Arvindh Yuvaraj

As companies scale across borders, a new study from SAP Concur across Southeast Asia reveals a shift in corporate travel management: the move from simple cost management to total trip value.

Speaking at a press conference held at The Chow Kit in Kuala Lumpur, Capital A CEO Tony Fernandes balanced the news of increased travel costs with the appointment of a new Deputy CEO and, with this being the final stage of its solidification, a rundown of Capital A’s portfolio.

The online travel giant just moved 4,000 employees into a state-of-the-art new home. But the real story is what’s happening inside the company, including a sweeping B2B transformation, an AI rethink, and a forecast on where Asia travel is heading next.

“The one thing that remains exclusively human is contextual empathy.”

How Ngāi Tahu Tourism is navigating a complex travel landscape by focusing on people, place, and purpose

Hotels that treat AI as a feature to be added will likely fall behind those that treat it as an architecture to be built.

“AI can’t compensate for scattered data, disconnected systems or poor processes. If a hotel’s underlying systems are fragmented, AI will only make operational problems more visible.”

Jason Sui wants to move airlines beyond basic connectivity and he’s already got the early proof points to back it up

Booking’s latest sustainability report shows climate

Agoda has rolled out a multi-product