic growth

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WIT | September 30, 2024

Klook's vice president of global marketing delves into the company's plans for geographic growth and social commerce. Read More

Opinion / Online

Breaking the bottleneck in travel’s hourglass problem

By Michelle Denogean - Mindtrip | September 27, 2024

Chief marketing officer at Mindtrip, Michelle Denogean, says travel has a problem advancing top of the hourglass inspiration through the bottleneck that leads to conversions in planning and booking... Read More

News / Online

Chesky on Airbnb's future in travel and beyond

By Morgan Hines | September 20, 2024

Chesky referenced Apple and Amazon’s trajectory - what if Apple never launched the iPod, or Amazon never sold more than books? - to explain why he believes Airbnb should offer much more than a place to... Read More