Travel stories

Australian telco More named MVNO Start-Up of the Year at Europe's MVNO World Congress for growth-driven strategies and innovations, leveraging CommBank trust.

As the global sporting event nears, Vodafone offers three days of free international roaming in France for postpaid customers, avoiding steep mobile bills.

Singapore-based SleekFlow has named Gao Lei, former LinkedIn China CTO, as its new Chief Technology Officer to spearhead tech transformation and innovation.

SAP Concur's survey reveals key business travel challenges for 2024 include disruption, safety, sustainability, and unequal opportunities.

Xtend launches an AI-driven suite to boost lower marketing funnel conversions in sectors like e-commerce, fintech, and travel, promising significant revenue gains and reduced acquisition costs.

RateHawk has expanded into Asia with a new Singapore HQ to target travel agents, offering a B2B platform for booking hotels, flights, and transfers.

Stellar's new platform offers a secondhand market for luxury travel bookings, potentially saving consumers $100 billion annually.

NP Digital is set to acquire SearchGuru, boosting its APAC presence and enhancing service offerings. This move adds 120 marketers to NP’s 270-strong team.

Endava restructures leadership and strategy post-acquisition of Mudbath and DEK Technologies, enhancing its Australian capabilities for significant digital transformation growth.

New Zealand's data centres are evolving with modular, bespoke designs to meet low latency, sustainability, and scalability needs, attracting tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft.

Australian firms are struggling to manage evolving employee spend habits, with an SAP Concur study highlighting increased office, travel, and entertainment expenses.

SiteMinder bolsters partnership with global OTA, Trip.com, amid increased demand from the outbound Chinese travel market.

Nordic-based travel agency, Sembo, introduces an AI assistant that enables personalised, multi-destination journey booking, a first in the travel industry.

Nordic digital travel agency, Sembo, launches the world's first AI-powered multi-destination travel booking assistant.

Bad bots accounted for nearly half of all global internet traffic in 2024, hitting their highest ever level since monitoring began in 2013, warns cybersecurity leader Imperva.

ExpressVPN study reveals that 41% of British tourists fear falling victim to cybercrime on holiday, with concerns especially heightened when using public Wi-Fi networks.

To aid TikTok marketers, DoubleVerify rolls out a brand safety tool introducing 16 additional suitability categories, enhancing precision and protection for advertisers in aligning with suitable content.

Life360 introduces Landing Notifications, a feature that sends automatic alerts upon the landing of a user's connected network, boosting reassurance in travel safety.

Juniper Research predicts a tremendous 440% increase in global travel eSIM users from 40m in 2024 to over 215m by 2028, as high international roaming costs drive demand.

ExpressVPN and Kempinski Hotels partner to provide free trial of VPN service that enhances digital security for luxury hotel guests worldwide.