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Middle East will be first region to recover after China, provided “we don’t make it miserable to fly”

By Melissa Trew - WebInTravel | May 18, 2020

A panel discussion moderated by Travelstart's Stephan Ekbergh considered the opportunities and challenges regarding recovery in the Middle East. Read More

Interview / Online

In The Big Chair - Ross Veitch of Wego

By Mitra Sorrells | October 22, 2019

Ross Veitch is CEO of Wego, the travel marketplace he co-founded with Craig Hewett in 2005 in Singapore. Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: Finding the travel opportunity in the Middle East

By Jill Menze | July 9, 2019

Speaking at Phocuswright Europe, Ross Veitch of Wego and Stephan Ekbergh of Travelstart discuss their decisions to expand their brands to the Middle East and the gaps they sought to fill. Read More

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Middle East, part 3: How homegrown travel brands are diversifying distribution

By Mitra Sorrells | April 22, 2019

For the third part in our series on the Middle East, we analyze the distribution landscape and the role of homegrown online travel agencies. Read More

News / Online

From WiT Middle East 2019: Travel brands jostle to find their groove in a booming market

By Siew Hoon Yeoh - WiT | April 15, 2019

A look at the five key takeaways from WiT Middle East conference. Read More

News / Startups

Middle East, part 2: The travel startup scene

By Mitra Sorrells | April 15, 2019

For part two in our series on the Middle East we explore the startup ecosystem with input from founders, investors and support programs. Read More

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Middle East, part 1: How a young, digital-savvy population is impacting travel

By Mitra Sorrells | April 8, 2019

In part one in our series on the Middle East, we look at how the region's young and connected consumers are changing the travel landscape. Read More

News / Distribution

The metasearch model, part 2: The transition to meta-book

By Mitra Sorrells | October 15, 2018

In the early days of metasearch, roughly the first decade of the 21st century, the model was strictly one of price comparison and referral. Read More

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VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 8

By Kevin May | November 27, 2017

With almost three days of activity on-stage and lots of gossip in the hallways, our three guests have plenty to summarise from The Phocuswright Conference. Read More

News / Distribution

Wego brings in another new investor

By Martin Cowen | September 18, 2017

Wego.com has picked up more funding from another Middle East venture firm as it looks to expand its metasearch model across the region. Its latest round brings Middle East Venture Partners on board Read More

News / Distribution

Middle East media giant invests in Wego

By Martin Cowen | August 7, 2017

More investment activity in the metasearch sector, with Wego getting a reported $12 million from Middle East media group MBC. Wego is headquartered in Singapore with regional offices in India (Bang Read More

News / Distribution

Middle East is the next battleground in online travel

By Kevin May | October 25, 2016

It was only a few years ago that the growth in the global economy — and that of travel — was centred on the so-called BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China). Each of these countries were emerging Read More

News / Technology

The real reason why metasearch engines are taking bookings on mobile - the conversion gap

By Kevin May | October 27, 2014

There is plenty (perhaps too much) talk about the mobile revolution in the travel industry. Still, one thing to be grateful for now is at least we appear to have stopped saying "20xx is the year of Read More

News / Online

Indonesian consolidation as travel brands Valadoo and Burufly merge

By Karthick Prabu | August 18, 2014

Indonesian online travel agency Valadoo is merging with community site Burufly, with the new service retaining the Valadoo name. The Valadoo website relaunched today with new features, some of whic Read More

News

Skyscanner replaces Kayak as flight provider to Lonely Planet

By Kevin May | July 17, 2014

Travel guide publisher Lonely Planet has made one of its first major changes since being acquired and turned to Skyscanner to power its flight search engine. The move is being touted as "the first Read More

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