Online Booking

Sentuh brings the digital touch to wellness
Massage and spa experience is now brought to customer’s doorstep Looks to build itself as an end-to-end platform for any spa and wellness business
Adventure holiday booking platform Adventoro launches
The online platform helps people from anywhere in the world book adventure-based tours and activities.
‘Digital window’ closing fast for hotels: FastBooking chief
Online travel agencies are sniffing, and hoteliers need to step up or lose the race for the digital traveller.
Singapore’s Easybook close to finalising US$3mil Series A: Sources
Easybook.com Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based company that operates what it claims is the largest land, sea travel and tours booking website in South-East Asia, is believed to be in the final stages of closing a Series A round worth US$3 million.
HotelQuickly unfazed by entry of deep-pocketed rival
HotelQuickly Ltd cofounder and CEO Tomas Laboutka remains unfazed, but not complacent either, by the entry of bigger rivals into the last-minute hotel booking space.
Trip planning: How we will travel in the future
A new era of travel is upon us and we can expect more automation and intelligence in our trip planning, powered by digital technologies such as SMAC and Code Halos, writes Cognizant vice president Debasis Basu.
Travellers turn to the Net, so must travel merchants: Google
Traditional advertisers and travel-related businesses should develop a coherent digital strategy that would allow them to tap into a changing trend in how leisure and business travellers make choices when they travel, says search giant Google.
With Birthday twist, TableApp eyes bigger slice of booking pie
TableApp is not just a restaurant booking app, but is fuelled by social media to help users remember and celebrate special occasions; its cofounder Benson Chang speaks to DNA about how the idea came about and the challenges his team has and continues to face.
HotelQuickly secures US$1.15mil funding, eyes rapid expansion
HotelQuickly has secured US$1.15 million in Series A funding, with the injection to be channeled toward further expansion within the region and to accelerate product development.
Asians prefer online booking for travel accommodations
In its inaugural index researching global travel trends, whose results were released recently, AsiaRooms.com said that Asia had the highest proportion of respondents having gone online to book for leisure and business accommodation at 70.3%.
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