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Travel booking platform, Booking.com, recently experienced a data breach, potentially exposing user data to unauthorized individuals. This discovery was made following the observation of suspicious activities related to several reservations. The compromised…
Alibaba Group recently unveiled significant enhancements to its Qwen artificial intelligence (AI) app. The updated capabilities allow users to carry out tasks such as ordering food delivery and making travel reservations directly through the AI chat…
Uber Technologies Inc. said Tuesday it is working to establish itself as a technology company in Indonesia, to avoid legal hurdles after police launched an investigation into the company’s operations last month. The move will also help underscore what Uber…
Online travel booking company Trivago has been ordered to pay $44.7 million in penalties by the Australian Federal Court for misleading consumers over hotel prices. The court found that in January 2020, the company deceived consumers through misleading…
Grab remains the dominant player in the Vietnamese ride-hailing market with close to a 75 percent share, and is widening the gap with competitors. Global market advisory firm ABI Research said Grab completed 62.5 million rides in the first six months of 2020,…
Asian online travel agency and metasearch engine Agoda has shed 1500 staff in a major downsizing brought on by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The cuts equate to more than a third of the company’s regional payroll believed to be 4000. The move is a…
Budget airline AirAsia was among the top five most downloaded airline apps worldwide in the first quarter of 2019, according to a new report from mobile app intelligence firm Sensor Tower. The most downloaded airline app worldwide for Q1 2019 was Irish…
Hyundai launched the Venue subcompact SUV in India last week and back then the company had said that it received 15,000 bookings for the car. A week later that number has gone up to more than 20,000. The customers certainly seem to have taken a liking to the…
Luxstay has raised $4.5 million from South Korean retailer GS Shop and venture capitalist Bon Angels in its bridge round. A Luxstay representative said Wednesday that receiving funding from reputable international investors in this round is an important…
Indonesian unicorn startup Traveloka announced the resignation of its co-founder, Derianto Kusuma, from his position as chief technology officer on Tuesday. Derianto was one of three persons involved in the establishment in February 2012 of the online…
Hotel booking sites Agoda and Booking.com have been ordered to revise their no-refund policies or potentially face legal action. Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Wednesday that it has ordered the two global travel platforms to revise the terms…
ShopBack, the leading online Cashback platform that partners more than 500 online shops in Malaysia, foresees Raya sales will reach its peak in the first week of June, given the 0% GST implementation from June 1st onwards. “Our partners have started to…
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has introduced a new Online Freight Quotation & Booking service f or international air freight transportation. The new service rapidly creates competitive customer…
Restaurant-booking app Chope has secured S$18 million from multiple investors. Led by venture capital firm Square Peg Capital, the investors in the funding round include Moelis Australia, NSI Ventures and SPH Ventures. Chope CEO Arrif Ziaudeen says the funds…
An innovative restaurant booking app by chat recently penetrated the Hong Kong market. Alexandre Sonier, co-founder of the application BistroChat, defines it as being similar to “having WhatsApp, but with restaurant contacts instead”. Its features let its…
Firms such as Agoda and Expedia will have to pay a 10 percent duty. The Ministry of Finance has told foreign accommodation booking services to pay taxes if they wish to continue operating in Vietnam. A document recently released by the ministry asked booking…
