Empowering women from low-income households
The Intrepid Foundation, a non-profit arm of Australia-based Intrepid Travel, recently tied up with India-based Access Development Services – a not-for-profit organisation to launch...
From urban planner to tour guru
An urban planner by profession, Manuel Wu gave up his government job and started Macau Explorer Cultural Travel in 2014.
At that time, nobody believed...
Vietnamese start-up wants to unite fragmented domestic travel market
After four years working at VietJet Air in business development, Phan Le quit his dream job and set about finding a solution to unite...
Japanese restaurateur uses AI to stay ahead of the game and...
A restaurateur in one of Japan’s hardest hit tourism spots is leveraging technology to limit financial losses induced by the pandemic.
Haruki Odaijima is utilizing...
Meaningful pathways
As Walk Japan’s Paul Christie brings his dreams of living in the countryside to life, he finds himself revitalising rural parts of Japan along the way
Building bridges in Indonesia’s hospitality workforce
Having spent more than 15 years working in the hospitality industry, Wing Prakoso, co-founder at Hore! Indonesia, only knows the staffing issues in the...
Making travel tech affordable
Simplifying the process of reservation and redemption for attractions and travel agents, GlobalTix’s CEO Chan Chee Chong shares with Pamela Chow how his firm is creating a smoother path towards adopting millennial-focused travel solutions.
Ready, set, take-off
KC Cheah, CEO and founder of Alpha Red Services, tapped his strong background in airline distribution and insights into travel agency operations to realise...
Local experiences pave way to greener pastures
A substantial funding injection from South Korea venture capital firm BonAngels will enable LokaLocal, a Malaysian travel technology start-up, to ramp up its product...
Very Local Trip founder flips bleisure on its head
With requests for commercial networking opportunities to be included in Very Local Trip's personalised tour itineraries becoming more popular, Maxime Besnier launched My Local...
