Category: Travel Tech
Expedia opens Innovation Lab in Singapore with focus on mobile innovation
Singapore: Expedia Innovation Lab opened in Singapore – Expedia’s first in Asia and its third in the world, after Seattle and London.
Qantas partners Slingshot to launch 1st startup accelerator program
Australia: Qantas has launched a new start-up accelerator Avro, seeking start-ups to work with the airline on its innovation agenda.
Queensland govt recruits Slingshot to run Tourism Accelerator in Cairns & Brisbane
Australia: The Queensland government has recruited corporate accelerator Slingshot to help bolster its share of Australia’s $119.4 billion tourism industry through the creation of new high-growth startups.
New accelerator helps tour and travel tech startups launch in the Mekong region
Thailand: The Mekong Innovative Startup Tourism (MIST) Initiative has announced two new accelerators designed to make it easier and faster for innovative tourism businesses to get established in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam.
Changi Airport, EDB launch S$50m ‘Living Lab’ to develop tech for airport operations
Singapore: Changi Airport is testing sensors at its taxi stands to track the number of people in the queue and determine the estimated waiting time.
EarthCheck open Australia’s first Tourism Entrepreneurs Accelerator Program
Australia: EarthCheck opened the nation’s first Tourism Entrepreneurs Accelerator Program for tourism start-ups at the newly established The Capital co-working space in Brisbane.
AirAsia founders-backed Tune Labs invests in Malaysia’s Golfreserv
Malaysia: Golf reservation platform Golfreserv today announced that it has secured an undisclosed pre-Series A round from Tune Labs, a startup incubator backed by AirAsia founders Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and Datuk Kamarudin Meranun.
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